MOJO conference

The MOJO Conference is the event for everyone who works or wants to work in the world of mobile journalism and smartphone film production. Top international speakers and the best influencers and vloggers show where the opportunities lie to conquer the world and earn money with your stories.

Speakers: 

Sibylle Kurz – Pitch it! The art of communicating successfully your film project
Sibylle Kurz is an worldwide authority in the media and feature filmbusiness. An idea is not enough, it is about body language. Coping with nerves, about NLP. An unique opportunity to meet this wonderful lady. It is an exception as here time schedule is overloaded. Sibylle Kurz is a merchant, a psychologist and trained in media- and communication science – what an inspiring combination of skills. Her credo is: Pitching is a pleasure! Creative people are doing it almost every day in order to convince other people about their idea. But if it comes to public pitching, pitching becomes a stressful event. There is one way to overcome this nervous feeling: Replace it by the real pleasure of feeling well prepared for sharing your story with the others. Sibylle will introduce you to her idea of combining the five key elements Status, Motivation, Intention, Theme and Visual Approach in a personal and strong presentation. An idea is one thing. Now you have to sell it! 

Pelpina – Your smartphone is all-in one: camera, editor and publisher
Making money with smartphones is more than possible. Videogeek Pelpina Trip will show you how. An interesting voyage in the world of creating high and low culture media content. She will show examples that will trigger everyones creativity. Pelpina is a video expert who helps businesses grow their visibility with online video. She’s the author of bestseller Video Smart: Make Smartphone Videos Like a Pro and creates social videos daily. She’s a national TV news reporter turned video geek, and loves testing apps, interviewing, livestreaming, and editing videos. Pelpina is a well-known inspiring speaker and content creator and has coached and inspired many to create videos with smartphones.
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Cassius Rayner – Meet and greet the prof!
I am Cassius Rayner and started professionally as a camera operator in 1995, directed my first short drama in 1997 starring pop icon Adam Ant. During this time I worked on documentaries, music videos, news and drama. In addition to this I spent time overseas as a camera operator for UNOPS (United Nations) based in various places. Since 2014 I stopped using main stream cameras and turned my attention to the possibilities of mobile phones. For the last 7 years I have only filmed professional content using a mobile phone and the filmic pro app. Filming documentaries in South America, Africa, Hong Kong and Europe. Ive worked in fashion, brand content projects in the USA, and was very fortunate to also spend time with volunteer medical teams in countries where it is difficult to film and so using mobiles was key in the production of the stories. My website http://www.gofilmit.tv
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Mathias Sourbron – Keynote point of U
Point of U is a new Antwerp film festival with one goal in mind: Bringing young – rookie & pro – filmmakers, YouTubers, Instagrammers, TikTokkers, vloggers and online video content freaks together to experiment and brainstorm about the future of cinema. Video content is no longer only made in Hollywood with expensive gear by large production houses. But also just by you with your smartphone at home in your room or with your friends in the city. The kick off of Point of U happened through a competition with Samsung, in which Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah were the curators. Twenty young content creators were immersed in the world of smartphone videography. Or also: young people, supported by a series of workshops, make a (short) film with a smartphone. The final winner was chosen by a jury including the well-known director duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. More than 350 interested young people registered and 20 young people were sent During Point of U in De Studio for three days you can go for Talks, DIY Workshops, & Screenings on a big screen! Meet likeminded creatives & Just do your thing! Mathias Sourbron, organizer of the festival and works for Hakuna Academy, among others.
www.gofilmit.tv

Susy Botello is founder & curator of the San Diego Smartphone Filmfestival. She will join us via Zoom and will be talking about storytelling and mobile filmmaking.

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