Sundance Institute Launches Inaugural Trans Possibilities Intensive

EXCLUSIVE: FilmRise has acquired North American distribution rights to well-received Sundance and Tribeca title Marvelous And The Black Hole, starring four-time Emmy-winner Rhea Perlman (The Mindy Project) and Miya Cech (Always Be My Maybe).

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe Sundance Institute, the nonprofit arm of the organization that puts on the annual Sundance Film Festival, has announced the recipients of its 2021 Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship.The annual program will spotlight eight artists working across disciplines, and was designed to support  women making bold work in film and media.

With only a few episodes remaining, season 2 of “The Morning Show” continues to get more intense. Especially for Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston), who is seen leaving an anxious voicemail for her daughter, Lizzy Craig (Oona Roche), in ET’s exclusive sneak peek of episode 7, which premieres Friday, Oct. 29 on Apple TV+.

The Sundance Institute’s Interdisciplinary Program today named its 2021 grantees, also unveiling those selected as 2021-2022 Art of Practice Fellows. Each fellow and grantee was supported in a designated field or a combination of them, including emerging media, interdisciplinary, music, and/or theater.

Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program has set its latest cohort of 20 films receiving Documentary Fund Grants, doling out a total of $600,000 in unrestricted support to projects in varying stages of production and distribution, including eight in development, eight in production, three in post-production, and one in post-production and impact.

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By Fin SpaldingAs a queer student in Australia, I am all too familiar with universities across the country celebrating Pride.

Random Media has acquired worldwide rights to The Kybalion, a faith-based documentary featuring appearances by Paula Roberts, Daniel Ryan, Bryan Contnoir, and Raymond Moody.

The Sundance Institute has set 10 fellows for its inaugural Producers Intensive, taking place virtually from October 21-22.

Katie Song Barbra Streisand is funding a UCLA research institute to tackle a broad range of social issues. Housed in UCLA’s division of Social Sciences, the institute bearing her name will include four research centers.

The Sundance Institute has chosen six filmmakers for its first annual Trans Possibilities Intensive, a program founded to elevate trans storytellers of color. Under the leadership of Moi Santos, Sundance Institute Outreach & Inclusion and Indigenous Programs Coordinator, the 3-day program will consist of virtual workshops, group exercises and mentorship sessions with creative artist advisors.

The Sundance Institute has set Ava Davis (The Waltz), StormMiguel Florez (Welcome to Roswell), River Gallo (Ponyboi), Carol Grant (Eurydice V), Mitchell (MiSha) Owens (The Boy from Across Town), and Savannah Ward (Meta) as the fellows for its inaugural Trans Possibilities Intensive, focused on advancing the careers of transgender storytellers of color.

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to The Accursed, the first feature from writer-directors Elizabeta Vidovic and Kathryn Michelle, which will be released in theaters and on demand November 12.

who virally tweeted in opposition of a new Dave Chappelle comedy special on the service, has allegedly been suspended from work, according to the Verge.“The Closer,” the latest from Chapelle, 48, takes many jabs at the trans community and sees the comic make insinuating remarks supporting 29-year-old rapper DaBaby’s homophobic tirade, which went viral last summer.Senior Netflix software engineer Terra Field spoke out publicly following the Oct.

Selome Hailu editorNBCUniversal’s Global Talent Development and Inclusion (GTDI) group announced an expansion of its Spellcheck for Bias partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.

UPDATED, 2:00 PM: NBCUniversal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion group has expanded its Spellcheck for Bias partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, in an effort to further bolster authentic onscreen representation and casting opportunities for underrepresented talent.

Clayton Davis France has been a supreme force in the Oscars’ international feature race for decades. This year, three acclaimed films from women directors — Céline Sciamma, Audrey Diwan and Julia Ducournau — are believed to be at the top of the list to represent the country for the upcoming 94th ceremony, set to take place on March 27.

Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud and the Sundance Institute have set three scribes for their inaugural Women Write Now screenwriting fellowship, designed to bolster the next generation of Black women in comedy.