2025 WORKSHOPS
TAFFF & DGA WORKSHOP
The Cinematic Experience: The 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, and Jason Reitman
Moderator: FACF Board Member and DGA Past President, Taylor Hackford
TAFFF & WGAw WORKSHOP
In partnership with Film France/ CNC The French Film Commission and France TV
Bridging the Atlantic: Inside the Cross-cultural Writer’s Room of ‘LUPIN’ with producer/ writer Paul Dichter.
A conversation about the unique alchemy at the heart of Netflix’s global hit “LUPIN,” a show that is quintessentially French in its soul, yet assembled through a distinctly Hollywood process.
Paul was tasked with helping to build and run an American-style writers’ room for the fourth season of the French narrative icon LUPIN.
Moderator: Past WGAW President and FACF Board Member Howard Rodman
TAFFF & MPA WORKSHOP
In partnership with Film France/ CNC The French Film commission
The production process at HBO
A conversation with Jay Roewe, Senior VP Production and Michelle Pizzimenti, Senior Manager, HBO Production Planning Incentives at Warner Bros Discovery
– what HBO is looking for and what are the steps to begin a conversation about a project
– English-language films vs French-language films and series, adaptations vs originals
– Recent case study
