Washington Film Directors Meetup

RITE OF PASSAGE logline: At her aunt's wake-keeping, Des wears the wrong color, a quiet sign of how far she's drifted from her family's culture. After a charged therapy session with her mother, silence materializes into spoken resentments, leaving her unsure if healing is possible or if some distances can't be crossed.

Presenter Bio:
Katrina Binutu is a researcher, writer, and filmmaker whose work explores power dynamics, identity, and social transformation. With a background in workers' rights research and union organizing developed at Cornell University, she delves into nature vs. nurture and the distance within shared identities. Through building institutional and community support for her debut short film, "Rite of Passage," which premiered at the Ghanaian-Diaspora Nursing Alliance in Accra, Ghana and MdFF, she has plans to expand the narrative using historical narrative storytelling and memory to foster dialogue around mental health through generational sagas. Katrina is a 2024-2025 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Fellow, holds an M.A. in Producing from American University and served on the advisory board of State of Fem Art.

Robin Noonan-Price and Brian Pascale are the Narrative Directors Roundtable Co-Chairs.

Roundtables are FREE for WIFV Members / $15 Public
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You MUST register here: https://www.wifv.org/calendar/#id=32538&cid=783&wid=401&type=Cal

You've got the script, now you need the actors! In this workshop, Anne Chapman will share how to run a casting call; how to get your script in front of an actor; how to work with a casting director; what types of parts would someone want to play; basics on SAG-AFTRA considerations; and a general idea of fees and expectations. This workshop is a public part of the WIFV Narrative Script Development Fellowship for July.

Presenter Bio:
Anne Chapman's casting journey began over 30 years ago on Child's Play and Uncle Buck. She is Virginia based and specializes in independent and small-scale film and television projects. Casting credits include Lincoln, Loving, Big Stone Gap, Harriet, Juanita, Macbeth Unghinged and Gavagai, as well as scores of short films, commercials, PSAs and museum films including more than 100 35-mm student films. She holds a BA in Theatre & Film and a Masters in Cinema and was a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge for the 2018-2019 academic year. She has been nominated for Casting Society of America's Artios Awards three times, was the 2015 Film Honoree for the Theresa Pollak Prizes in Excellence in the Arts, is a member of the CSA, BAFTA, BIFA, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and is a past President of the Virginia Production Alliance and served as the Workforce Development Director for the Virginia Film Office. Most importantly, having had the benefit of exceptional mentors when she started out, Anne never tires of helping to illuminate the path for upcoming actors as well as the next generation of casting directors and delights in watching careers progress.

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$20 for WIFV Members (must be logged in) and Students / $35 for public

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This is a meeting held on Zoom. You will receive login information with your registration confirmation.

You MUST register here: https://www.wifv.org/calendar/#id=32541&cid=783&wid=401&type=Cal