FILM

Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) presents a SCREENING: Short Docs-In-Progress, Friday, May 28 at 7pm at TBH Center. Join SWAMP for a special screening of short documentaries-in-progress, with special guest Fernanda Rossi ("The Doc Doctor"). Watch the docs, then offer your feedback on the films via an open audience discussion.

Internationally renowned author, speaker and story consultant Fernanda Rossi has doctored over 300 documentaries, fiction scripts and fundraising trailers, among them the 2009 Academy Award® Nominated The Garden by Scott Hamilton Kennedy. Others include the 2007 Academy Award® Nominated Recycled Life by Leslie Iwerks and the theatrically-released Billy the Kid by Jennifer Venditti. Along with her private consultations, she  gives lectures and seminars worldwide on story structure and fundraising demos, such as her signature workshops Doctoring your Doc and Trailer Mechanics.

Ms. Rossi shares her knowledge and research of storytelling and the creative process in articles in trade publications, such as the monthly columns Ask the Doc Doctor published by SF360; Story Strategies, at The Independent and the case studies Documentary Clinic published by DER, the Documentary Educational Resources. She is also the author of the book Trailer Mechanics: A Guide to Making Your Documentary Fundraising Trailer.

Ms. Rossi has been a grant panelist for New York State Council for the Arts, the Latino Public Broadcast and ITVS Open Call and international Call, which gave her the chance to view and evaluate over 500 fundraising works-in-progress altogether. She has also been a Juror for the Chicago International Film Festival in the documentary category.

In addition to having being an editor for 8 years, her own projects as a producer/director include the documentary Inventing a Girl: An Experience in Homeschooling, premiered at the Contemporary Issues Film Festival and winner of the Women’s Vision Award. Her film script Picture Me! was invited to the 2005 Latin American Sundance Screenwriters Laboratory.

Her work as a story consultant, workshop leader and filmmaker has been featured in Filmmaker Magazine, New York Times and other publications. She has a degree in Film Production from the University of Buenos Aires.