Reel Success Story: BALLETS RUSSES
Bay Area Women in Film and Television’s January General Meeting Event
WOMEN ONLY
Join Bay Area filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller to hear how they took their feature documentary BALLETS RUSSES all the way to Sundance, the Toronto Film Festival and beyond. Named a top 10 by Time Magazine and The San Francisco Chronicle, this delightful documentary tells the incredible story of fifty years of the Ballets Russes, a dance company of revolutionary Russian artists. The filmmakers will discuss how they produced and financed the film, secured a treasure trove of rare archival material, targeted audiences, and released the film theatrically, on cable and DVD. They’ll share their BALLETS RUSSES Reel Success Story…and a few war stories as well.
Come for an inside look at what it takes to be successful working feature documentary makers in the Bay Area. The filmmakers will also tell us about SATAN CAME TO EDEN, their latest project currently in production, another historical documentary they describe as “a gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands in the 1930s.”
DATE: Wednesday January 9, 2008
TIME:
7:00 p.m. Networking and light refreshments 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Panel 9:00 - 9:30 Networking
LOCATION: San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
2565 Third St., Suite #337, between 22nd & 23rd Streets, San Francisco, CA. Street parking is usually available.
ADMISSION: FREE for current Members, $5 general admission, $3 for students with ID
****Reminder: unlike BAWIFT special events, our monthly meetings are for women only. So please, if your loved one or bud asks if he can join you or has given you a lift and wants to stick around, let him know that monthly meetings are for WOMEN in media, film and television only.****
Featured Speakers Bios: For over sixteen years, Emmy-award winning directors/producers DAYNA GOLDFINE and DAN GELLER have created critically acclaimed multi-character documentary narratives that braid their characters’ individual personal stories to form a larger portrait of the human experience. Their previous work includes ISADORA DUNCAN: Movement from the Soul, NOW & THEN: From Frosh to Seniors, and KIDS OF SURVIVAL: The Art and Life of Tim Rollins + K.O.S. Their documentaries have aired on PBS, Sundance Channel and received theatrical distribution. Together they’ve received funding from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Pacific Pioneer Fund, Fleishhacker Foundation, and awards from The Emmy Awards and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Please refer to the information on location and directions to the School provided below. There are two campus locations for SF School of Digital Filmmaking if you look on their website. Below we provide the correct location for this event.
Location: San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
2565 Third St., Suite #337, between 22nd & 23rd, San Francisco, CA 94107
Note: At the front door, look up SF School of Digital Filmmaking in the building directory. You will see the code number *033# Dial that number and you will be buzzed in. Come to the third floor by the stairs or the elevator, which is beyond the stairwell and through the
first door.
