Exclusive: The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the eight women selected for the 2023 Sundance Women to Watch x Adobe Fellowship. They were all chosen for their exceptional talent and commitment to furthering their creative practice.
“We’re excited to partner with Adobe to champion and uplift this talented group of women artists who are working across creative disciplines,” said Michelle Satter, Founding Senior Director, Artist Programs at Sundance Institute. “Our 2023 cohort, selected from underrepresented communities, will receive granting and a continuum of support from Sundance and Adobe as they take their next steps to develop and sustain their careers.”
All fellows receive support through a $6,250 cash grant; skill-building workshops; referrals to career development opportunities; a 12-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud to create, share their stories, and further refine their craft; and a connection to the Sundance Elevate professional development initiative.
Created in 2020 under the name Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship,...
“We’re excited to partner with Adobe to champion and uplift this talented group of women artists who are working across creative disciplines,” said Michelle Satter, Founding Senior Director, Artist Programs at Sundance Institute. “Our 2023 cohort, selected from underrepresented communities, will receive granting and a continuum of support from Sundance and Adobe as they take their next steps to develop and sustain their careers.”
All fellows receive support through a $6,250 cash grant; skill-building workshops; referrals to career development opportunities; a 12-month membership to Adobe Creative Cloud to create, share their stories, and further refine their craft; and a connection to the Sundance Elevate professional development initiative.
Created in 2020 under the name Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship,...
- 6/22/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Outfest has announced the award winners of its 40th Anniversary Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
Top prizes went to Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please, starring Andrea Riseborough, Henry Melling, Karl Glusman and Demi Moore, for Outstanding North American Narrative Feature; Gabriel Martins’ Brazilian family drama Mars One took the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding International Narrative Feature, and the newly-named Paul D. Lerner and Stephen Reis Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Documentary Feature went to Rita Baghdadi’s Sirens, about the Lebanese female thrash metal band Slave to Sirens. The Academy Award-qualifying festival’s two Grand Jury prizes for Narrative shorts went to April Maxey’s Work (Outstanding U.S. Narrative Short) and Dania Bedir’s Warsha, both of which are now Oscar eligible. Outstanding Documentary Short went to Brydie O’Connor’s Love, Barbara.
Audience awards went to Juan Felipe Zuleta’s crowd-pleasing Unidentified Objects, and documentary feature...
Top prizes went to Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please, starring Andrea Riseborough, Henry Melling, Karl Glusman and Demi Moore, for Outstanding North American Narrative Feature; Gabriel Martins’ Brazilian family drama Mars One took the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding International Narrative Feature, and the newly-named Paul D. Lerner and Stephen Reis Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Documentary Feature went to Rita Baghdadi’s Sirens, about the Lebanese female thrash metal band Slave to Sirens. The Academy Award-qualifying festival’s two Grand Jury prizes for Narrative shorts went to April Maxey’s Work (Outstanding U.S. Narrative Short) and Dania Bedir’s Warsha, both of which are now Oscar eligible. Outstanding Documentary Short went to Brydie O’Connor’s Love, Barbara.
Audience awards went to Juan Felipe Zuleta’s crowd-pleasing Unidentified Objects, and documentary feature...
- 7/27/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
“Please Baby Please” and “Mars One” are among the winners of the 40th Anniversary Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival. The organization announced the honorees during its award ceremony Wednesday.
The L.A.-based nonprofit, which promotes LGBTQ filmmakers and projects, ran its 40th edition festival from July 14-24. Over the course of the festival, 30,000 people attended its programming and more than 200 films screened, including 42 world premieres. The festival opened with Billy Porter’s directorial debut “Anything’s Possible” and closed with the LGBTQ slasher film “They/Them.”
“Please Baby Please,” directed by Amanda Kramer and starring Andrea Riseborough and Henry Melling, took the outstanding North American feature prize, while Brazilian director Gabriel Martins’ family drama “Mars One” won the outstanding international feature award. Audience award winners included “Unidentified Objects” by Juan Felipe Zuleta and documentary feature “Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story.” Select award winners will be available to stream...
The L.A.-based nonprofit, which promotes LGBTQ filmmakers and projects, ran its 40th edition festival from July 14-24. Over the course of the festival, 30,000 people attended its programming and more than 200 films screened, including 42 world premieres. The festival opened with Billy Porter’s directorial debut “Anything’s Possible” and closed with the LGBTQ slasher film “They/Them.”
“Please Baby Please,” directed by Amanda Kramer and starring Andrea Riseborough and Henry Melling, took the outstanding North American feature prize, while Brazilian director Gabriel Martins’ family drama “Mars One” won the outstanding international feature award. Audience award winners included “Unidentified Objects” by Juan Felipe Zuleta and documentary feature “Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story.” Select award winners will be available to stream...
- 7/27/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Sundance Institute has named Briana “Bree” Nieves (Arise! My Beloved), Naveen Chaubal (Pinball), Dillon Chitto (Pigeon), Kyle Casey Chu (Go Back Home), Kristine Gerolaga (Lamok), Osinachi Ibe (Tales From Under the Sun), Arielle Knight (Counting Down), J Mase III (The Black Trans Prayer Book), April Maxey (Work) and Phumi Morare (There Is Salt In The Water) as the fellows and projects for its 2022 Uprise Grant Fund.
The grant supporting the livelihood and career sustainability of Bipoc emerging artists was founded in 2021 to help storytellers disproportionately harmed by the Covid pandemic. Those selected this year will receive 10,000 each, along with access to community-building artist development activities such as peer mentorship through monthly fellow meetings, as they develop their projects. Participants will be supported year-round so they can sustain a creative practice, helping to amplify critical stories and intersectional voices during a time when they are most needed.
“The Institute...
The grant supporting the livelihood and career sustainability of Bipoc emerging artists was founded in 2021 to help storytellers disproportionately harmed by the Covid pandemic. Those selected this year will receive 10,000 each, along with access to community-building artist development activities such as peer mentorship through monthly fellow meetings, as they develop their projects. Participants will be supported year-round so they can sustain a creative practice, helping to amplify critical stories and intersectional voices during a time when they are most needed.
“The Institute...
- 7/14/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Inside Out, the largest promoter and distributor of 2S (2 spirit) LGBTQ+ content in Canada, revealed thirteen recipients for its annual Re:Focus Fund.
The Fund was initially launched in 2018 and started as a travel grant program recognizing that trans, non-binary and women filmmakers were underrepresented in international festival attendance. The of the Re: Focus Fund was to address industry inequities through providing direct financial support to women, non-binary, and/or trans filmmakers telling 2Slgbtq+ stories.
“Through our annual Re:Focus Fund post-production grants, we are directing resources to address historic inequities for women, trans, and Qpoc filmmakers”, adds Inside Out’s Executive Director, Lauren Howes. “Now, more than ever, it is important to continue our work of breaking down access barriers and offering support to our global community of creatives, to amplify their voices and celebrate the diverse range of queer and trans-positive stories on our screens.”
This year’s selections...
The Fund was initially launched in 2018 and started as a travel grant program recognizing that trans, non-binary and women filmmakers were underrepresented in international festival attendance. The of the Re: Focus Fund was to address industry inequities through providing direct financial support to women, non-binary, and/or trans filmmakers telling 2Slgbtq+ stories.
“Through our annual Re:Focus Fund post-production grants, we are directing resources to address historic inequities for women, trans, and Qpoc filmmakers”, adds Inside Out’s Executive Director, Lauren Howes. “Now, more than ever, it is important to continue our work of breaking down access barriers and offering support to our global community of creatives, to amplify their voices and celebrate the diverse range of queer and trans-positive stories on our screens.”
This year’s selections...
- 10/27/2021
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
The American Film Institute revealed its list of eight women selected for this year’s Directing Workshop for Women on Wednesday. The participants will take part in a year-long, tuition-free film production course, culminating with each of them directing a short film that will premiere at a special showcase in Los Angeles in 2021.
The new class of Dww participants are: Michelle Krusiec, April Maxey, Mary Molina, April Moreau, Kelly Pike, Jessica Shields, Lucretia Stinnette and Em Weinstein. Five of the participants are women of color. Read their bios here.
Also Read: Oscars 2020: Women Scored Record 31% of Nominations Overall Despite Female Director Snub
“AFI has a long history of advocating for directors from underrepresented communities and we continue that tradition with this new class of filmmakers,” said Susan Ruskin, Dean of the AFI Conservatory and Evp of the American Film Institute. “We are thrilled to welcome these eight artists into...
The new class of Dww participants are: Michelle Krusiec, April Maxey, Mary Molina, April Moreau, Kelly Pike, Jessica Shields, Lucretia Stinnette and Em Weinstein. Five of the participants are women of color. Read their bios here.
Also Read: Oscars 2020: Women Scored Record 31% of Nominations Overall Despite Female Director Snub
“AFI has a long history of advocating for directors from underrepresented communities and we continue that tradition with this new class of filmmakers,” said Susan Ruskin, Dean of the AFI Conservatory and Evp of the American Film Institute. “We are thrilled to welcome these eight artists into...
- 1/15/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
A still from Morgan
Morgan directed by Michael Akers from the USA won the Best Narrative Feature Film at the 4th Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. The award, which has a cash prize of Rs 30,000 sponsored by actor Anupam Kher, was handed out at the closing ceremony of the festival on Sunday evening.
“We thank the festival for its amazing work in helping to bring film’s such as ours to the audiences who desperately need it,’’ said Akers.
The Best Indian Short Narrative film award was won by Urmi directed by Jehangir Jani. The award was given by filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi.
Actor Crystal Arnette won the first Kashish Best Actor award, instituted by Kher and his acting school Actor Prepares.
Hide and Seek (Chuppan Chupai) from Pakistan won the Best Documentary Feature award. The film directed by Sadat Munir and Saad Khan is one of the first films...
Morgan directed by Michael Akers from the USA won the Best Narrative Feature Film at the 4th Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. The award, which has a cash prize of Rs 30,000 sponsored by actor Anupam Kher, was handed out at the closing ceremony of the festival on Sunday evening.
“We thank the festival for its amazing work in helping to bring film’s such as ours to the audiences who desperately need it,’’ said Akers.
The Best Indian Short Narrative film award was won by Urmi directed by Jehangir Jani. The award was given by filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi.
Actor Crystal Arnette won the first Kashish Best Actor award, instituted by Kher and his acting school Actor Prepares.
Hide and Seek (Chuppan Chupai) from Pakistan won the Best Documentary Feature award. The film directed by Sadat Munir and Saad Khan is one of the first films...
- 5/27/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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