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FWRV at SUNDANCE

January 15, 2014

FWRV will once again co-sponsor the New York Lounge at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

Please join us at the NEW YORK LOUNGE at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for the following cutting edge panel presentations:

Friday, January 17^th, at 11am: Steven Beer will moderate a panel entitled “New York Empowerment Town Hall” discussing new developments, resources and opportunities available for successful filmmaking in New York and beyond.

Saturday, January 18^th, at 3pm: Steven Beer will moderate a panel on “Audience Building” discussing audience building methods including interactive marketing campaigns, live events and tours, free and cheap publicity, engaging blogs, the benefit of multi-platform projects, and more.

Sunday, January 19^th, at 11am: Matt Lefferts will moderate a panel entitled “Distribution Trends” discussing the wide and increasing distribution options for Filmmakers to create integrated platforms tailored to achieve their unique goals.

Monday, January 20^th, at 11:30am: Steven Beer will moderate a panel entitled “Film Financing Roundtable” discussing traditional and emerging avenues to finance independent film projects in New York and beyond.

Tuesday, January 21^st, at 11am: Ken Weinrib will moderate a panel, which will include Jake Levy as a panelist, focusing on film production issues.

The NEW YORK LOUNGE is located at the Terzian Gallery, 309 Main St., Park City, from Friday, January 17 through Tuesday, January 21.

We look forward to seeing you there.