Nashville Creative Sustainability Summit: Morning Session
Join us for a conference designed specifically for filmmakers, musicians, and creatives, featuring in-depth workshops on funding and distribution and panel discussions with local industry and creators on building sustainability in the Southeast. This is offered in partnership with the Nashville Film Festival, the TN Entertainment Commission, Nashville PBS, and more. Check out our afternoon schedule below!
10A-11:15A Workshop 1: Crowdfunding to Build Independence
Our cornerstone class lays out the steps toward a successful crowdfunding campaign for any creative endeavor, as well as a career-long action plan most likely to create a lasting, flourishing, direct relationship with an audience. Attendees learn how to find their audience, structure their crowdfunding campaign, pick the right goal and incentives, and much more.
Taught by Emily Best, Seed&Spark's Founder and CEO.
11:30A-12:30P Workshop 2: Six Steps to Build Your Own Film Distribution Playbook
Now more than ever, distribution is in the hands of the makers, which brings both tremendous opportunities and challenges. We break down six clear steps to developing a distribution playbook for filmmakers for your project to have the greatest chance of accomplishing your goals, and offer distribution tips, tactics, and, most importantly, the economics for every window from theatrical through VOD and beyond.
Taught by Emily Best, Seed&Spark's Founder and CEO, and Christie Marchese, Kinema's Founder and CEO.
12:30P-1:15P Local Infrastructure: Festivals and Public TV Panel
Nashville is lucky to have tremendous people leading local institutions that support independent artists, and this panel of experts will focus on sharing how independent artists can leverage local resources and infrastructure to grow their careers.
Panelists include:
Lauren Thelen - Programming Director, Nashville Film Festival
Dr. Sarah Childress - Director of Strategy & Operations, Nashville PBS
Gisela Moore - Project Manager, Tennessee Entertainment Commission
Access & Presence Notice
RSVPs are required for each session. The venue space is limited, and acceptance will be on a first-come, first-served basis. We appreciate your cooperation and care in helping us steward the space responsibly.
Parking & Entrance
Please use the side Employee Entrance to enter the building. Look for the NashFilm sign to guide you in. Inside, we will have volunteers there to welcome and guide you down the hall to Studio A. Thank you!
Live Captioning
We will have live captioning for all of our workshops and panels. Each session has its own link. You can access the links here: https://coda.io/d/Creative-Sustainability-Summit_dKSICsA8q9f/Creative-Sustainability-Summit_suSEhCnj#Event-Sessions_tuojzfk9
We hope to see you there! And, check out our afternoon session if you would like to make it an all-day event!