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2025 Annual Meeting & Conference: UNSTOPPABLE

When
November 18, 2025
Location
GBH, Boston, MA

Registration

1. Meeting Only: Member WIFVNE
2. Meeting Only: Member Guest – $40.00
Promo code required.
3. Meeting Only: Non-Member Student – $25.00
4. Meeting Only: Public Admission – $45.00
5. Meeting & Conference: Member WIFVNE – $25.00
6. Meeting & Conference: Member Guest – $60.00
Promo Code required.
7. Meeting & Conference: WIFVNE VIP
8. Meeting & Conference: Non-member Student Promo – $30.00
9. Meeting & Conference: Public Admission – $65.00

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WIFVNE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
12:00 PM – Live Table Read of Free Skate (Pilot)
Written by Caitlin McCarty, 2025 WIFVNE Screenwriting Contest Winner
Experience the winning script of this year's Screenwriting Contest brought to life by WIFVNE performers in a live table read.

1:00 PM – Director Shadow Program for Social Impact Screening
Presented by EmVision Productions
Screening the video product from the Program, spotlighting the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce. The 2025 WIFVNE Fellow Michelle Falcón Fontánez shadowed part of the filming.

1:15 PM – Understanding SAG-AFTRA: Membership, Contracts, and Hiring Professional Talent
Jessica Maher, Exec. Director of SAG-AFTRA NE Local
Learn how performers, creators, and producers can collaborate effectively under union guidelines.

2:00 PM – Make Money Now! Turning Creative Skills Into Paid Work
Presented by Midnight Brunch
The Midnight Brunch team shares practical ways to earn through video for businesses, nonprofits, and events.

3:00 PM – The 60-Second Pitch
Presented by Andrew Osbourne
Get insider tips on pitching your project effectively from this Emmy-winning screenwriter, WGA Member and Harvard Lampoon Alum!

4:00 PM – Navigating the MA Film Tax Credit
Meg Montagnino-Jarrett, MA Film Office Director
Learn how the program works, who qualifies, and what producers and creatives need to know to make the most of these incentives.

4:30 PM – Unstoppable Women of WIFVNE
Screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy (Little Audrey)
Filmmaker Rachel Thomas-Medwid (Fenwick)
Filmmaker Karin Trachtenberg (Pumpkin Pie)
A powerhouse panel of accomplished women share their journeys, lessons, and advice for filmmakers.

MEETING & 45TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
5:30 PM – Red Carpet & Networking Reception  Enjoy light bites, conversation, and connections with fellow filmmakers, members, and sponsors.

7:00 PM – Musical Guest & Welcome Sol y Canto
Opening the meeting is the award winning Pan-Latin ensemble led by WIFVNE Member Rosi Amador and her husband Brian Amador

7:30 PM – Founders’ Conversation: Harriet Reisen
Honoring the WIFVNE Pioneers
Hear the WIFVNE Origin Story! A historic interview with our Founding President Harriet Reisen hosted by our current WIFVNE President Sharon Contillo.

8:15 PM – Keynote Address, Rebecca Eaton, Executive Producer, PBS MASTERPIECE
Your chance to hear from one of television’s most influential producers — a WIFVNE founding board member who transformed PBS’s Masterpiece into a cultural phenomenon, making Downton Abbey the most-watched drama in PBS history.

8:45 PM – Raffle Drawing & Closing
Celebrate our community’s achievements, capture the moment, and raise a toast to the next 45 years of UNSTOPPABLE creativity!

9:00 PM – Dessert Reception

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