April News
WELCOME SPRING AND HAPPY EARTH MONTH!
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April is Earth Month and WIFSFBA would like to celebrate by highlighting women filmmakers working to tell stories and documentaries about the environment and the ever growing dangers of climate change.
Highlighting WIFSFBA Member Cynthia Abbott
We previously had Cynthia Abbott in our Member Spotlight section here: Women in Film San Francisco Bay Area - Member Spotlight - Cynthia Abbott where she had received a Northern California Emmy® for Three Ocean Advocates: Inspiring Change in the Educational/Science (Long Form Content) category. I went back and asked Cynthia to tell us more about her current environmental film work for this edition of the newsletter for Earth month. Thanks Cynthia!
- Nil Unerdem
“As an environmental filmmaker I focus on the ocean. I have a personal passion for the ocean having lived near its shore my entire life and witnessed its rapid decline. My hope is that my films are a wakeup call to the urgency of the climate crisis and the importance of a healthy ocean for a healthy planet. Covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface and producing more than 50% of the oxygen we breathe, the ocean is literally the lungs of our planet. As vital as the ocean is to sustaining life in and above the water, its critical importance to us and the living world has been overlooked, undervalued, and often dismissed. Now pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification, and a warming planet are ushering in an era of unprecedented threats to marine ecosystems.
My films have focused on plastic pollution, whale entanglements and sustainable fishing, coral bleaching, and sea star wasting disease.
I am co-producer/director of EVERY SECOND BREATH, an Emmy® award-winning series of documentary short films that look at the crises threatening the health of our ocean and how even a few individuals can make a difference. Each story takes viewers on a journey that introduces citizens of the world who share a strong connection to the ocean. Told through the eyes of individual ocean advocates who share the profound influence the ocean has on their lives and their tireless commitment to protecting it, viewers learn how unintentional actions are often the cause of environmental harm. They are also offered hope and resilience to encourage each of us to take action and find solutions that affect change.
'Ocean Soundscape' is my latest short that focuses on human- generated noise pollution in the ocean and the injurious and often deadly threats to marine life and ecosystems. Sadly, the noise is only getting louder. The impacts to marine life from noise generated by the rapidly increasing industrialization of the ocean from offshore wind turbines, increased shipping, seismic surveys, oil drilling, dredging, is addressed through a compelling narrative, sound design, and visuals. The film will show how the Anthropocene has ushered in an era of imminent danger to the animals that live in the ocean and depend on their soundscape to survive. The short will bring this increasing danger to the surface through a compelling story.”
By Cynthia Abbott
Producer/Director
Five Female Environmental Documentary Filmmakers
from Earthday.org
Joanna Natasegara
Producer of the Academy Award and BAFTA nominated VIRUNGA, Natasegara is a British filmmaker dedicated to generating social change through her films. In 2013, she founded Violet Films, a production company devoted to projects with social justice at their heart. She is also an ethical consultant, working to maximize the impact film projects can have on the public.
Leila Conners
Founder and director of Tree Media, a group that works on creating projects addressing the various social and environmental issues plaguing society, Conners is a director committed to educating and informing viewers about what matters. She believes that media is a way to collaborate and share stories, and that is the focal point of her work and company. Her projects include documentaries such as Ice on Fire, We the People 2.0, and the 11th Hour, in addition to short film series such as Green World Rising.
Olivia Ahnemann
Previously nominated for an Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking , Ahnemann is an incredibly talented producer and director, credited for programs for National Geographic, PBS, and Discovery. She also served as a panelist for the 2022 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital. Her films devoted to the environmental crisis include The Human Element, The Cove, Racing Extinction, and Youth V Gov.
Elise Pearlstein
Currently Executive Vice President at This Machine, a filmwork company dedicated to nonfiction programming, Pearlstein is most regarded for her work as a producer on the Emmy winning documentary Food, Inc. She is a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Other films she has produced include Last Call at the Oasis and This is Climate Change.
Rebecca Tickell
Child actress turned director and producer, Tickell is fighting climate change one documentary at a time. She is an award winning filmmaker and a dedicated environmental activist. She co-founded Big Picture Ranch, an avocado farm that doubles as a film studio working to combat the climate crisis, with her husband. She has directed and produced numerous documentaries, including Pump, The Big Fix, and, most recently, Kiss the Ground.
Important Women Who Helped Shape Film & Cinema History
Ongoing Newsletter Series - by Tasha Nesbitt
Agnes Varda via Flickr.com
There have been many important women trailblazers in film and cinema history who have made significant contributions to the industry as directors, producers, screenwriters, actors and more.
In each monthly newsletter, we will highlight a different one:
AGNÈS VARDA
Agnès Varda was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who made significant contributions to the film industry throughout her career. She was born on May 30, 1928 in Ixelles, Belgium and grew up in France.
Varda's work was influential in the development of the French New Wave movement, and she is considered one of the most important filmmakers of the 20th century. Her films often explored themes of identity, memory, and social justice, and she was known for her innovative use of storytelling techniques and experimental approach to filmmaking.
Varda began her career as a photographer and eventually transitioned into filmmaking, directing her first feature film, La Pointe Courte, in 1955. The film was an early example of the French New Wave movement and established Varda as a key figure in the French film industry. Over the course of her career, Varda directed more than 30 films, including documentaries, fiction films, and experimental works. Some of her most well-known films include Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962), The Gleaners and I (2000), and Faces Places (2017).
In addition to her filmmaking work, Varda was also a writer and visual artist. She was a feminist and a champion of women's rights, and many of her films explored issues related to gender and social justice.
Varda was the recipient of numerous awards and honors throughout her career, including an honorary Academy Award in 2017 and the Honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. She died on March 29, 2019 at the age of 90, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers of her time.
The Complete Films of Agnes Varda
By Tasha Nesbitt
Board of Advisors, WIFSFBA 2023-Present
Former WIFSFBA President 2019-2022
*This article was researched and written with the help of ChatGPT & Jasper.ai, artificial intelligence driven writing tools.
Stay tuned for this series and our next featured filmmaker in the next newsletter!
WIFSFBA UPDATES:
Member Poll
As we move forward into 2023, we’d like to hear from you! Please help us fill out our member survey to help us get to know each other and our community better as we plan for the new year. A reminder email for the survey was sent last week. And thank you to all our members who have already filled it out! We really appreciate it.
Members in the News
How to Successfully Fail in Hollywood digital release!
WIFSFBA member, C.M. Conway, has released her film How to Successfully Fail in Hollywood! Please see below for information on viewing options.
“The premiere digital release of the female-led Bay Area film, How to Successfully Fail in Hollywood is here! On April 1st, 2023 and after, visit FunnyFailureFilm.com to find viewing options. The film had a wonderful series of screenings in 2022, was selected by the renowned Sonoma Film Institute, and screened at the American Film Market. It's friends, fantasies and fails with a shameless amount of schadenfreude. The film is a champion of women, gender equity, diversity and authentic representation of the Latinx, LGBTQ+ communities.
Synopsis: Ellie (C.M. Conway) is a bottom-feeder actress at the end of her rope in Hollywood, when a life-changing event happens with her gay, Latinx friend Ben (Adrian Gilbert). A surreal twist unfolds with comedic results, as she unwittingly becomes the key to a new take on Tinseltown where failure is the star.”
"...true, funny and enlightening..." - Dan Taylor, The Press Democrat.
Tamara de Lempicka Documentary Trailer at National Museum, Krakow, Poland
The trailer for WIFSFBA’s President Julie Rubio’s documentary The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka and the Art of Survival is being showcased at the Lempicka exhibit at the National Museum in Kraków, Poland. “We are thrilled to be part of such a monumental exhibition that celebrates such a powerful and amazing female artist as Tamara De Lempicka!” - Julie Rubio
Stowe Story Lab Announces Fellowship Finalists
WIFSFBA’s Secretary, Nil Unerdem, made the finals of the NYX Horror Collective Fellowship for the Stowe Story Labs this year with her comedy horror feature Human Stalk.
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UPCOMING WIFSFBA EVENTS
Root of Evil Speaker Event
When: April 20 @7PM PDT
Where: Virtual Zoom
Register here: Root of Evil Event Registration
“The Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia,” is an American investigative crime podcast covering the Black Dahlia murder and suspect George Hodel. The podcast was produced as a partnership between Cadence13 and TNT as a companion to the fictional television series I Am the Night executive produced by Patty Jenkins.
Set in the 1960s, the TNT series I Am the Night, starring Chris Pine and India Eisley, is based on the life of Fauna Hodel, the daughter of Dr. George Hodel, who was linked to the infamous, unsolved 1947 “Black Dahlia” murder in Hollywood of aspiring actress Elizabeth Short. Executive producer, Patty Jenkins, befriended Fuana Hodel’s daughters, Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro, who were often on set. The sisters created the eight-part docuseries, Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia on Apple Podcasts, as a companion podcast to the show.
We’re excited to have Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro join us for a speaker event through WIFSFBA on April 20th!
Sisters Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro
Creators & Co-Hosts Bios -
Sisters Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro are primarily recognized as the co-hosts of the wildly popular podcast “Root of Evil: The True Story of the Hodel Family and the Black Dahlia,” a 2020 iHeartRadio ‘True Crime Podcast of the Year’ nominee. The dark story of their mother Fauna Hodel’s life garnered the attention of superstar Chris Pine (Star Trek, Hell or High Water), actress India Eisley (Underworld: Awakening, The Secret Life of the American Teenager) and award-winning director Patty Jenkins (Monster, Wonder Woman) and became a six-episode TNT limited television series I Am The Night, which premiered in January 2019.
Gentile and Pecoraro return to the airwaves with a new weekly podcast from Tenderfoot TV and iHeart radio called “Facing Evil.” In their latest venture, the siblings bring their unique perspective of growing up in a family with a dark history, to true crime with a focus on the victims and individuals at the heart of the stories.
“If we can make a difference and teach others how we can be better human beings by doing good in the world, we will have achieved everything our mother stood for,” says the pair. “Our goal for this show is to find a light in the darkness and to bring awareness to those stories that are as deserving of the attention that our family has received. By shining light on these other stories of evil, we strive to foster healing.”
Outside of podcasting, Gentile is also an actor, model, and sandal designer with her husband Gino. She is an avid yogi who trains for and practices classes specific to individuals confronting distress and long-term grief and pain. She splits her time between her hometown of Hawaii, San Francisco and Italy.
Pecoraro was a fierce competitor on “The Biggest Loser” in 2006. Since then, she’s advocated for beauty at any size as a plus size model and married her wife Vanna in 2010. She is a proud LGBTQ+ advocate and activist, mother, as well as an actor and voiceover artist. She resides near Portland but remains a forever native of Honolulu.
WIFSBA hosts the WIFT-US mixer
When: May 11 @4PM PDT
Where: Virtual Zoom
Come join WIFSFBA as we host the WIFT US mixer that will include WIF members from all over the US! Make connections and network with other women filmmakers across the country. Stay tuned for a signup link.
An Evening with Gabrielle Carteris
When: June 8th
Where: Virtual Zoom
Join WIFSFBA as we welcome actor and activist Gabrielle Carteris! Gabrielle will talk about the current state of the industry and the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal, and how it changed culture in our industry and led to laws to protect artists.
Gabrielle Carteris Bio -
Gabrielle Carteris was elected president of the International Federation of Actors, or FIA, in May 2021. She is the immediate past president of SAG-AFTRA, where for more than five years she headed the union of 160,000 actors, recording artists, dancers and broadcasters. Before SAG and AFTRA merged in 2012, Carteris served in leadership positions in both unions, as well as on the merger committee.
Carteris became a household name playing Andrea Zuckerman on Beverly Hills, 90210 and more recently starred in BH90210, a revival of the iconic show. Her extensive resume includes work in television, film and the stage, including guest-starring roles on We Own This City, NCIS and Criminal Minds and voice work for video games. Onstage, she performed a special presentation of The Vagina Monologues to raise money to combat violence against women and child abuse. As a producer, Carteris created Lifestories, a series of specials, and Gabrielle, a talk show that she also hosted.
As SAG-AFTRA president during the first several months of the COVID pandemic, she guided the union’s response to create a set of strict industry wide protocols to ensure that sets and other workplaces were as safe as possible. As the head of the President’s Task Force on Education, Outreach and Engagement, she also led efforts to hold regular remote workshops, panels and seminars to keep members connected during the unprecedented disruption to the industry.
A survivor of a serious on-set injury, safety has been a priority initiative for Carteris. She formed the President’s Blue Ribbon Safety Commission, which has advocated for intimacy coordinators to be present on set during the filming of simulated sex scenes and other hyper exposed work. The Commission has also taken concrete steps to confront harassment, make sets safer for stunt performers and establish the COVID safety protocols.
A fierce advocate for diversity, Carteris has taken on age bias in the industry, championed the unionization of Spanish-speaking performers and broadcasters, worked toward gender and pay equity and led efforts to advance greater inclusion in the industry at all levels.
Carteris is a board member of the Solidarity Center, the largest U.S.-based international worker rights organization. Allied with the AFL-CIO, it strives to attain safe and healthy workplaces, fair wages and greater equity. In August 2016, Carteris was elected a vice
president on the AFL-CIO’s executive council, re-elected in 2017 and co-leads a sexual harassment workgroup. She also is a founding ambassador of ReFrame, an initiative of Women In Film and Sundance Institute to further gender parity in the media industry. In
2017, Carteris was appointed commissioner to the Hollywood Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality. In addition, she serves as a trustee of the American Film Institute and is a board member of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
In 2008, Carteris served the Screen Actors Guild as fifth alternate national director, in 2009 as first alternate national director and in 2010 she began a three-year term as a National Board member. Her previous American Federation of Television and Radio
Artists service includes two consecutive terms on the AFTRA Los Angeles Local Board and the AFTRA National Board, three terms as an AFTRA convention delegate in the actor category and, in 2011, she was elected Los Angeles Local president and national second vice president. As part of the Group for One Union, she was instrumental in developing the plan to merge SAG and AFTRA.
She also served SAG-AFTRA during the transition year as national vice president, Los Angeles. In 2019, SAG-AFTRA presented Carteris with the George Heller Memorial Award for her years of union service.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE BAY AREA
SFFILM Festival
When: April 13-23, 2023
Where: CGV Cinemas, 1000 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109
“Founded in 1957, the San Francisco International Film Festival is the longest-running film festival in the Americas. SFFILM Festival is deeply rooted in the culture and process of film appreciation -- film as an art form and as a meaningful force for social change -- and is an important showcase for the most searching and innovative films from around the globe.”
MORE INFO: SFFILM
POPPY JASPER International Film Festival
When: April 12-19, 2023
Where: 17575 Peak Avenue, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
“Come together for great films by talented filmmakers at one of Movie Maker Magazine’s ‘Top Festivals Worth the Entry Fee!” -- film screenings, speaker panels, awards galas, food and fun.”
MORE INFO: PJIFF
The Leticia Jarvis Art Films Series
Where: The Jarvis Conservatory, 1711 Main Street, Napa, CA
The Jarvis Conservatory is Napa Valley’s best kept secret for concerts and art films:
April 8: CLOSE (Winner of Grand Jury Prize at Canne Film Festival; 2023 Oscar Nominee)
April 22: VERMEER: The Greatest Exhibition (Documentary)
April 29: THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (Classic Film - 1951)
MORE INFO: Jarvis Conservatory | Art Film Series
PODCAST PR WORKSHOP: Maximum Exposure on a Minimum Budget
WHEN: Thursday, April 6, 2023 -- 6-8pm
WHERE: KQED Headquarters, 2600 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
“Learn how to make your podcast a newsworthy story and grow your audience with earned media strategies.”
MORE INFO: Podcast PR Workshop
2023 PROXY Spring Series
WHEN: Friday, April 7 @ 7PM
WHERE: 432 Octavia Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
“A FREE, outdoor screening of TILL - a profoundly emotional film about Emmett Till’s mother and her pursuit of justice for her son’s lynching.”
MORE INFO: PROXY Spring Series
WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL
WHEN: Saturday, April 22, 2023 -- 7-10pm
WHERE: The David Brower Center, Berkeley, CA
“Celebrate EARTH DAY! This on-tour program will include this year’s audience favorites, selected from hundreds of films that inspire environmental activism and a love of nature.”
MORE INFO: WCFF \ Tickets
KQED FEST
WHEN: Saturday, April 29th @11pm
WHERE: 2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
“Spend a spring Saturday with KQED, the Bay Area’s beloved public media station, for a block party and open house at our headquarters in San Francisco’s Mission District.”
MORE INFO: KQED
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Women's Film Festival
Regular Submission Deadline: April 7, 2023
Late Submission Deadline: May 12, 2023
“The WFF showcases work made by and/or about women. It is the only event of its kind in Philadelphia that celebrates and elevates women in film and television. Submit documentary, short, feature, animation or music video films featuring a strong female role in the category of director, writer, producer, editor, director of Photography, or lead actress.”
MORE INFO: The WFF | Tickets
Austin Film Festival
Submission Deadline: May 17, 2023
“Submit to one of the Academy Award-qualifying short film categories - Narrative, Documentary, or Animated - for the chance to have your work reviewed by industry professionals and to be entered into the Austin Film Festival Jury Advisory Program!”
MORE INFO: Austin Film Festival - FilmFreeway
North Fork TV Festival - Pilot Competition
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2023
“This year we are accepting submissions for independently produced TV and episodic web-series pilots in all genres (drama, comedy, thriller, etc). Our celebrated judges and selection committee will select projects that best reflect the spirit of independent storytelling to celebrate at the 2023 North Fork TV Festival. Runtime must be under 44 minutes.”
MORE INFO: Pilots — North Fork TV Festival
Imagine This Women's Festival
Late Submission Deadline: May 21, 2023
“The Festival’s goal is to support women by sharing their work with the public, promoting equal opportunity for BIPOC women and the LGBTQIA+ community while providing professional development, and serving as resource informational network.”
MORE INFO: ITWIFF | Tickets
18th Annual SF International Festival of Short Films
Deadline: April 10, 2023
“SF Shorts explores a wide mix of genres and cultures without circumscribing them into niches. We accept all types of short films, which for us includes music videos. Our festival prides itself on its range. It's our mission to present the widest possible scope of content. Go to our website to view the 2022 season’s diverse range of films, many of which continue to screen there.”
MORE INFO: SF Shorts
Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2023
“With screenings in Hollywood, the Hollywood International Diversity Film festival celebrates independent films that embrace diversity of gender and cultural perspectives, and accepts our differences to promote understanding and empathy.”
MORE INFO: Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival - FilmFreeway
National Lampoon's Girls Rule Script Contest
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2023
The National Lampoon Company presents the NATIONAL LAMPOON’S GIRLZ RULE SCRIPT CONTEST (“NLGR Script Contest”) launched in association with Women in Film & Television US (“WIFT US”). This partnership seeks to provide women scriptwriters - LGBTQ+, women of color (Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latino), all religions, professional or amateur status, any race, ethnicity, country of origin, native language, political orientation, or sexual preference - with an opportunity to submit their scripts and be part of the GIRLZ RULE feature film series to be produced by National Lampoon. (#GirlzRule)
NLGR Script Contest seeks comedies and parodies of every kind that appeal to a wide audience. The scripts NL GIRLZ RULE seeks are intelligent, with cutting-edge wit, combined with some satire. National Lampoon has an illustrious history in the comedy genre beginning with its first film produced in 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, one of the most successful comedies ever.
Carol Bidault de l’Isle (“Daliland”) and Jerry Daigle ("Love, Wedding, Marriage" and "Odd Thomas") are set to produce the films. They will also participate in the review and determine the finalists.
National Lampoon and its NL GIRLZ RULE, LLC will sponsor the submissions process. Submissions will be free, at no cost to the writer, and will be accepted from February 24, 2023 through June 30, 2023.
GRANTS CORNER
Women Make Movies - Production Grant
Submissions are taken on a rolling basis
“WMM offers a production assistance program for female filmmakers actively fundraising or about to begin fundraising. Filmmakers can only apply if they are not currently fiscally sponsored by another organization. One of the most important criteria for the Women Make Movies Production Grant is that you must be able to clearly communicate your fundraising or distribution strategies for the film.”
MORE INFO: WMM | Production Grant
Berkley Film Foundation
Applications OPEN April 10, 2023
Deadline: General applications due May 15; Students applications due May 30
“Berkeley Film Foundation’s mission is to nurture, sustain and preserve the thriving local film community while attracting the next generation of filmmakers.
Basic Requirements:
All applicants must live or work in the cities of Emeryville, Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, or Oakland
Accepts applications from filmmakers in Production, Post-Production or Distribution
A project sample of up to 10 minutes of edited footage is required with your application.”
MORE INFO: Apply — The Berkeley FILM Foundation
Movies that Matter
Deadline: April 30, 2023
“We offer a start-up grant for new human rights film events and an impact grant for existing events that want to increase their impact or want to add new activities to their programmes. These events can take various forms, such as human rights film festivals, LGBTI film festivals and mobile cinema projects. Please note that we don’t finance film productions.”
MORE INFO: Grants - Movies that Matter
The Miller/Packan Film Fund - Documentary Films
Submission Deadline: May 15, 2023
"The Miller / Packan Film Fund supports documentaries that Educate, Inspire and Enrich. The Fund is financed through the Rogovy Foundation. We believe in the transformational power that comes from enlightening narratives and inspiring characters."
MORE INFO: Documentary Fund – The Rogovy Foundation
Film Independent Sloan Distribution Grant
Rolling Submissions
"The Sloan Distribution Grant is a $50,000 grant awarded by Film Independent to a film that is entering its distribution phase. Eligible films must depict themes, stories and characters grounded in real science, technology or economics."
MORE INFO: Sloan Distribution Grant Information
Diversity Development Fund
"Looking for exceptional stories by filmmakers from diverse backgrounds: stories that take creative risks, inspire dialogue, and are rarely seen on public media. They are committed to supporting producers of color and creating public media programming that is truly inclusive. Diversity Development Fund gives directors of color up to $35,000 in research and development funding to develop documentaries for public media. The documentary can be on any subject, viewpoint, or style as long as it is in development or pre-production."
NOTE: There is only one funding round per year -- check it out now to prepare for the upcoming open admission period.
MORE INFO: Diversity Development Fund
Roy W. Dean Short Film Grant
Deadline for submissions: April 29th, 2023
"Now celebrating its 30th year, the Roy W. Dean Film Grants fund independent feature films, documentaries, web series, and narrative live action or animated short films with budgets of $500,000 or less that are unique and make a contribution to society that, without its help, might otherwise never get made."
MORE INFO: Roy W. Dean Short Film Grant
Shore Scripts - Short Film Fund | Spring
Final Deadline: March 2, 2023
“Our Short Film Fund offers an opportunity for emerging screenwriters and filmmakers to have their short films financed and produced, and create a calling card to help them progress in the industry as a writer or writer/director. We will finance and produce two short films in 2023.
Previous winners of our Short Film Fund have gone on to write and direct for Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC, AMC, NBC, HULU & Others.”
MORE INFO: Shore Scripts - Short Film Fund
The Gotham: Project Market
Final Deadline: April 5, 2023
“The Gotham Week Project Market (September 18-22) is a meetings-driven forum connecting new fiction and documentary projects in development, production, or post-production to key industry executives interested in identifying feature-length, episodic, and audio projects for development, financing, or distribution.
In addition to opportunities for feedback and pitching, artists who participate in the Project Market often walk away with career-spanning relationships with distributors, financiers, production companies, festival programmers, sales and talent agents, collaborators, and others. These invaluable connections continue well beyond the five days of Gotham Week.”
MORE INFO: Project Market | The Gotham
Thanks to Newsletter Contributors: Diane Walsh, Tasha Nesbitt, Nil Unerdem
Newsletter designed by Lina Indeeva and edited by Nil Unerdem.
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