The right connection can change everything.
New Jersey’s film and television industry is growing. Studios are being built. Productions are coming. Opportunities are expanding.
Now is the time to build your network within it.
Join Newark Film & Television Professionals for Lights, Camera, Connect! bringing together filmmakers, producers, actors, crew, creatives, industry professionals and businesses from across New Jersey and beyond.
This isn’t just another networking event. It’s an opportunity to get in the room with people who are working, creating and building within the industry and start relationships that could lead to your next collaboration, referral, client or opportunity.
Special Industry Guests
Shumerria Harris — Actress, Director, Writer & Producer Credits include Shades of Blue, Show Me a Hero, The Breaks and Law & Order.
Lamont Fountain — Producer & Filmmaker Producer of the Paramount+ docuseries 72 Seconds in Rittenhouse Square.
Marco Hall — Celebrity Fashion Designer Acclaimed designer whose work has been worn by Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Whoopi Goldberg and more.
Bobby Yan — Award-Winning Filmmaker & Director Eight-time Emmy Award recipient whose directing credits span Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, BET+, Lifetime and TV One.
Unlimited Studios — Full-Service Production Studio & Production Company
Madison Santos and Coleman Wilson will join us from Unlimited Studios, Long Branch's first major film and television production facility.
We didn't invite accomplished industry professionals so you could sit in an audience and watch them. We invited them so you could meet them.
At Lights, Camera, Connect!, there are no panels separating you from the people you came to connect with. Our Special Guests will be in the room—networking alongside you.
Because the right connection can change everything.