I’m an independent media advocate, producer-at-large, and strategist for independent film, film festivals, and filmmakers.
I spend time thinking about: new methods of story distribution, the state of the indie film industry, curation, architecture, language, art, collaboration, my travel plans and design.
I can’t do without: a good lighter, a few electronic gadgets, a plane ticket, perfume, you
I’m really good at: speaking in public, packing lightly, catching planes, smoking out of hotel windows
I am: urban, multi-lingual, highly mobile, hyper-literate, obsessed with liminal states, occasionally plagued by bouts of ennui
My short, simplistic bio:
After obtaining her Master’s Degree in Fine Art at London’s Central Saint Martins College, Saskia started her media career as a freelance music video and commercial production designer, for the likes of Master P.
Saskia went on to serve as festival co-director for Los Angeles’s fiercely independent Silver Lake Film Festival, launching the festival’s new media arm in 2005 (MP4Fest) in addition to curating many of its film, art and music events.
Saskia recently left her job at Emmy-Award winning Current TV as the head of filmmaker outreach for the participatory television and web programming initiatives (VC2). There, she spearheaded projects designed to gain new short format documentary cross-channel content for the network from international filmmakers, while initiating content partnerships on a global scale.
Currently working as a producer at large, festival and film distribution strategist, she maintains her strong ties to the DIY film movement by supporting initiatives such as From Here to Awesome, DIY Days, Slamdance, and others. With this in mind, she produces events and educational initiatives around new models in filmmaking — most recently, the ‘Slamdance, WorkBook Project and Open Video Alliance Filmmaker Summit’, and the TEDActive Innovation Lab in 2010 for Pink Cloud Events.
In 2009 she conceived of a roving guerilla screening series called Cinema Speakeasy whose success prompted her in turn to team up with CineFist, Film Courage, and the Downtown Independent Theatre to create a new film exhibition collective: Film Evolutionaries.
Current projects include helping develop a crowd-sourced fundraising campaign for the Yes Men, and as filmmaker outreach consultant for OpenIndie. She also contributes to the WorkBook Project’s New Breed blog.
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