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NYWIFT Masterclass Series: Feature Film Budgeting with Sirad Balducci

NYWIFT Masterclass Series: Feature Film Budgeting with Sirad Balducci

04 Dec 2024 @ 06:30pm

Join NYWIFT for our Masterclass Series: Feature Film Budgeting with Producer/Line Producer Sirad Balducci. Budgeting a feature film can be daunting and overwhelming for any filmmaker, whether they are newcomers or seasoned professionals, and it is a critical step towards getting your movie financed.

In this three-part masterclass, we will demystify the budgeting process, offering insights into script breakdown and shoot schedules and covering fundamental budgeting basics. We’ll explore how to effectively collaborate with producers, directors, and department heads, and impart strategies to align your movie’s production plan with the creative vision of the project.

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Four NYWIFT Members have been nominated for Artios Awards for casting theater and television – including former Board Member Destiny Lilly, who has nine nominations! Congrats to all.

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Four NYWIFT members have films screening at the 2024 Urbanworld Festival – congrats to all involved!

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Congrats to the ten members with projects at the Chelsea Film Festival!

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We are proud to have five NYWIFT members with projects at this year’s NewFest, NYC’s LGBTQIA+ film festival!

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Congrats to the NYWIFT members with films screening at the 25th Anniversary Woodstock Film Festival!

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In her latest letter from the CEO, Cynthia Lopez recaps NYWIFT all around New York: from The New School to Greenpoint to NYC TV Week, DCTV, Queens, the Hamptons, and beyond…

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Congrats to all of the NYWIFT Members with films at the 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival, including Past NYWIFT Board President Simone Pero and Lilly, recipient of the NYWIFT Ravenal Foundation Feature Film Grant! 

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New York Women in Film & Television is proud to announce its continued partnership with the Hellenic Film Society in 2024, including two October screenings at the NY Greek Film Expo.

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Congrats to the 25 NYWIFT Members featured in the 15th Annual SOHO International Film Festival, as well as festival Executive Director and Head of Programming, NYWIFT Board Member Sibyl Reymundo-Santiago!

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NYWIFT is proud to share that seven of our members were nominated for 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards, for shows including The Gilded Age, Only Murders in the Building, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Telemarketers, Saturday Night Live, True Detective: Night Country, and Girls State.

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The Writers Lab today announced that renewed support from steadfast champion Meryl Streep will enable 14 writers across 12 projects to attend its tenth annual lab. With Labs now operational in the US, Canada, UK and Europe, The Writers Lab is still the only program in the world dedicated exclusively to elevating the work of women and nonbinary screenwriters over 40. 

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Congratulations to the NYWIFT members who had projects at the 2024 Tribeca Festival!

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In her latest letter, NYWIFT CEO Cynthia Lopez discusses the state of the arts funding in the U.S., our FinanceHER event, and so much more. 

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As we look ahead to our 2024 NYWIFT festival award presentations, please join us in celebrating our 2023 honorees!

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New York Women in Film & Television mourns the loss of our beloved co-founder Lenore DeKoven. Lenore’s work as a director, producer, and tireless advocate for women in media touched so many of our lives.

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Thank you for joining us at the 44th annual NYWIFT Muse Awards!

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Missed the broadcast of the 43rd Annual NYWIFT Muse Awards on NYC Life? 

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Congratulations to the NYWIFT Members featured at the Spring 2024 edition of the Big Apple Film Festival!

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Congratulations to the NYWIFT Members with films at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival!

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Visit our NYWIFT Boutique to shop for Muse Awards mugs and apparel!

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  • "As always and even more so today, women in our business are taking up the mantle of courage and truth-telling and consciousness, and they move and inspire me. We are awake now in a way we have never been before."

    - Actor Judith Light, accepting her 2017 NYWIFT Muse Award

  • "My faith is renewed by the way I experience this vanguard moving through the world with such grace at such a complex time. Speaking truth to power and creating a legacy for the women and the men who follow."

    - Actor Judith Light, accepting her 2017 NYWIFT Muse Award

upcoming events

  • NYWIFT Masterclass Series: Feature Film Budgeting with Sirad Balducci

    06:30pm
  • NYWIFT Member Screening: Obsessed with Light

    07:30pm
  • NYWIFT Co-Presents 2024 Breakthrough Director Award & Screening of "Daughters" at Hamptons Doc Fest

    02:00pm
  • NYWIFT Salon Conversation: Look Behind the Scenes of 'Only Murders in the Building’

    06:30pm

 

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