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Making money moves in Las Vegas with education and entertainment #FinLitFilmFest

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Las Vegas, Nevada United States of America The Financial Literacy Film Festival took place among the desert sunset balcony of the Taverna Costera and online.  The festival aims to break the stigma around financial literacy by bringing together creatives and finance industry professionals to produce content that educates the public while also entertaining them. Over 100 people attended the invite only live event.  The yearly festival is funded by a financial professionals who believe creativity is crucial in starting conversations about financial struggles. Carlos Anzures and Be Financially Informed David Foxx, both agree that using entertainment or edutainment can help create awareness that we are not alone in our financial difficulties and that it is okay to talk about money issues to resolve them.  “We have physically done this event now from California to Puerto Rico and now Las Vegas. People really care about this stuff. I'm happy that we found a way to deliver the Fi...

Rio Piedras - San Juan, Puerto Rico chosen as venue for Financial Literacy Film Festival 2022

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Financial Literacy Film Festival 2022   " Soul is not for sale" We are in our 3rd year of hosting this amazing global event, and we will be going live in-person from San Juan (Rio Piedras), Puerto Rico on May 28, 2022. Live Event time 11:30 AM AST - 1:00 PM AST Casa de Cultura  Prof. Ruth HernĂĄndez Torres 1151 PR-25 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00925 Watch this Short Film in San Juan, Puerto Rico 2022! The Painterist Official Selection 2022 The Painterist is a short film from Pakistan that has been selected to be screened among other international and domestic entries. The word,' Painterist' was coined for this short film; its title is often mistaken as "Paint" although it is "Pain". This fictional biopic story is about the life of a fine artist, whose name was Shahid. Being an unknown painter, he had been selling his artwork to a dilettante lady, Tanya, for a fistful of money. One day he comes to know, he was selling his soul! Intellectual piracy is ...

Just Another Dance with my Father - short film on Qudio April 2021 #finlitfilmfest

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#FinLitFilmFest  Just Another Dance with my Father Streaming on Qudio  April 2021 Watch the short film trailer Lead Talent Jerrika Hinton  IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2056961/ Just Another Dance with my Father Producer:  Diane Musselman https://dianemusselman.com/ Streaming on Qudio during  Financial Literacy month, April 2021. April 02 April 09 April 16 April 23 6:30PM PST  Friday Nights online film festival  https://qudio.com/organization/flff What is the point of this event?  EDUCATION brought to  underserved communities  in a  fun way. How can we educate the world about the rules of money, and still have fun while doing it?   What kind of movies are these? Bite-size and thought-provoking short films, created with the help of the entire global community. We use  ART  and we use  CREATIVITY  to  tell important stories.  Fulton Film Company CONTACT https://fultonfilmcompany.com/contact

Press Release - Financial Literacy Film Festival - Smoke & Mirrors short film screening April 2021

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Fresno, CA Release: March 25th, 2021 Award-winning short film “Smoke & Mirrors” tells a story about gambles made and friendships lost.  For Immediate Release  The Writer-Director Jonathan Burnett's short film, "Smoke & Mirrors," will take to the screen again in Fresno at the Financial Literacy Film Festival in April.  Actors Tommy Redmond Hicks (She's Gotta Have It, 1986) and Charles Bracy (Killer of Sheep, 1978) are the movie's leading actors.   "Two old friends buy into a worm farming scheme and con others to achieve their aspirations.  But when they were duped out of their money, the two friends turn on each other and must regain what's important their friendship."  The movie "Smoke & Mirrors" is a buddy drama that has humor but shows the reality of how ordinary people struggle all while chasing the almighty dollar.  It's also a look at how people must protect old long-lasting friendships.   Burnett's inspiration for ...

Financial Literacy Film Festival 2021 press release

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  Financial Literacy Film Festival 2021 What would you do if I told you there was a way for you to get a world class financial education, and have fun doing it? And what if I told you it will be completely free? The Financial Literacy Film Festival (Fin Lit Film Fest) brings together actors, filmmakers, influencers, writers, actors, and many more talented groups of people, with the ultimate goal of educating the world on finances. Our founders, George Ohan and Carlos Anzures firmly believe in the mantra, Teach, Coach, Mentor, and want to get financial literacy education available for trillions of people! Last year’s event was an amazing success, and you can check it out here: https://finlitfilmfestival.blogspot.com/2020/02/financial-literacy-film-festival.html The Fin Lit Film Fest will occur in April, which is Financial Literacy Month. The event will happen online, each Friday evening at 630PM PST, from April 2nd, to April 23rd.  Why is this important? Think back when you wer...

Financial Literacy Film Festival 2021 sponsor Zack CantĂș #finlitfilmfest

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Sponsor 2021 Financial Literacy Film Festival  Zack CantĂș  shown here with David Fuentes We would like to introduce the Financial Literacy Film Festival. Join the tribe on Facebook, we have a Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/112312483489343/ What is the point of this event? EDUCATION brought to underserved communities in a fun way. How can we educate the world about the rules of money, and still have fun while doing it? What kind of movies are these? Bite-size and thought-provoking short films, created with the help of the entire global community. We use ART and we use CREATIVITY to tell important stories. The Financial Literacy Film Festival believes that Collaboration and Expressing, are beautiful ways to build long-lasting and meaningful relationships within our communities. Let's build! (Festival volunteers + sponsors needed) https://fultonfilmcompany.com/contact Impact Releasing #finlitfilmfest #finlitfilmfest2021 #financialliteracy #fultonfilmcompany #financial...

Financial Literacy Film Festival 2021 Sponsors and community collaborations #finlitfilmfest

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Financial Literacy Film Festival  Fin Lit Film Fest #finlitfilmfest Founders Carlos Anzures George Ohan Teach. Coach. Mentor. This year we have curated films from all over the world  with the help of our generous partner,  Spondulics.  Did you know? April is Financial Literacy month! We use bite-size, short films to get this  very important message out to the  people who need it most;  families in our community.  EDUtainment, What is it? Education and Entertainment  combined into easy to watch stories for our audience. - - - - Collaborations are Open for Local Sponsors 2021  Watch the Video on YouTube now We host our event online each on Friday evenings at 6:30PM PST 04/02/2021 04/09/2021 04/16/2021 04/23/2021 Join us for 2021! We are proud to announce our  2021 Sponsorships and Collaborations Hen Gee Garcia Executive Producer Co-Founder of Final Level Music  Los Angeles, California  https://finallevelmusic.com/ https://ww...