So you made a movie … now what? Do you submit your film to a Festival? Look for a Theatrical Distributor? Or maybe try to get your film on the direct to DVD path? Or do you exhibit your film on the Internet? With all of these options you would think getting your film seen would be easy. Right? Join local and national filmmakers as they discuss the difficult process of getting a film seen after it’s in the ‘can’ and ready for exhibition.
Panelists*
John Schwert, Director/Producer/Writer
Alfredo De La Garza, Producer
* Additional filmmakers to be added
John Schwert, manages and operates the commercial and film production company Fourth Ward Productions. After pursuing a successful career in advertising, Schwert started his production company in 2004 while writing, producing, and directing his first feature film AMONG BROTHERS, based on actual events surrounding the unsolved murder of a college student in 1994. AMONG BROTHERS was financed with funds from a second mortgage on Schwert’s home and went on to play at 17 international film festivals, was featured as a two-hour Dateline NBC story, and was subsequently released worldwide in 2007. With momentum on his side, Schwert began working on his follow-up feature, writing, directing and producing IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS. A multi-narrative drama, IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS navigates through the different lives of one city’s residents, each of whom is connected to the same local homicide investigation. IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS won the top awards at the Boston, Charlotte, and Mammoth Film Festivals, with additional screenings at over 10 other international film festivals. IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS was released worldwide in
2010.
Alfredo (Fred) De La Garza is a founding member of Carolina Film Works LLC. His experience in the film industry includes boom operator, set designer, production assistant, production coordinator and producer. Alfred has been involved in the Charlotte film community where he has worked in several short films. His latest accomplishment as a producer was working on the feature film SINNERS AND SAINTS with up and coming director William Kaufman. Alfred has a passion for the film industry and strives to produce quality films; he is devoted to his profession and promotes the growth of filmmaking in the Charlotte area. Carolina Film Works is presently working on their next production of a feature film titled ABOMINATIONS which will be filmed in the Charlotte and Asheville areas.
ADVANCED SALES HAVE CLOSED FOR THIS FILM. Same-Day Tickets can be purchased at the venue box office 30 mins before screening.
