Loading Events
4November

Working with Intimacy Coordinators

April 17th 2023
Loading Events
7April

Creating Safer Sets

Working with Intimacy Coordinators

April 17th 2023

Film Fatales members held an online workshop about Creating Safer and Supported Sets with Dr. Annalise Ophelian, N. Jasmine Johnson, Heather María Ácsand Olivia Troy from Reps on Set, a BIWOC-led consulting firm specializing in intimate storytelling, cultural coordination, and on-set mental health services. Moderated by Body Parts director Kristy Guevara-Flanagan. Co-presented by Level Forward.

The webinar answers questions like: how can directors get the most out of working with an intimacy coordinator? How do you tell stories about marginalized communities authentically? When is it appropriate to bring a therapist to set? You’ll learn about the role of intimacy coordinators (including how to hire and work with them), the importance of cultural coordination in storytelling and set dynamics, and how mental health providers can support the well-being of your cast and crew. Watch the recording and learn from industry experts and improve the safety and well-being of your cast and crew!

Details

Date:
April 7, 2023
Event Categories:
,
Website:
https://ffla040723.eventbrite.com

Details

Date:
April 7, 2023
Event Categories:
,
Website:
https://ffla040723.eventbrite.com

Panelists

Dr. Annalise Ophelian is a licensed clinical psychologist and award-winning documentarian who specializes in authentic media representation of LGBTQIA+ communities, kink, sex work, and mental illness, as well as informed representation of sexual violence, trauma, and psychopathy. Annalise’s documentary work has been acquired by PBS, SYFY, OutTV, and SBS, and she has consulted for leading design firms, Hollywood studios, state health departments, and law enforcement. Annalise’s private practice specializes in performance psychology and mental wellness for creative professionals, marginalized genders, and sexual outsiders.

Heather María Ács is a certified intimacy coordinator based in NYC and Los Angeles. Credits include Partner Track (Netflix), Dead Ringers with Rachel Weisz (Amazon), and features such as, Lee DanielsThe Deliverance, Plan B (Hulu) and gay rom-com, Fire Island (Hulu). She specializes in authentic representation for intersectional LGBTQIA+ and BDSM/kink communities, working with diverse casts, and body positivity. She is also an award-winning writer/director.

Kristy Guevara-Flanagan is an Associate Professor at UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television where she heads the MFA Directing Documentary concentration. She has been making documentary films that focus on gender and representation for nearly two decades, starting with a 1999 experimental documentary about a blow-up doll (which screened at the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, among other venues). Guevara-Flanagan’s documentary and experimental films have screened at the Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, and HotDocs film festivals and the Getty Museum. Her work has been broadcast on PBS and the Sundance Channel, received numerous awards, and been funded by ITVS, the Sundance Institute, the Tribeca Institute, Latino Public Broadcasting, and California Humanities.

N. Jasmine Johnson is a psychotherapist and owner of Blue Pearl Therapy, a virtual mental health practice specializing in intimacy post-injury, trauma, and illness and sex-positive parenting. She is also the co-owner, along with partner King Noire, of Royal Fetish Films, where the love of the arts, film, and sex education are combined to produce content that stimulates and engages the audience to push their sexual boundaries. An award-winning adult film star and established adult entertainer, educator, and master fetish trainer, Jasmine has dedicated her craft to creating a more inclusive and ethically sound adult entertainment industry.



Reps On Set’s founder Olivia “Troy” Troy is a screenwriter, consulting producer, and IPA-certified intimacy coordinator based in New York City. While her credits span film, television, and theater productions, Troy is best known for bringing authenticity and credibility to the BDSM scenes of Billions (Showtime) and Bonding (S2, Netflix), Dear Edward (AppleTV+), The Starling Girl (feature), and Love Life (S2, HBOMax). She launched REPS in 2021 with the goal of fostering better representation of underrepresented identities in film and television, later expanding its mission to create more supportive, safer sets for their inclusion through cultural coordinating, intimate storytelling, and mental wellness services.

Event Partners

Level Forward is a story-driven / impact-minded, ACLU/NYCLU honored, Tony Award winning, film, theater, and television for-profit mini-studio comprised of storytellers, entrepreneurs, and social change-makers and largely led and owned by women. On project and systems levels, we strive to balance artistic vision, social impact, and stakeholder return. Films include Body Parts, The Year Between, The Big Payback, The Assistant, Holler, Rebel Hearts, Topside, You Resemble Me, and American Woman. Stage work includes POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumb Ass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive, Slave Play, What The Constitution Means To Me, Jagged Little Pill, and Oklahoma!. Engage with our work at More To Talk About.

Reps on Set are production consultants, coordinators, and licensed mental healthcare professionals for underrepresented identities in television, film, and stage, particularly BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and those with marginalized sexual identities and expressions.