NYWIFT Blog

Mobile Media Tools: Fast, Cheap and Under Control

Quit the fundraising grind and get into production now. Mobile media tools can radically reduce budgets required to produce documentary work. Find out how you can bring your dream projects to life via the power of your mobile phone. Experienced producers, directors and innovators will discuss their mobile media work, tools and storytelling strategies. Panelists...

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Making the Cut: Editors Talk Collaborations and Career

Editing is such a fluid experience. You never know what you will need for the story or what the working relationship with the director is going to be like. Each situation is different. Forging a career as an editor can be just as varied. Before digital technology and software became as accessible as they are...

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Making Your Film Accessible to All Audiences Co-Presented with the 8th Annual ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival

Blind and visually impaired and deaf and hard of hearing communities constitute significant audiences who are left out if your film is not accessible. Join us for a discussion on how filmmakers can make their films accessible to all audiences including visually impaired and deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Experts in audio description, ASL interpretation and...

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Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story Panel and Book Signing

They put their lives on the line, breaking through windows, jumping off buildings, running through fires, hanging from planes, crashing cars. And they do it in bikinis, tight pants, shorts, and gowns! They’re stuntwomen in the movies and on TV, and no one’s written a book about them. Until now. Author Mollie Gregory presents the first history...

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