Are You Ready for the American Film Market?

Are You Ready for the American Film Market?

Speaker: Sara Elizabeth Timmins

Monday, September 29, 2025

5:00 - 6:30pm PDT

$10/members, $15/non-members

Are you going to AFM and want to make sure you are prepared? Sara Elizabeth will share her experiences, tips and tricks to be prepared, set up meetings, navigate the market and get past the gatekeepers.

Find out what companies are best to meet with, what you should have prepared, how to follow-up and more.

Sara Elizabeth Timmins established Life Out Loud Films in 2008 to create quality, inspiring impact films that champion women.  Her films have been seen in theatres, HBO, Amazon, Netflix, The Hallmark Channel, Starz, Showtime and internationally. She has worked with Oscar & Emmy winning talent like Jane Seymour, Ellen Burstyn, Chris Cooper, Josh Lucas and Mackenzie Foy and writers like NY Times Best Selling Author David Baldacci. Every film has featured award winning talent and secured international distribution. She field-produced the Emmy nominated HBO docuseries McMillions for Mark Wahlberg’s company which premiered at Sundance 2020, a true story she has had the rights to and has been developing for years is now being developed into a docuseries for Netflix and she currently has several films in various stages of development. She is also a film consultant/coach, founding NO FILM SCHOOL. NO TRUST FUND. NO PROBLEM.  to elevate emerging voices and to create community and education while fostering inspiration and authenticity for indie filmmakers. Sara Elizabeth believes she has a responsibility through film to spark conversations, that inspire action, that ignites change.