FILMMAKER SELF-CARE SUMMIT--JOIN USE LIVE ON MARCH 27!
A 1-DAY VIRTUAL EVENT FOR SMALL DOC TEAMS
LIVE March 27, 2025
(replay available for 30 days)
If you’re feeling alone, discouraged by rejections, juggling deadlines, or just need a moment to pause and reconnect, then this is for you--because self-care is story care.
“...your perspective on self care and looking at the different stages of a campaign resonated with us. This helped us realize we needed to focus all of our energy on having a fantastic premiere, we did and it was a success.”
Ellen Martinez, Guided Campaign Accelerator alum
LIVE March 27, 2025
(replay available for 30 days)
All times are listed in Eastern US Time Zone.
Please note the conference schedule is subject to change to due speaker availability.
Designed specifically for small doc teams, to help you take a step back from the hustle and reconnect with why you do this work in the first place—without sacrificing yourself in the process. Join us for four powerful sessions with behind-the-scenes insights to help you gain practical tools, insights, and support to help you on your journey without burning out.
#1: 📽️ Self-Care As Part Of The Creative Act
Caitlin Boyle, Impact Strategist and Executive Director, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival (11am-12pm Eastern)
Get a candid look at the realities of the film industry and learn strategies for keeping your creative energy alive and your peace of mind intact as you balance self-care with bringing your film into the world.
#2: 🎬 Trust Your Work: Create Your Film's Care Plan
Ani Mercedes, Looky Looky Pictures (1pm-2pm Eastern)
Develop a self-care plan that supports both your filmmaking and your well-being, so you can keep creating with ease, confidence, and joy.
#3: 🧠 How to Deal with Overwhelm, Burnout & Feeling Alone
Shaleece Haas, Film in Mind (3pm-4pm Eastern)
Join us in a movement/breathe practice that you can use on a daily basis in your film journey.
#4:🎙️ Filmmaker Self-Care Panel
Hear directly from special guest filmmakers (5pm-6pm Eastern)
Hear firsthand from small doc teams about their real, unfiltered experience, challenges and self-care practices, and walk away with actionable tips to integrate into your own workflow. (5pm-6pm Eastern)
YOU GET:
Learn from doc filmmakers who designed, organized, and lead their film’s impact campaigns!
YOUR CONFERENCE HOST,
C.E.O. & IMPACT PRODUCER
Looky Looky Pictures
IMPACT STRATEGIST & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MIDDLEBURY NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL
SOMATIC PRACTITIONER
Film In Mind
DIRECTOR/CO-PRODUCER
THE PRISON SHOW
FILMMAKER + CO-FOUNDER
COW, HEAVY, AND FLORAL + Meals About Motherhood
PRODUCER
ROOTED
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER
FEAR AND NOW
Filmmakers from around the world!
Tell us about your film, share where you're joining from, and more!
“Before the accelerator, I did not consider the "self" part of the campaign as far as care, but now I know that it's just as important as the campaign itself.”
Sharee Silerio, Guided Campaign Accelerator alum
LIVE March 27, 2025
(replay available for 30 days)
“The focus on care for self was monumental for me and released SOOO much stress!
More filmmakers need to know that they can create with a self care lens.”
Sharee Silerio, Guided Campaign Accelerator alum
From workshops (like this one!) to multi-year campaigns, we’ve served over 1,000 doc filmmakers!
I understand what it feels like to see and experience an injustice, and give nights and weekends to try and change it; working yourself to the bone, and even resenting your work for it. Yikes! It doesn’t have to be this way.
We've designed a step-by-step Care Plan that has helped us balance self-care with organizing dozens of film campaigns for award-winning films with national broadcasts, theatrical runs, and screenings for elected officials.
We love teaching small doc film teams how to use our step-by-step Care Plan framework to help them on their filmmaking journey with clarity, ease, and joy!
I'VE TAUGHT DOC FILMMAKERS & SPOKEN AT EVENTS FOR
“I can't tell you how much I appreciate the seamless combination of teaching of specific facts with more all-encompassing ways of looking at impact, our careers, and the world.
I went through all of production and post without stopping to celebrate wins because there was always the next thing to do.
Thanks to this program I've finally internalized that it's healthy to take breaks and celebrate wins and that my work will be better when I find joy in the process."
Annie Kaempfer, Guided Campaign Accelerator alum
“I truly appreciate the care and intention and thoughtfulness behind everything.
The resources are all impeccable and so well-organized."
Lance Kramer, Guided Campaign Accelerator alum
ALL FILMMAKERS OF ANY EXPERIENCE LEVEL &
PRODUCTION STAGE ARE WELCOME!
PRE-PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Set yourself up for success now!
PRODUCTION
This will save you so much confusion!
POST-PRODUCTION
This will bring you so much clarity right now!
DISTRIBUTION
Eep! You needed this yesterday! Join us!
“I appreciate the care and support Ani gives to each person in the program, making sure we each get the most from it and meeting us where we are at that point in time and not pushing us into a generalized direction for the purpose of the program.”
Meghna Damani, Guided Campaign Accelerator alum
“Guided Campaign is a program that helps you balance your time, work, self care and creativity with accountability so that you actually flesh out the dream campaign and outreach you desire for your film.
Reaching your intended dream audience becomes a reality under Looky Looky’s coaching.”
Lauren Waring Douglas, Guided Campaign Accelerator alum
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