Film Education and Development

We are a collaborative workspace and community designed to support and connect the next generation of media and tech entrepreneurs, innovators, and artists with industry resources, events, mentorship, and educational opportunities.

Founded in 2009, Filmshop is a nonprofit collective of independent filmmakers committed to developing new work through peer support and collaboration. Chapters in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and New Orleans meet weekly to workshop projects, offer constructive critique, and incubate new ideas.
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Filmshop’s Breakthrough Series showcases a curated selection of our members' films in an intimate setting with festival programmers, distributors, and executive producers. Facilitating discussions centered around development and distribution, Breakthrough provides a forum for filmmakers to explore the next stages of their careers.

Advise on project finance opportunities in power and real estate sectors. Work closely with business owners and principals to achieve strategic business objectives with respect to business structure, markets, operations and acquisitions. Clients in financial services, hotels, healthcare, entertainment and digital media.

Led by director-producer-screenwriter Dan Thorens,CW1 films is a US based specialized production companywith strong working partnerships in Belgium, China, France, Canada and Switzerland.​Working closely with Writers, Producers and Directorsallows therm to creatively foster quality narrative and documentary projects on an international scale.

Stage 32 is a US-based social network and educational site for creative professionals who work in film, television and theater. As of June 2015, the global web site had more than 400,000 members. Stage 32 links professionals in the entertainment industry including directors, writers, actors and entertainment staff.

Javier Gonzalez is a Mexican, Brooklyn-based, Emmy winning Producer whose films have been selected for the Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, South by Southwest, New York, Rotterdam, TriBeCa, Fantastic Fest, Morelia, Glasgow, Stockholm, Los Angeles, Sitges and Los Cabos Film Festivals. Javier has spent the last fifteen years working in various production capacities throughout the American and Mexican film industries. Javier is fluent in Spanish, English and German.

Kingston5 Productions is an Indie Film Production company committed to documenting the injustices and the joys that human beings face on a daily basis. Its goal is to foster a sense of community and encourage positive change in the world. Kingston5 is based in Miami, Florida in the United States.