Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards, has selected 30 filmmakers for Project Involve 2023 and with a renewed partnership with Laika Studios expanded the stop-motion animation track into a two-year program, selecting five filmmakers.
Project Involve is a free nine-month program for writers, directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, programmers and entertainment executives from diverse backgrounds. During the program, participants meet one-on-one with film industry mentors, create short films and attend master workshops taught by top film professionals and industry networking events.
Now in its 30th year, Project Involve fosters the careers of talented filmmakers from communities traditionally underrepresented in the film industry. Alumni include Andrew Ahn (Fire Island), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Linda Yvette Chávez, Marvin Lemus and Aaliyah Williams (Gentefied), Effie T. Brown (The Inspection), Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) and Justin Simien (Dear White People).
“We’re elated to welcome the 2023 Project Involve Fellows...
Project Involve is a free nine-month program for writers, directors, producers, editors, cinematographers, programmers and entertainment executives from diverse backgrounds. During the program, participants meet one-on-one with film industry mentors, create short films and attend master workshops taught by top film professionals and industry networking events.
Now in its 30th year, Project Involve fosters the careers of talented filmmakers from communities traditionally underrepresented in the film industry. Alumni include Andrew Ahn (Fire Island), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Linda Yvette Chávez, Marvin Lemus and Aaliyah Williams (Gentefied), Effie T. Brown (The Inspection), Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) and Justin Simien (Dear White People).
“We’re elated to welcome the 2023 Project Involve Fellows...
- 1/30/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Cape (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) and Janet Yang Productions announced the second year of the Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers. The Challenge’s sophomore year kicks off with a Nov. 1st premiere, sponsored by AMC Theatres, where the four short films by year one’s winning filmmakers will be unveiled:
Hearsay by Banban Cheng.
Gossip inflames a community when Lili, a hairdresser who loves to talk, discovers a damaging secret about a customer.
Take Me Home by Liz Sargent.
After their mother’s death, an intellectually disabled woman and her estranged sister must learn to communicate in order to care for each other.
Happy Rahki by Ragini Bhasin.
A feisty Indian girl’s relationship with her brothers is tested when she starts her period during their festive celebration of Raksha Bandhan.
Full Service by Soma Helmi.
An...
Hearsay by Banban Cheng.
Gossip inflames a community when Lili, a hairdresser who loves to talk, discovers a damaging secret about a customer.
Take Me Home by Liz Sargent.
After their mother’s death, an intellectually disabled woman and her estranged sister must learn to communicate in order to care for each other.
Happy Rahki by Ragini Bhasin.
A feisty Indian girl’s relationship with her brothers is tested when she starts her period during their festive celebration of Raksha Bandhan.
Full Service by Soma Helmi.
An...
- 10/28/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
American Cinema Editors announced that the organization will honor director Gina Prince-Bythewood with the esteemed Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, recognizing an artist who exemplifies distinguished achievement in the art and business of film.
In addition, Ace will bestow career achievement honors to film editors Don Zimmerman, Ace and Lynne Willingham, Ace for their outstanding career contributions to film editing. The honors will be presented at the 73rd annual Ace Eddie Awards on March 5, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
“A supremely versatile trailblazer from day one of her career, Gina Prince-Bythewood has consistently entertained us with intimate films and global blockbusters that explore the human experience through formidable female characters,” said Ace president Kevin Tent, Ace. “A champion of diverse, character-driven narratives, her latest film — ‘The Woman King’ — is the crown jewel of a career spent pushing boundaries and telling stories that touch our hearts and minds.
In addition, Ace will bestow career achievement honors to film editors Don Zimmerman, Ace and Lynne Willingham, Ace for their outstanding career contributions to film editing. The honors will be presented at the 73rd annual Ace Eddie Awards on March 5, 2023 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
“A supremely versatile trailblazer from day one of her career, Gina Prince-Bythewood has consistently entertained us with intimate films and global blockbusters that explore the human experience through formidable female characters,” said Ace president Kevin Tent, Ace. “A champion of diverse, character-driven narratives, her latest film — ‘The Woman King’ — is the crown jewel of a career spent pushing boundaries and telling stories that touch our hearts and minds.
- 10/27/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay and Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Kcet, the Los Angeles public broadcaster, announced the student finalists and eight industry judges who will take part of the 23rd Fine Cut Festival of Films. The festival will broadcast as a series of six one-hour episodes starting Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. on Kcet in Southern California and on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 11 p.m. Et/Pt on Link TV nationwide.
In addition to the student films making their broadcast debut, all winners will have their short films screened as part of a student showcase at the 2022 Newport Beach Film Festival on Oct. 20. Three winners in the categories of Documentary, Animation and Narrative short films will receive a variety of prize packages valued to be over 30,000, and the Jack Larson Southern California Student Filmmaker Award will recognize one student winner’s strength as a storyteller.
An industry panel of eight esteemed experts determined the finalists and winners, including director and producer Lynne Southerland,...
In addition to the student films making their broadcast debut, all winners will have their short films screened as part of a student showcase at the 2022 Newport Beach Film Festival on Oct. 20. Three winners in the categories of Documentary, Animation and Narrative short films will receive a variety of prize packages valued to be over 30,000, and the Jack Larson Southern California Student Filmmaker Award will recognize one student winner’s strength as a storyteller.
An industry panel of eight esteemed experts determined the finalists and winners, including director and producer Lynne Southerland,...
- 8/18/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and Janet Yang Productions announced the four winners of the inaugural Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge, which awards a 15,000 production grant to four Aapi women or non-binary filmmakers.
Selected from a pool of over 400 applicants, four grantees will be offered networking opportunities with Emmy and Golden Globe-winning producer Janet Yang and the Cape network, as well as the chance to submit films to potential buyers and platforms.
Julia S. Gouw, a former member of the board of directors of East West Bancorp, Inc. and East West Bank, helped fund the Short Film Challenge to uplift Aapi and non-binary filmmakers.
“There was no better team than Janet [Yang] and the all-women-led team at Cape to fulfill my vision to create more representation in the Aapi community,” Gouw said. “I hope this Film Challenge will provide more opportunities, particularly for Aapi women and non-binary filmmakers,...
Selected from a pool of over 400 applicants, four grantees will be offered networking opportunities with Emmy and Golden Globe-winning producer Janet Yang and the Cape network, as well as the chance to submit films to potential buyers and platforms.
Julia S. Gouw, a former member of the board of directors of East West Bancorp, Inc. and East West Bank, helped fund the Short Film Challenge to uplift Aapi and non-binary filmmakers.
“There was no better team than Janet [Yang] and the all-women-led team at Cape to fulfill my vision to create more representation in the Aapi community,” Gouw said. “I hope this Film Challenge will provide more opportunities, particularly for Aapi women and non-binary filmmakers,...
- 5/27/2022
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
While the world still deals with a very different sort of crisis, eventually the focus will (and has to) return to the waves of refugees coming to Europe and other places in the world. Images of the conditions in refugee camps from all around the world highlight the at times lack of hygiene, the boredom and the inhuman treatment people have to endure for an uncertain period of time. Establishing a daily routine and meeting one’s individual needs become challenges in these places which is at the core of Ragini Bhasin’s short feature “Ghazaal” which already screened at many international film festivals.
“Ghazaal” is screening at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
For a long time now, the family of a young girl named Ghazaal (Ghazaal Khirandesh) has been living in a refugee camp. Because the daily routine inside the camp demands every member of the family to do their part,...
“Ghazaal” is screening at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
For a long time now, the family of a young girl named Ghazaal (Ghazaal Khirandesh) has been living in a refugee camp. Because the daily routine inside the camp demands every member of the family to do their part,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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