2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

How Not to Pitch a Movie

Monday, March 14
3:30PM - 4:30PM

Stephen F Austin
Capital Ballroom B
701 Congress Ave

Getting your project financed takes more than just a good script. You need to know how to put it in front of the right person, the right time and in the right manner. A panel of experienced producers, financiers and film executives share the common mistakes people make while pitching them projects. Most of the script and story submissions are deleted immediately or rejected on the first paragraph. How to cross the delete button barrier?

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Presenters

Gudrun Giddings at SXSW

Gudrun Giddings

CEO

G4C Innovation

Gudrun Giddings is the CEO and producer at G4C Innovation and one of the founders of Entertainment Capital Network. Coming from the film industry in Sweden, Gudrun got her first shot in Hollywood ...

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Shaked Berenson at SXSW

Shaked Berenson

Co-Founder

Epic Pictures Group Inc

Shaked Berenson is the COO and Co-Founder of Epic Pictures Group, a film production, financing and sales company based in Beverly Hills, CA. Mr. Berenson oversees the day-to-day operations of Epic...

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Travis Stevens at SXSW

Travis Stevens

CEO/Producer

Snowfort Pictures Inc

After working for years in both film development and film sales Travis Stevens founded Snowfort Pictures; a boutique production company specializing in the development, financing and production of ...

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Winnie Kemp

Dir of Dev

Super Deluxe/Turner

Winnie began her entertainment career in the Film Finance department at Creative Artists Agency where she learned the ins and outs of packaging, independent financing and foreign sales. During her ...

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Details

Access
Film Badge, Gold Badge, Platinum Badge
Format
Event Type
Sessions
Level
Intermediate
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