African Voice Newspapers, organisers of the annual African Film Awards present a London Masterclass with Film & TV Producer, Linda James on its 20th edition. The course aims to build capacity of practitioners and those interested in the film industry.
The training workshop is designed to chart a partway to success for all players in the industry in the areas of acting, film funding, distribution, producing, directing, short film, script writing and highlights on the essentials required to get films noticed by independent distributors.
The course content will look at the development, production, sales and distribution in the UK and sales in the International market, with a view to understanding the value chain and who is making money from films.
Lead Facilitator: Linda James is an award-winning Independent Producer/Executive Producer of 20 drama series, 6 TV movies and 16 feature films. Co-founder of Red Rooster Film and Television Entertainment (which she sold to Chrysalis Plc) and Alibi Communications (which was floated on AIM), she now owns and runs Sly Fox Films. As well as developing feature films and television dramas, Sly Fox undertakes various private and public media consultancy work, and from April 2005 to 2011 Linda fund managed the Welsh Assembly’s £11m Creative IP Fund, investing in film, television and new media projects. Linda has been Honorary Chair of the Edinburgh International Television Festival, a Governor of the British Film Institute (BFI).
The course will take place at Autograph ABP, Rivington Place, London on Friday, 4th November 2016 from 10.00am – 4.00pm.
Interested participants should email: marketing@africanvoiceonline.co.uk
Closing date: Interested participants should register by 31st October 2016.
A certificate of participation will be issued by Sly Fox Productions to all participants at the end of the Master Class/Training Workshop.
