‘My Octopus Teacher’ Indie CCO Allison Bean Moves To Wildflame; Out On Screen Fellowship; Banijay Format Acquisitions Role; ‘Firenado’; Discovery’s ‘Ice Cold Catch’ – Global Briefs
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‘My Octopus Teacher’ Indie CCO Allison Bean Moves To Wildflame
Allison Bean, Chief Creative Officer of My Octopus Teacher producer Off the Fence (OTF), is moving to Welsh factual indie Wildflame Productions. As Creative Director, Bean will drive Wildflame’s international push, with the indie having been behind the likes of Discovery+’s Brink of Disaster and Smithsonian Channel’s Secrets of the Celtic Grave. Bean has spent 16 years with ZDF Enterprises-owned OTF, overseeing the likes of Oscar-winning feature My Octopus Teacher and Stan Lee’s Superhumans for History. She was hailed as a “major figure in the international production and distribution industry,” by Paul Islwyn Thomas, Wildflame CEO, who “built the business from its inception to an internationally renowned powerhouse of factual production.”
Queer Charity Out On Screen Launches Programming Fellowship
EXCLUSIVE: Charity and queer arts organization Out On Screen has launched its inaugural Programming Disruptor Fellowship, a mentorship initiative for BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ film curators. Through the fellowship, three emerging film programmers who identify as BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ will receive $10,000 and the opportunity to be an integral part of the curation of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2023, where selected fellows will be credited as Festival Programmers. The initiative is led by Out On Screen’s Artistic Director, Charlie Hidalgo. Applications are open until January 13 to programmers across Canada. Hidalgo said: “This Fellowship will empower BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ curators to give a platform to the voices that are questioning systems of oppression and reshaping our culture.” 2S refers to Two-Spirit, a modern umbrella term used by some Indigenous people in the U.S. (what
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