Television
Leading up to Transgender Awareness Week, Black Public Media (BPM) has released “I Am Who I Say I Am,” a docuseries capturing feel-good stories about gender affirmation. Sophia Clark (“First...
News
Listen up, writers, directors, and cinematographers! Women in Film (WIF) is now accepting applicants to four of its filmmaking programs uplifting women and non-binary industry newcomers. The...
Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM) has announced the recipients of the 2022-2023 Black Directors Fellowship and Sustainable Artist Fellowship, two new programs that will facilitate the creative and...
Festivals
TIFF announcements continue to flood in, and the filmmaker gender stats are getting better and better. The festival has confirmed the 2022 slates for its Discovery, Midnight Madness, and Wavelengths...
The Sundance Institute has launched a new program, the Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship, with the aim of bolstering Latinx representation in indie filmmaking, according to a press...
Pano, formerly known as NYC Women Filmmakers, is now accepting submissions for its second round of microgrants. Designed to assist projects and develop the careers of women, non-binary, and gender...
This fall, Women’s Weekend Film Challenge (WWFC) will give six to eight up and coming TV scribes the opportunity to pitch to studios, production companies, and producers. Applications are now...
Interviews
Jane Schoenbrun is a non-binary filmmaker who co-created ongoing touring variety series “The Eyeslicer,” which has screened in hundreds of venues across the world, including MoMA, the Tribeca...
Features
By Tatiana McInnis and Shayna Maci Warner This round of crowdfunding picks offers reflections and representations of gender identity, environmentalism in a crumbling world, and how climate change...
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