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People Helping People, "Arts & Entertainment, International Film Festival" Takes Place on Saturday

originally published: 09/09/2022


(NEWARK, NJ) -- On Saturday, September 10, 2022, the People Helping People, "Arts & Entertainment, International Film Festival" will take place at Express Newark (54 Halsey Street in Newark). This is a festival for Indie Filmmakers around the world, hosted and produced by Indie Filmmakers.

"Hollywood Comes to New Jersey" - get ready for the Big Screen & TV series with "The Business of Acting", a Masterclass & "Actor's Life on the Set of a TV Series", a Panel Discussion with local actors you've seen in The Amazing Spiderman, Law & Order, The Perfect Murder, FBI, New Amsterdam, Chicago Fire, Blue Bloods, Nurse Jackie, Quantico, Shades of Blue, and more.  Come hear from Actors who live the Hollywood set life. Q&A after discussion.

Tickets are available for purchase online.  Your ticket donation to People Helping People, Inc. a non-profit organization, is tax deductible. Your donation helps them continue to bring events that both Entertain and train others in the World of Media, Arts & Entertainment.

The festival's mission is to bring indie filmmaker's and distributors together for you to achieve your ultimate goal, Distribution. So they invite all independent filmmakers to submit their content and enter their international film festival. What makes the festival unique is the relationship with their affiliate distribution company, who is a new player in the streaming arena and sits alongside Netflix, Hulu and others, on ROKU, FireTV, and AppleTV, iOS and Android. And here's the kicker, there will be a distributor looking at all submissions.

The festival's team has over 20 years of experience in the entertainment business and hosting events. They will be COVID compliant, taking all safety measures and precautions. 




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Awards will be handed out to Best Female Lead Actor; Best Male Lead Actor; Best Supporting Female Actor; Best Supporting Male Actor; Best Film; Best Experimental Film; Best Short Film; Best Animation Film; Best Web/Digital Series; Best Trailer/Teaser; Best Cinematography; Best Director;  Best Editor; Best Wardrobe; Best Hair & Makeup; and Best Production Design.

 Schedule:

  11:30am-12:00pm, A&E Comedy/Web Picks

 12:00pm-12:30pm, A&E's Social Justice Film Pick, "The Van"

 12:30pm-1:00pm, Youth Movie Hour

 12:30pm-2:00pm, The Business of Acting

 2:00pm-3:00pm, Scriptwriting Format & Finding Character

 1:10pm-3:00pm, A&E Top Pick in the feature film, documentary, and web series genre

 3:00pm-4:30pm, Panel Discussion: "Life on the Set of a Hollywood & Independent TV Series (4:30pm, networking)

 5:00pm-6:00pm, Experimental 

 6:00pm-7:00pm, Short Films

 




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