🎬 Film in Fort Worth: Where Film Production Meets Event Production

Thursday, November 19, 2026
The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth

Lights. Camera. Experience.

What does producing a feature film have in common with producing an unforgettable event?

More than you might think.

A film set is essentially a new event every day — bringing together people, locations, vendors, equipment, schedules, permits, hospitality, creative direction and technical production to deliver one cohesive experience for an audience.

At Film in Fort Worth, MPI DFW is taking you behind the scenes to explore what meeting and event professionals can learn from the world of film production.

NEW! Go Behind the Scenes at SGS Trilogy Studios  🎥

Start your Film in Fort Worth experience with an exclusive educational tour of SGS Trilogy Studios, a world-class production campus featuring sound stages, virtual production volume stages, broadcast studios and full production support facilities.

Get an inside look at the technology, spaces and operations behind today’s film, television and digital media productions — and see firsthand how complex productions move from creative vision to execution.

SGS Trilogy Studios Tour

• 8:20 AM–10:45 AM
• $50 additional registration fee
• Limited to 50 participants
• Transportation is provided and required
• Depart The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth at 8:20 AM
• One-hour guided studio tour
• Return to The Worthington by approximately 10:45 AM

Space is limited, so reserve your tour when you register.

Where Film Production Meets Event Production

Following the tour, continue the experience at The Worthington with the Supplier Showcase, luncheon and educational program.

Through an immersive keynote and interactive conversation with professionals from Fort Worth’s film industry, you’ll discover how filmmakers approach many of the same challenges event professionals face every day: selecting the right location, managing complex logistics, coordinating multiple partners, solving problems in real time and keeping the creative vision intact from concept through execution.

And this won’t be your typical keynote-and-panel program.

Throughout the session, industry experts will become part of the experience itself — offering perspectives from different areas of film production and giving attendees an inside look at what really happens behind the camera.

What You’ll Take Away

Attendees will explore how film-production principles can translate directly to meetings and events, including:

Storytelling & creative vision: Creating an experience with a clear beginning, middle and end.

Location strategy: Looking beyond four walls to understand how place influences the experience.

Production logistics: Coordinating people, equipment, vendors, schedules and competing priorities.

Technical execution: Bringing creative ideas to life through thoughtful production planning.

Collaboration & adaptability: Keeping a diverse team moving toward the same goal — even when plans change.

Audience experience: Making every production decision with the end viewer — or attendee — in mind.

Whether you plan meetings, produce events, manage venues, provide event services or simply love seeing how great experiences come together, you’ll leave with a fresh perspective on your own work and practical ideas you can put into action.

Step Onto the Set

From the moment you arrive, expect more than a meeting.

Expect an experience designed to make you feel like you’ve stepped onto a production — because in the worlds of film and events, the magic audiences see is only possible because of everything happening behind the scenes.

Join MPI DFW in Fort Worth and see event production through an entirely new lens.

Program Schedule

8:20 AM–10:45 AM
SGS Trilogy Studios Tour
Optional add-on | $50 additional registration fee | Limited to 50 participants

10:30 AM
Registration Opens

10:30–11:15 AM
Maximize Your Membership Workshop
Optional

10:30 AM–12:00 PM
Supplier Showcase

12:00–1:30 PM
Luncheon & Educational Program
Film in Fort Worth: Where Film Production Meets Event Production

Registration Includes

• Complimentary day valet parking
• Optional Maximize Your Membership workshop
• Networking and Supplier Showcase
• Three-course luncheon
• 1.5 hours of pre-approved CE credit

SGS Trilogy Studios Tour requires separate $50 add-on registration.

Traveling from Out of Town?

The Renaissance Worthington is offering a special $199 room rate for Film in Fort Worth registrants.

🔗 Book Your Room at the Worthington
Discounted Room Block Closes November 8

Interested in the Supplier Showcase?

Secure a table and put your organization in front of MPI DFW meeting and event professionals.

Contact Michele Byers, CAE, CMP Fellow at chapadmin@mpidfw.org for more information.