A "sales agent feeding frenzy"
Prestige TV's thrilling beach read; TIFF slate announced; don't miss upcoming Portrait mixers
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Let’s dive into how you’ve been building this week.
Roll of Honor
Premieres, Awards, and More. Say hello to featured members on the app.
What to Watch This Weekend
All is not Well on the Island
The King Tide. “Frances Fisher in an unsettling tale of supernatural powers and poisonous groupthink” (THR). Will Woods, Allison White, Tom Spriggs, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, Producers; Alona Metzer, Production Manager. In Theaters Friday.
Bad Monkey. From showrunner Bill Lawrence, “The Vince Vaughn star vehicle combines crime capers with the Technicolor chaos of Key West” (The Ringer). Erik Louis Robert, Set Designer; Mariana Serrano, Asst. Line Producer;. Apple TV+.
Alien: Romulus. “A clever, gripping and sometimes awe-inspiring sci-fi chiller, which takes the series back to its nerve-racking monster-movie roots” (BBC). Danielle Prestidge, Head of Production: Weta Workshop; Jake Roberts, Editor. In Theaters.
A Tender Look, An Emotional Gut Punch
Mountains. “A tender directorial debut explores gentrification in Miami’s Little Haiti.” (THR). Monica Sorelle, Director, Co-Writer; Robert Colom, Producer, Co-Writer; Jonathan Cuartas, Editor; Javier Labrador Deulofeu, DP; Rhianon Jones, Tristan Scott-Behrends, EPs; Dyani Douze, Composer; Eric Valdes, Dan Abrusci, Sound; Eddy Moon, ADR Mixer; Rraine Hanson, Art Department; Kevin Ondarza, UPM; Flor Portieri, Addl. First Camera. In Theaters Friday.
Daughters. “An alternately shattering and hopeful look at family and the prison system” (Vanity Fair). Sam Bisbee, Justin Benoliel, Laura Raycroft, Lisa Mazzotta, Producers; Shane Riley, Isil Gilderdale, EPs; Paul Rachman, Co-Producer; Troy Lewis, Adelina Bichis, Editors; Kathleen Flood, Justin Lacob, XTR; Drigan Lee, Addl. Editor. In Theaters and On Netflix.
Rob Peace. “The movie delivers a well-earned emotional gut punch that refreshingly does not come from perpetuating the physical and systemic violence it aims to shed light upon” (NYT). Rebecca Hobbs, Producer; Jamin O'Brien, EP; Alex Yewon, Composer; Natasha Nobre; Anton Gold, Sound; Gwen Capistran, Aaron Ricketts, Still Photographers; Roman Hankewycz, Kevin Krout, Colorists; Liz Niles, EP; Rochelle Brown, Account Exec; Bartholomew Burcham, Addl. Editor. In Theaters.
What We’re Reading
Locarno 2024: Industry Attendance Soars Amid Sales Agent Feeding Frenzy
Training AI with TV & Film content: How licensing deals look
AMPAS elects new board of officers to run Academy Foundation.
On the Awards and Festival Circuit
Full TIFF slate announced this week. Check out our members’ films in the fest. Heading to Toronto? RSVP for our filmmaker x industry mixer during opening weekend, co-hosted by PostCredit, and supported by our travel partner, United for Business.
Shine Global reveals Resilience Award nominees — congratulations to the film teams behind Daughters, JessZilla, and Searching for Amani!
Submissions are open for the 17th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York! DM Ravit Turjeman on Portrait for a fee waiver code.
Window of Opportunity 🔍
Check out the Discover Tab on Portrait for grants, programs, festivals, and jobs.
Closing Soon: August Deadlines
Have an opportunity to share? Post it on the app or fill out our form.
Black Girl Writes (8/15 deadline)
Propelle Accelerator (8/16 deadline)
Feature Campus: Stowe Story Labs (8/16 deadline)
LEF Early Development Fund (8/16 deadline)
Southern Doc Fund Production Grant (8/16 deadline)
The Writers Room: Stowe Story Labs (8/16 deadline)
Tribe Mentoring (8/19 deadline)
Future of Film is Female Short Film Fund (8/23 deadline)
Breaking Through The Lens Action Grant (8/25 deadline)
Film Independent Screenwriting Lab (8/26 deadline)
Hulu Kartemquin Accelerator (8/31 deadline)
Jobs/Gigs Roundup
Have a job to share? Share it on the app or fill out our form.
SVP, Production, Blumhouse.
Video Lead - Organic Social, Harris for President.
Senior Media Manager, Prime Video, Amazon.
Senior Compositor, Apple.
Senior Vice President Programming, iHeartMedia, Inc.
Vice President - Network Operations, Disney.
Senior Producer, Gravity Global.
SVP, Special Projects WBD Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery.
Head of Marketing and Engagement, Austin Film Society.
Senior Producer, CNN Newsource, Warner Bros. Discovery.
Television Producer/Director, Michigan State University.
Director, Paramount.
Photographer and Editor-Temp, Univision Communications Inc.
Graphic Designer and Video Editor, Oak View Group.
Director, “Booth | Collective Call", Herbie Studio
End Credits: Portrait Event of the Week
For our NY friends: we hope to see you tonight with our friends at ARRI! To everyone else: until next week. See you on Portrait.
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