REEL JERSEY GIRLS: CENTENNIAL OF ALICE GUY BLACHE’S SOLAX STUDIO – ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WOMEN FILMMAKERS
Saturday March 24 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Event Location: SICA (The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art), 610 Cookman Ave. (607 Lake Ave.), Asbury Park, NJ
This panel will discuss the history of women filmmakers in New Jersey going back to 1912 when the first woman director in cinema history, Alice Guy Blache, built and opened her Solax Studio in Fort Lee, NJ in 1912. Here, before women had the right to vote in America, Madame Blache wrote, directed and produced hundreds of films through World War I. As part of this symposium we will screen a short Alice Guy Blache film, Algie the Miner (1912).
This panel will also discuss the present state of women in the American film industry in the 21st century. This GSFFF / Fort Lee Film Commission symposium will take place at The Parlor Gallery at 717 Cookman Avenue in Asbury Park.
Panelists:
Christina Kotlar (Moderator)
Diane Raver
Nancy O’Mallon
Beth Rosen – filmmaker, best selling author, screenwriter, actress and film producer
The Business of Film Making in NJ The Birthplace of the American Film Industry Sunday, March 25th 1 PM – 3 PM
SICA (The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art), 610 Cookman Ave. (607 Lake Ave.), Asbury Park, NJ
Panelists Include:
NJ Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg
NJ Motion Picture & TV Commission Executive Director Steve Gorelick
William J. Pascrell, III – Princeton Public Affairs Group, Inc.
Marc Perez – Sirk Productions (NYC) Co-President and Founding Partner
Tom Meyers – Fort Lee Film Commission Executive Director – Moderator
Joseph J. Vargas -MediaMIx Studio President – tentative
This panel will discuss the history of New Jersey as birthplace of the American film industry and the status of that same industry today in the Garden State. We hope to have a lively discussion on current state of film and TV production in New Jersey and what measures can increase location shoots and studio shoots in both ends of the state.