WORKSHOP DETAILS

Whether you’re dreaming up a horror short, a comedy series, or a powerful doc, every story needs a pitch — a way to clearly communicate what your story is, why it matters, and why you’re the one to tell it. In this workshop, we’ll break down the anatomy of a great pitch and learn how to create a compelling visual pitch deck or lookbook — the go-to tools filmmakers, writers, and showrunners use to sell their vision.

We’ll explore real examples, design tips, and creative exercises to help you find your voice, clarify your story, and translate your ideas into something that pops on the page and sticks in the room. By the end, you’ll understand what makes a pitch strong and how to build a deck that reflects your unique vision and style.

WORKSHOP LEADER

Sabrina Saleha is a Navajo/Bengali screenwriter, director, and actress. She is a 2025 Sundance Native Lab Artist-in-Residence, where she is developing her feature film Grief Camp—a fantastical coming-of-age story inspired by the loss of her younger brother. Her short film Legend of Fry-Roti: Rise of the Dough—a culture clash comedy about a biracial niece caught between her Navajo and Bengali aunties in a chaotic bread-making battle—will premiere at the Oscar-qualifying deadCenter Film Festival and was supported by Vision Maker Media, First Peoples Fund, and the Georgia Film Impact Grant.

Sabrina earned her MFA in Screenwriting from the Institute of American Indian Arts and is an alum of NYU Tisch’s Directing Intensive for Indigenous Voices, the imagineNATIVE Feature Lab, and the Native American Media Alliance’s TV and Animation Labs. Through her production company, Your Sister Mena, she champions Indigenous and South Asian stories with humor, heart, and unapologetic joy.

As an actress, her recent credits include Barry, Marvel’s Echo, Single Drunk Female, Station 19, The Cleaning Lady, Panhandle, and Echoes.