ARRAY president and producer Tilane Jones won the Slamdance Founders Award, an honor “given to an individual that supports the filmmaker community of Slamdance well into their careers,” Deadline reports. She became the fifth recipient of the festival’s “highest accolade” on Saturday during a virtual event.

“Tilane has helped our community of artists grow through recognizing talent, launching, and sustaining careers,” said Peter Baxter, Slamdance’s president and co-founder. “We recognize she has worked tirelessly, with great dedication to nurture emerging artists who become the next generation of filmmakers. We want to thank Tilane and her company ARRAY for her ongoing support of these artists, inspiration, and being part of Slamdance’s community. For these reasons, we are honored to present Tilane Jones with Slamdance’s Founders Award.”

Jones has been with ARRAY, Ava DuVernay’s inclusive arts collective, since its launch a decade ago, and stepped into the role of president last August. Jones is the lead of ARRAY Alliance, a non-profit focused on social impact and education, and The ARRAY Creative Campus, “a three-building compound for production and public programming, focused on marginalized filmmakers,” per the source. She also oversees ARRAY Releasing, the company’s distribution arm. Jones’ producing credits include “13th,” “Middle of Nowhere,” and “I Will Follow.”

“Middle of Nowhere” and “This Is the Life” were recently released on Netflix in honor of ARRAY’s 10th anniversary, and mark the collective’s first titles this year. Its catalogue also include Shaz Bennett’s “Alaska Is a Drag,” Deepa Mehta’s “Funny Boy” and Isabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca.” DuVernay and ARRAY received the inaugural Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award this past fall and recently launched an inclusive database of below-the-line talent.

Slamdance runs through February 25.