NYWIFT Virtual Hangout with Ghetto Film School Roster
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues at our February 2022 virtual speed networking mixer. We will be joined by our friends from Ghetto Film School's Roster!
Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, project pitches, and contact info for further engagement.
NYWIFT hangouts are a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Prep your elevator pitch and get ready to make connections! As always, all members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and staff in an informal setting.
LMHQ x Owning It x NYWIFT: Resource-Share Networking Mixer
Chances are you’ve already put together your list of goals and resolutions for the new year. But how do you go about finding the resources to accomplish them? How do you expand your network to best support your ventures?
Join the communities of New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT), The Gotham’s Owning It, and LMHQ for a networking mixer to find new resources, skills, and contacts — and share your own areas of expertise!
After brief introductions, participants will self-select into three rotating breakout sessions. Areas of focus will include fundraising, pitching, marketing, and business ownership. You will have the opportunity to ask fellow participants for resources and advice as well as provide your own resources to others.
NYWIFT Spooky Virtual Hangout with Women’s Weekend Film Challenge
Join your friends at NYWIFT and Women's Weekend Film Challenge for a special *Spooky* edition of the NYWIFT Virtual Hangout! Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement at this virtual networking mixer.
Halloween costumes are optional but strongly encouraged! 🎃 Let’s get creative.
As a bonus – we are thrilled to have two tarot card readers join us that evening! So if you get lucky and get matched with one of them for a breakout session, they'll be happy to read your fortune.
NYWIFT Virtual Hangout: Owning It Networking at Gotham Week 2021
Join The Gotham's Owning It Program in Partnership with New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT), Women in Film, and European Film Market’s EFM Startups for a free virtual speed networking mixer in celebration of Gotham Week.
Not only will you meet other driven, dedicated members of the filmmaking, creative and entrepreneurship communities, you’ll be able to meet representatives from Owning It, NYWIFT, Women in Film, and the European Film Market’s EFM Startups to learn more about how we can help set you up for success.
NYWIFT Virtual Hangout with The Gotham
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues at our April virtual speed networking mixer. We will be joined by our friends from The Gotham (formerly IFP)!
Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement.
We will begin the evening with a brief salon conversation with The Gotham's Deputy Director Kia Brooks to discuss the organization's latest opportunities and initiatives, followed by an hour of speed networking. The hour will be broken up into smaller chunks of time, during which you will be randomly paired off with other attendees to network one-on-one.
NYWIFT Virtual Hangout with ITVS
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues at our February virtual speed networking mixer. We will be joined by our friends from ITVS!
Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement.
We will begin the evening with a brief salon conversation with ITVS leaders to discuss their latest grants and initiatives, followed by an hour of speed networking. The hour will be broken up into smaller chunks of time, during which you will be randomly paired off with other attendees to network one-on-one.
NYWIFT Virtual Hangout: Actors + Filmmakers Night
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues at our February virtual speed networking mixer. We will be joined by our friends from SAG-AFTRA!
Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement. While all are welcome, we encourage filmmakers casting their next project to attend to meet on-camera and voiceover talent.
We will begin the evening with a brief salon conversation between SAG-AFTRA Executive Vice President and New York Local President Rebecca Damon and NYWIFT Executive Director Cynthia Lopez to discuss organizational initiatives and the latest industry updates, followed by an hour of speed networking. The hour will be broken up into smaller chunks of time, during which you will be randomly paired off with other attendees to network one-on-one.
READ MORENYWIFT Virtual Hangout: Welcome to 2021
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues at our first virtual speed networking mixer of 2021! Catch up with friends (and make new ones) post-holiday season as we gear up for a brighter New Year.
Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement.
NYWIFT hangouts are a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Prep your elevator pitch and get ready to make connections!
As always, all members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and staff in an informal setting.
READ MORENYWIFT Virtual Hangout and Salon Talk with Vision Maker Media
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues at our November virtual speed networking mixer. We will be joined by our friends at Vision Maker Media!
Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement.
We will begin the evening with a brief salon conversation between Vision Maker Media Executive Director Francene Blythe-Lewis and NYWIFT Board VP Yvonne Russo to discuss organizational initiatives, followed by an hour of speed networking. The hour will be broken up into smaller chunks of time, during which you will be randomly paired off with other attendees to network one-on-one.
READ MOREHBO & NYWIFT Present: NYWIFT Talks with ‘Crazy, Not Insane’ Producer Ophelia Harutyunyan
In this week’s NYWIFT Talks, join Producer Ophelia Harutyunyan for a Zoom conversation. We’ll focus on her new HBO Documentary Crazy, Not Insane, which airs on HBO on November 18, 2020.
Psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has dedicated her career to the study of murderers, seeking answers to the question of why we kill. This provocative documentary explores, like a scientific detective story, Dr. Lewis’s lifelong attempts to look beyond the grisly details of homicides into the hearts and minds of the killers themselves.
READ MORENYWIFT Virtual Hangout with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB)
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues at our next virtual speed networking mixer. We will be joined by our friends at Latino Public Broadcasting in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month! Come ready to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement.
The hour-long event will be broken up into smaller chunks of time, during which you will be randomly paired off with other attendees to network one-on-one.
NYWIFT hangouts are a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Prep your elevator pitch and get ready to make connections!
As always, all NYWIFT members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and staff in an informal setting.
NYWIFT Virtual Hangout – September Pre-Emmy’s Mixer
Gather together online with your NYWIFT colleagues - and toast this year's Emmy season! - on our next virtual speed networking mixer. Come ready to dish on your favorite shows, and share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement.
The hour-long event will be broken up into smaller chunks of time, during which you will be randomly paired off with other attendees to network one-on-one.
NYWIFT hangouts are a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Prep your elevator pitch and get ready to make connections!
READ MORENYWIFT Summer Hangout – Speed Networking Beach Party
As we face 2020 head on, the NYWIFT Night Out has become, temporarily, The NYWIFT Night In!
We're excited to launch our inaugural virtual speed networking event and invite you to join us for the NYWIFT Summer Hangout online beach party. Decorate your quarantine space with a tropical theme, wear your floppiest beach hat and cutest shades, and join your fellow NYWIFT members on Zoom as we celebrate summer as best we can!
The hour-long event will be broken up into smaller chunks of time, during which you will be randomly paired off with other attendees to share creative ideas, suggestions, and contact info for further engagement.
READ MOREPOSTPONED: NYWIFT Night Out with NYU – March 2020
Please note: this event has been postponed due to attendee cancellations. We will announce a new date and time soon. Are you a member of this great organization? Interested in becoming one? Join us for our monthly NYWIFT Night Out! This month we will be joined by our friends at NYU's Graduate Film Program for an extra special night of networking to connect our members with the next generation of industry leaders. The NYWIFT Night Out is a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Bring your business cards and get ready to make connections! As always, all NYWIFT members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and staff in an informal setting.
READ MORENYWIFT Night Out with Prime Latino Media
Are you a member of this great organization? Interested in becoming one? Join us for our monthly NYWIFT Night Out! This month we will be joined by our friends at Prime Latino Media for an extra special night of networking. For eight years, Prime Latino Media has been the largest network spanning the East Coast to the Caribbean of independent Latino multimedia-makers, actors and musicians in bilingual Latino and mainstream media, digital and entertainment. They conduct monthly networking events as PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salón. One of their five programs is the Estela Institute devoted to independent Latina multimedia-makers, actresses and musicians. The NYWIFT Night Out is a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Bring your business cards and get ready to make connections! As always, all NYWIFT members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and staff in an informal setting.
READ MORENYWIFT Night Out – January 2020
Are you a member of this great organization? Interested in becoming one? Join us for our monthly NYWIFT Night Out as we ring in 2020 and kick off our Winter Programming Season. The NYWIFT Night Out is a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Bring your business cards and get ready to make connections! As always, all NYWIFT members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and staff in an informal setting.
READ MORENYWIFT Night Out with Women Independent Producers (WIP)
Are you a member of this great organization? Interested in becoming one? Join us for our monthly NYWIFT Night Out! The December Night Out is the perfect way to cap off your 2019 and celebrate with your NYWIFT colleagues as we head into the holiday season. Plus, we will be joined by our friends at Women Independent Producers (WIP) for an extra special night of networking. The NYWIFT Night Out is a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Bring your business cards and get ready to make connections! As always, all NYWIFT members are welcome and encouraged to attend and mix, mingle and get to know our dynamic and talented members and staff in an informal setting.
READ MORENYWIFT Night Out with Filmshop
Are you a member of this great organization? Interested in becoming one? Join us for our monthly NYWIFT Night Out! We’re teaming up with Filmshop for this month’s mixer. Filmshop is a nonprofit collective of independent filmmakers committed to developing new work through peer support and collaboration. NYWIFT Night Out is a safe space to ask entertainment related questions, seek advice, employment and other industry opportunities. Bring your business cards and get ready to make connections!
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