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3 Reasons Why You Should Make Your Short Film NOW…and 3 Easy Tips on HOW

Photo credit: Chris Holland

Photo credit: Chris Holland

Free Webinar & Discussion with ATLFF Short Film 101 Instructor Kathy Cabrera 

Is now really the best time to make a short film? And, if you’re new to film, you’re not in film school and you don’t have industry connections… how do you even get started? 

In this free webinar and discussion (and sneak preview to the Short Film 101 series starting Saturday, Oct 5), Kathy Cabrera will share the answers to these questions. She will address why now is the best time to make your short film; and three easy get-started tips that everyone novices to advanced filmmakers can use to jump into short filmmaking like a pro.

 


About the Instructor

Kathy Cabrera is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television’s MFA in Screenwriting program. In addition to penning eight feature-length screenplays and a drama television pilot, Cabrera has also written and produced several award-winning short films with budgets ranging from less than $2,000 to hundreds of thousands of dollars with the support of well-known industry sponsors such as the Director’s Guild of America (DGA), Kodak, Technicolor and Panavision. Cabrera has one screenplay optioned and was a finalist for the 2007 NAACP & NBC Screenwriting Fellowship and awarded the 2008 Young and the Restless Fellowship in Television. Cabrera currently resides in Atlanta, where she makes short films for a living with Red Clip Video, a production company specializing in affordable videos for businesses. 

Earlier Event: October 1
Satellite w/director Q&A (Free)
Later Event: October 3
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