Jumpstart Your Acting Career With Professionals
Different from traditional acting programs, you’ll learn directly from industry professionals producers, directors, casting experts, and creatives who actively shape projects and careers. You will leave the event with a high quality showreel, soft and hard skills to succeed internationally.
Immersive Hollywood Experience On Set
Immerse yourself in a real on-set experience alongside a Hollywood production crew. Gain practical insight, learn insider techniques, and connect with the backbone of the industry, the people who connect talent, greenlight ideas, and turn creative visions into reality
Acting for Healing. Create Impact
With an intimate group and Hollywood A listers coaches, explore how acting techniques can be a transformative tool to one’s personal growth. You are also supporting Cancer research and charitable initiatives that use film, education, and community to create opportunity for others.
Network. Grow Your International Community
Prepare for the world. Hollywood in Mauritius equips you to communicate, perform, and collaborate confidently in English across international film and creative industries. This event is also for producers, filmmakers, film distributors to network at the IAM Soiree: A signature networking event for you and your project to get seen.
Agenda
DAY 1 - Acting Techniques
Explore Acting Techniques that are use by working A listers actors in Hollywood. You will get an intensive coaching by celebrity acting coach David Barrouk, Lucas Alexander and Anna Popkin from Hollywood, contemporary take on Method Acting that blends the foundations of Stanislavsky with immersive techniques, for genuine and convincing performance on screen.
DAY 2 - Physical Mastery & Stunts
Focus on developing physical control, expressive movement, self defense, and a commanding presence. Learn to manage fear, pressure, and anger effectively. Relaxation techniques with Anastasia Bilous Celebrity coach.
You will learn intensive Hollywood stunts with top choreographers, Professional Hollywood stunt professionals & Stunt Choreographer from the industry and have the opportunity to film it under real Hollywood set conditions for your portfolio.
DAY 3 - Performance in Practice & Mastering
Engage in on-camera exercises,, and refine the core acting skills you’ve acquired thus with a series of lectures from industry pro's and celebrity guests, including vocal coaching and voice acting coaching, how to build a set for self-tapes and how to interact with lights and camera movements on set. Marketing for Actors. Youri Rapoport, Alex Jospeh and Surprises
You will work on monologues that will be filmed on the next day, coached by the professionals, finding truth in your performance; on the other hand, receive insights on how to behave on set and build connections with industry guests. Learn how a Hollywood set works.
DAY 4 - Reflection
Professional influence while uncovering Hollywood's secrets. Direct access to celebrities and industry pro's. Showreel production. Learn Self tape art, Interact and learn with celebrity casting Director Marion Thollot.
Starting with relaxation and breathing exercises to immerse yourself in the scene, you will be working on a real set conditions with departments such as makeup, hair, costume, arts, grips, gaffer, and the ADs, directed by Lucas Alexander, Alex Joseph, David Barrouk, a surprise guest from Hollywood, Frederique Bel and Anna Popkin
Day 5 - Real Set Experience
Experience filming on an actual movie set, evaluate performances, and enhance your artistic and professional influence while uncovering Hollywood's secrets. Direct access to celebrities and industry pro's. Showreel production. Learn Self tape art, Interact and learn with celebrity casting Director Marion Thollot. Starting with relaxation and breathing exercises to immerse yourself in the scene, you will be working on a real set conditions with departments such as makeup, hair, costume, arts, grips, gaffer, and the ADs, directed by Lucas Alexander, Alex Joseph, David Barrouk, a surprise guest from Hollywood, Frederique Bel and Anna Popkin.
Day 6 - For the evening, lunge into IAM Soiree, a red carpet vip event to connect, network and meet producers, film distributors and industry professionals.
A premium Hollywood experience that offers actors, filmmakers, seasonal producers, directors a premium shortcut to the film industry, direct networking with producers, celebrities and filmmakers helping them explore Hollywood techniques to master their careers and foster personal growth while getting seen on the international market.
MEET THE INDUSTRY PRO'S
Act. Achieve. Inspire.
The experience is supported by a diverse group of international professionals working across acting, directing, music, production, and visual storytelling. They are the driving force behind major productions, the experts who bring films to life.
Producer
Surprise guest
With over 30 years of producing films across the African continent, he has produced filmed content across the entire audio-visual spectrum, including over 35 feature films, 6 television drama series, numerous feature documentaries.
A lister Film Distributor & Producer
Youri Rapoport
A renowned film producer and internationally recognized film distributor who has worked with major productions across global markets.
He plays a key role in bringing films to audiences worldwide and connecting projects with the international industry.
Casting Director
TBA
An internationally renowned casting director who has worked on major productions worldwide, collaborating with top studios and filmmakers to discover exceptional talent worldwide. A respected young name among the industry’s most influential casting professionals
International Script Writer
TBA
A surprise is coming from Hollywood
Producer & Film Director
Sean DOVE
A South African producer with strong experience in major film productions. Sean brings industry knowledge, sharp production skills, and a talent-first mindset to help new actors grow and stand out.
Actress
TBA
A surprise is coming from the UK
Yoga Coach & Relaxation Expert
Anastasiia BILOUS
A renowned yoga and relaxation expert. Known for elevating focus, grounding energy, and helping performers unlock calm, present creativity. She is an expert in deep healing and relaxation for renowned actors worldwide.
International A lister First AD & Actor
TBA
A world-class First Assistant Director. Renowned for orchestrating complex productions with precision and vision, he has led countless international films and ads to success. With a sharp eye for detail and an exceptional ability to bring ideas to life, he is a driving force behind seamless, high-level productions.
Gaffer & Producer
Zia ECKBURALLY
A globally active gaffer and producer with deep technical mastery. From UAE, Bollywood, Mauritius to South Africa and beyond, his expertise shapes the visual soul of film.
A lister Stunt Coordinator & Team
TBA
A surprise is coming from Hollywood and South Africa
Acting Coach, Actress & Exploration expert
Anna Popkin
She is a New York–based actress and acclaimed acting coach, known for her expertise in exploration-based performance and helping actors achieve authentic, fearless expression.
Art Department and Props Master
TBA
A surprise is coming from Hollywood
Film Director
Nile WOOSYE
Nile Woosaye, founder of Entropia Pictures, is a visionary filmmaker known for bold storytelling and striking visuals. He crafts powerful, original films that bring stories and performances to life with unmatched creativity.
Designer
Renee Meyer
A renowned designer from California, celebrated for her distinctive vision and elevated craftsmanship. She has built an international reputation for creating timeless, statement pieces that blend elegance with bold innovation. With an exceptional eye for detail and a signature aesthetic, she continues to shape the world of luxury design.
A Lister Celebrity Photographer
TBA
A surprise is coming from Monaco
A lister Celebrity Healer
TBA
STAY TUNED
Wisdom From Our Industry Pro's
LOCATION
The West, where sunsets paint the sky in gold and the lagoon stretches endlessly, luxury meets raw natural beauty.
Framed by the iconic Le Morne Brabant, this coastline blends pristine beaches, calm waters, and refined coastal living in perfect harmony.
Sophisticated yet grounded, vibrant yet serene, is where elegance and island soul exist as one.
TBA
IAM SOIREE
RSVP SOIREE
Networking soiree with celebrities and industry professional.
Inside the Experience Mauritius Edition
Where the Story Started
Inside the Experience
Paris Edition
Where the Story Evolved
WHY MAURITIUS
The island is no longer only a destination for tourism, it is rapidly becoming a destination for production. International films, series, and commercial projects are choosing Mauritius for its extraordinary visual diversity, its stability, and its growing professional ecosystem.
We are launching in Mauritius because, just like in other rising creative cities around the world, we recognize a moment of acceleration.
Mauritius offers something rare: within a small geographic footprint, filmmakers can access turquoise lagoons, dramatic mountain ranges, dense forests, colonial architecture, modern cityscapes, and culturally layered neighborhoods.
Strategically located between Africa, Asia, and Europe, Mauritius is a natural bridge between markets.
The government has made clear commitments to support the industry. Through the Film Rebate Scheme administered by the Economic Development Board Mauritius, qualifying productions can access competitive cash rebates, positioning the island as both creatively exciting and financially viable. There is ambition that deserves structure. There is talent that deserves global opportunity.
We want to support the ecosystem as it expands.
We want to connect local talent with international professionals.
It is about participating in the rise of a film industry that is positioning itself on the global stage.