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2025 WORKSHOPS<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tafff_industry-e1729725990645.jpg”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#004eef”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770328986631{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

TAFFF & DGA WORKSHOP<\/h3>\n
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The Cinematic Experience:<\/strong> \u00a0The unique, immersive and collective experience of watching a film in a cinema, and why it’s still vital to world culture.
\nA conversation with DGA Director Members Sean Baker, Richard Linklater, and Jason Reitman<\/p>\n

Moderator:<\/em> FACF Board Member and DGA Past President, Taylor Hackford<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dgatafff2025_0540_.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”281″ lightbox=”true” frame_style=”gray_border”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dgatafff2025_0546_.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”281″ lightbox=”true” frame_style=”gray_border”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dgatafff2025_0547_.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”281″ lightbox=”true” frame_style=”gray_border”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dgatafff2025_0551_.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”281″ lightbox=”true” frame_style=”gray_border”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dgatafff2025_0555_.jpg” image_size=”full” lightbox=”true” frame_style=”gray_border”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#004eef”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770328381377{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

TAFFF & WGAw WORKSHOP<\/h3>\n

In partnership with Film France\/ CNC The French Film Commission\u00a0 and France TV<\/em><\/p>\n

Bridging the Atlantic:<\/strong> Inside the Cross-cultural Writer’s Room of ‘LUPIN’ with producer\/ writer Paul Dichter.
\nA conversation about the unique alchemy at the heart of Netflix\u2019s global hit “LUPIN,” a show that is quintessentially French in its soul, yet assembled through a distinctly Hollywood process.
\nPaul was tasked with helping to build and run an American-style writers’ room for the fourth season of the French narrative icon LUPIN.<\/p>\n

Moderator<\/em>: Past WGAW President and FACF Board Member Howard Rodman[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wgatafff2025_0343_.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”281″ lightbox=”true” frame_style=”gray_border”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wgatafff2025_0352_.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”281″ lightbox=”true” frame_style=”gray_border”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#004eef”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770328391327{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

TAFFF & MPA WORKSHOP<\/h3>\n

In partnership with Film France\/ CNC\u00a0 The French Film commission<\/em><\/p>\n

The production process at HBO<\/strong>
\nA conversation with Jay Roewe, Senior VP Production and Michelle Pizzimenti, Senior Manager, HBO Production Planning Incentives at Warner Bros Discovery
\n– what HBO is looking for and what are the steps to begin a conversation about a project
\n– English-language films vs French-language films and series, adaptations vs originals
\n– Recent case study[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mpaimg_1546.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”281″ lightbox=”true” frame_style=”gray_border”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mpaimg_1547.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”281″ lightbox=”true” frame_style=”gray_border”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#004eef”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770326806836{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] 2025 WORKSHOPS [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tafff_industry-e1729725990645.jpg”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#004eef”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770328986631{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] TAFFF & DGA WORKSHOP The Cinematic Experience: \u00a0The unique, immersive and collective experience of watching a film in a cinema, and why it’s still vital to world culture. A conversation with DGA Director Members Sean Baker, Richard Linklater, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26148"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26175,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26148\/revisions\/26175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}