William Andre Buchanan
William Andre Buchanan, also known as Dre Buchanan, is CEO of ILL 4 Real Entertainment (a marketing and advertising agency), Will Buchanan Investments, and the CFO of Ram-Z Entertainment (a production company). As an angel investor, he assists in financing film makers and creators who need anchor investors, especially those in the BIPOC community, who have the potential to attract an international audience. In addition, he provides free mentoring, coaching, and workshops to entrepreneurs to help them market and scale their companies and learn the process of raising capital and getting off the ground.
Buchanan also the executive producer of two award-winning shorts Neighbor and T.I.M.E which will be screened during the festival.
Saturday 19th August
FILM SHORTS: T.I.M.E.; Dignity
Film Short: T.I.M.E. (10 min.; Drama)
Hamilton
Filmmaker: William Andre Buchanan
Treasure Intimate Memories Everyday=T.I.M.E. A peak into the tender bond between a father and his daughter as their lives evolve.
Film Short: Dignity (25 min.; Romantic Drama)
Hamilton
Filmmaker: Pat Battistini
"Dignity" is a love story between a woman and her family. However, the family's strength is tested when a moral decision must be made.
Friday 18th August
MASTER CLASS: Film Finance & Funding
Lincoln
Instructor: William Andre Buchanan
Angel investor and Film Financier William Andre Buchanan will host a workshop on how to get your projects funded by sharing several techniques to secure funding for your projects.
Friday 18th August
FILM SHORTS - Art 21: Rose B. Simpson; T.I.M.E.; Neighbor
Film Short: Art 21: Rose B. Simpson (14min.; Mini-Doc)
Hamilton
Filmmaker: Art21
Set primarily in her native Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, this film is a gentle portrayal of how artist Rose B. Simpson creates and explores inventive ways of making art by drawing from the land's culture and history, her ancestors' knowledge and heritage and skills passed down to her by her mother and grandmother.
Film Short: T.I.M.E. (10 min.; Drama)
Hamilton
Filmmaker: William Andre Buchanan
Treasure Intimate Memories Everyday=T.I.M.E. A peak into the tender bond between a father and his daughter as their lives evolve.
Film Short: Neighbor (6 min.; Light Drama)
Hamilton
Filmmaker: William Andre Buchanan
He looks iffy. He dresses street. He's not our kind of people...right? Or is he?
Thursday 17th August
FILM SHORTS: XXVisible; Neighbor; FANNIE
Film Short: XXVisible (12 min.; Drama)
Hamilton
Filmmaker: Bobby Yan
It's 2020, COVID-19 has shut down the entire world. In the midst, a successful, young Asian American struggles to navigate life during the lock down. A series of events forces the man to confront issues of self-identity and racial politics, culminating into an aggressive Anti-Asian attack against his family.
Film Short: Neighbor (6 min.; Light Drama)
Hamilton
Filmmaker: William Andre Buchanan
He looks iffy. He dresses street. He's not our kind of people...right? Or is he?
Film Short: FANNIE (10 min.; Drama)
Hamilton
Filmmaker: Abeni Bloodworth
Sharecropper turned social justice advocate, Fannie Lou Hamer publicly highlights the scare tactics used in Mississippi to prevent Black Americans from voting. Hammer forces this country to examine itself with one question, “Is this America?