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The In Motion Conference Committee comes together for a planning meeting in launching this first-of-its-kind conference.
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In Motion, a Midwest filmmaking conference, is launched in St. Louis and looks to inspire media creatives from all across the region By Charlotte Beard Downtown St. Louis has been a host to various conferences over the years but none of those conferences have been for media creatives across the Midwest. Nov. 2 marks the first annual Midwest filmmaking conference – In Motion. The conference will take place 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with a happy hour that follows at Covo (former Mississippi Valley Trust bank building) located at 401 Pine Street. The conference’s emcee will be Pascal, Executive Producer/ Host of The Pascal Show and morning show called Pascal in the Morning. The conference is being hosted by Continuity, a nonprofit whose mission is to expand diversity in media production through skillsbased training, mentoring and opportunities (www.continuitystl.com). All proceeds from the conference will support its programs.
“This year a couple of our funders could not fund us; we had a funding gap,” stated Dan Parris, Continuity Executive Director and Co-Founder. “We were starting to think of creative ways to fund that gap. One idea that came up was (a conference) because it accomplishes our mission. It went from an idea to raise some money to a large event – potentially to be the largest of its kind in the Midwest.” In addition to the conference’s nine committee members helping to make the premier event possible, the conference is being sponsored by a host of industry partners not limited to: Missouri Film Office, Cinema St. Louis, Explore St. Louis Film, Missouri Motion Media Association (MoMA), Hubbard Radio, Fox 2, KPLR 11, Nine Network, Seed and Spark, Wildlife Command Center (Mov-
ie Animals), The Kranzberg Arts Foundation, and Spiced Just Right Catering. Visit https:// www.inmotionconference.com/ for a complete list of committee members and sponsors. Michael D. Francis, Founder of Michael D Francis Presents (MDFP) and In Motion Conference Committee Member stated, “The impact of this conference on the area is really significant because it is bringing in resources, know-how, and the connections for people to really grow in their craft of filmmaking and production in general. It’s not just a St. Louis conference, it’s a Midwest conference. We’re pulling in the same type of people – filmmakers and production people – from the whole Midwest region. St. Louis is a very valuable See ‘ACTION’ page 2
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