Distribution Masterclass led by Mia Bruno

Fusion Film Festival

NYU Tisch School of the Arts | Fusion Film Festival presents: A Distribution Masterclass with Mia Bruno

On April 1st at 8PM NYU Tisch School of the Arts&#x27; Fusion Film Festival will offer a Distribution Masterclass led by Mia Bruno using active projects in the pipeline by Fusion alumni Emory Parker, Denise Zhou, and Gabriella A. Moses as case studies. This event will be live via Zoom. Mia Bruno combines an intricate knowledge of film distribution and sales with a skill for innovative and effective marketing strategies. Mia works with filmmakers and content-creators as a distribution strategist and grassroots marketer/impact producer, marrying a nuanced understanding of the marketplace with creative campaigns designed to connect with audiences meaningfully. Some of her recent work include Shalini Kantayya&#x27;s CODED BIAS, James Cameron&#x27;s THE GAME CHANGERS, and Netflix&#x27;s THE GREAT HACK. Mia has worked with film organizations Sundance, Cinereach, IFP, and DOC NYC, consults on content strategy for brands like AAA and Meow Wolf, and currently works with New York&#x27;s Metrograph theater on marketing and distribution.Emory Parker is an NYU Tisch graduate and proud recipient of the Horizon Award founded by Cassian Elwes, Christine Vachon, and Lynette Howell Taylor. Her work has been featured in TimeOut, The New York Post, Billboard, and in countless festivals worldwide. In 2017, Emory founded Blue Slate, a production company that brings queer, female-driven stories to the forefront. Since being named a winner of the Governor&#x27;s #NewYorkTough PSA contest and a finalist in the Curbside Shorts Film Challenge sponsored by ReFrame, Women in Film LA, and IMDB Pro, Emory has been producing content for companies like NASDAQ and Condé Nast, as well as working on several of her own creative projects.Denise Zhou is a CA-raised, NYC-based filmmaker. Since graduating from Tisch in 2019, she has been working at Soledad O&#x27;Brien Productions, a documentary development &amp; production company. Her previous films have screened at Tribeca Film Festival and she recently worked as an Assistant Editor on Lulu Wang’s The Farewell. Denise is passionate about centering BIPOC voices through storytelling and cultivating community spaces that resist systems of power.Gabriella A. Moses is an award-winning director, writer, and production designer based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has received support from 2016 Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Lab, the 2017 NYWIFT &quot;From Script to Pre-Production&quot; Workshop, 2018 Sundance Screenwriter&#x27;s Intensive, 2018 Tribeca Film Institute All Access Lab and 2018 Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund program. She most recently was a TFI x Chanel Through Her Lens Fellow. Principal photography on Leche is scheduled for summer 2021. She believes in sharing stories with underrepresented protagonists that test viewer’s perceptions of identity and their imaginations.The Fusion Film Festival is New York University’s premiere festival dedicated to celebrating women in film, television, and new media from student to icon. Founded in 2003 at Tisch School of the Arts by two students Emma Heald and Gina Abatemarco, Fusion has been passionately guided by Kanbar Professor Susan Sandler.Fusion offers programming throughout the school year, culminating in a three day spring festival of screenings, industry panels, master classes, retrospectives, networking events, and competitions in fourteen categories all focused on women’s voices and work behind the camera. Fusion is proud to be an Allied Partner of the Sundance Institute’s Women’s Initiative. In the eighteen years since its launch, Fusion has attracted scores of accomplished artists and visionaries from across the industry including Lulu Wang, Eliza Hittman, Nia DaCosta, Melina Matsoukas, Reed Morano, Christine Vachon, Misha Green, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Kasi Lemmons, Lena Dunham, Janet Tamaro, Maria Zuckerman, Kelly Edwards, Amy Emmerich, Lauren Zalaznick to mentor and inspire the next generation of great storytellers.Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/fusionfilmfest/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fusionfilmfest/?hl=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@fusionfilmfest</a>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fusionfilmfestival" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@fusionfilmfestival</a>Join us for our other 2021 Fusion Film Festival events:<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/woman-of-the-year-masterclass-with-issa-rae-tickets-146855176787" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Woman of the Year Masterclass with Issa Rae on April 2nd at 8 pm </a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brown-girls-doc-mafia-panel-with-founder-iyabo-boyd-plus-emily-cohen-ibane-tickets-147028437013" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Brown Girls Doc Mafia Panel with Founder Iyabo Boyd, plus Emily Cohen Ibañez, Toni Kamau, &amp; Ashley O’Shay on April 3rd at 4 pm</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fusion-film-festival-2021-awards-ceremony-tickets-147203444465" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Fusion Film Festival 2021 Awards Ceremony on April 3rd at 8 pm </a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-fusion-film-festival-showcase-tickets-148063866009" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">2021 Fusion Film Festival Showcase from March 27th to April 10th</a>

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