Article from Hartford Courant

Hartford\'s Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave., is holding its first-ever Bushnell Filmmakers\' Forum on Aug. 13 and 14, and registration is open. Prices are higher for those who register after July 15, so those who plan to go should register now.

The event, Friday evening and the full day Saturday, will feature workshops on directing, screenplay writing and pitching, optional pitch appointments with film-industry professionals and three film screenings, with producers and directors in attendance.

The Aug. 13 screening will be \"Rambling Rose,\" with director Martha Coolidge in attendance. The Aug. 14 screenings will be \"Norma Rae,\" with producer Alex Rose in attendance, and \"Ray,\" with producers Howard Baldwin (also the former owner of the Hartford Whalers) and Karen Baldwin in attendance. Rose and Coolidge will participate in the seminars Saturday, along with literary manager Peter Miller, screenwriting instructor Peter Fox and George Norfleet, director of the state\'s Film, TV and Digital Media office. All the participants will be at a meet-and-greet on Aug. 13 and a dinner panel Aug. 14, open to forum participants.

Prices are $50 Aug. 13 only (cocktails and the screening), $325 Aug. 14 only (workshops, screenings and dinner), $350 for both, and $30 more for the pitch meet-up. On July 15, those prices go up to $50, $375, $400 and $40, respectively.

Members of the general public who want to attend the film screenings only will be charged $25 per screening, or $60 for all three. Those tickets won\'t go on sale until Aug. 1.

To register, visit http://www.bushnell.org

Susan Dunne (sdunne@courant.com)