Auction Ends: Mar 1, 2014 11:45 PM PST

Unique Experiences

3-Hour Consultation With Award Winning Filmmaker, Samira Goetschel, of D.I.G. Films

Item Number: 107

Estimated Value: Priceless
Opening Bid: 100 USD

Item Description

This could be the chance of a lifetime for one lucky aspiring film maker! Winner will consult with Ms. Goetschel in person (in Los Angeles), on the phone, or via Skype. Consultation on a feature or documentary project. If Ms. Goetschel feels the outcome is a unique project with great potential she will set up a meeting with an agent in Los Angeles. The material must be in written format or DVD.

Samira was born in Iran and fled the country with her family after the government of Ayatollah Khomeini executed her father. An alumnus of NYU Film School, her graduating film, Clown de la Vie won Best Short Film at the New York State Film Festival, and was a finalist at the Student Academy Awards. She earned her Master of Arts degree at Columbia University, and followed her passion for filmmaking with a short film about the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC. She was the first filmmaker permitted to shoot inside the Museum. Her first documentary, Our Own Private Bin Laden, was named Best Foreign Documentary and Best Film of the Festival at the 2006 European Independent Film Festival in Paris, and won the Audience Award at the International Film Festival in Seoul. Our Own Private Bin Laden has been screened in theaters and broadcast on television in over 20 countries.

Item Special Note

Item/certificate can be picked up at live event on March 1, 2014 (ticket required for entry) or at Bridges Academy from March 3-14, 2014 during normal school hours (excluding holidays). Refer to www.bridges.edu for school calendar or call 818-506-1091. Purchaser to pay for insured and tracked shipping. Shipping will be ground unless express shipping is requested and paid for by buyer.