Moving Image Atelier

On Distribution

5 June 2024 (10:00am - 17:00pm) - argos centre for audiovisual arts, Brussels

On Wednesday the 5th of June, elephy is hosting a Moving Image Atelier (MIA)* on distribution at *argos centre for audiovisual arts *in the framework of the public programme of Herman Asselbergh’s Time Wasted exhbition and in partnership with Auguste Orts..

On MIA *
In 2019, elephy devised MIA as a series of workshops for artists, filmmakers and other art workers working alone or with small crews in the undefined territory between cinema and visual arts. With the aim to strengthen artistic control and enable technical decision making throughout the creative process, MIA workshops have examined the technical dimensions of moving image, sound, and post-production and invited guest speakers as artists Noski Deville, Luke Fowler, Mona Hendayati, Margaret Salmon, Alex Reynolds, to name but a few, in order to share their know how with a group of moving image makers.

On Distribution
For this upcoming MIA edition, elephy invite an array of moving image arts workers to speak about distribution and promotion from varying perspectives from producers, who consider a film’s audiences whilst in the making, to programmers, who select films when evolved.
Speakers of the day include: Laurence Alary (head of distribution at argos), Pauline David (director of Festival En Ville !), Alice Lemaire (producer at Michigan Films), Turab Shah (filmmaker and co-founder ofOther Cinemas), Laura Staab (writer and editor atMUBI).

Program
Doors open at 9:30 am
Start at 10:00 am at argos
Rue du Chantier 13, 1000 Brussel, België

- The morning will consist of panel presentations, following with breakout groups for people to discuss in intimate round circles their distribution hurdles, ambitions, queries, and gain from collective insights. The findings of each table will be shared back into the group in a collective recap before breaking for lunch.

- Vegan lunch for all, included in the price of the workshop. If you should have any further dietary requirements, please report them via the sign up form.

- In the afternoon, we will have a presentation on pitching synopses and a workshop on refining film taglines by Laura Staab from MUBI. In the registration form, you are welcome to submit a tagline for review. In a collective learning session, Staab will give tips and tricks for improving the taglines submitted.

- We will continue with a ‘distribution clinic’ – a hands on distribution work session for artists looking to circulate their films in a supportive context and with the insights of peers and members of elephy, argos, and Auguste Orts.

- Closing at 5pm: mingling time, the bar at argos will be open!

HOW TO SECURE YOUR SEAT?
Sign up here before Monday 27 May
And pay a registration fee of 12 euros here
(your reservation is not final until the payment is processed).

Limited spaces available!
First come, first serve policy with payment executed.

MIA: On Distribution is hosted by elephy and supported by argos, Auguste Orts, and the Flemish Community Commission/Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC).