And the Emmy nominees are...
Plus: Big week for acquisitions, streaming hits another record, Twister's spiritual sequel hits theaters, and all the awesome shorts festivals this week.
Happy Thursday, friends — and congratulations to all of our Emmy nominees!
What’s the count: Shogun leads nominations while The Bear set a record in a single year for a comedy series (Is it a comedy?)
Where to watch: the rundown of where to stream all the shows
Who’s nominated from Portrait: Say congrats to 40+ individual nominees on the app. We’ll be launching our roundup of all the nominated shows and full teams behind them in the coming weeks.
Let’s dive in.
Roll of Honor
Premieres, Awards, and More. Say hello to featured members on the app.
What to Watch This Weekend
In Theaters: Blockbusters and Biopics
Twisters. “An enthralling summer blockbuster on the whole, thanks in large part to [Glen] Powell’s presence, which is fun, disarming, and even cheekily silly” (RogerEbert.com). Frank Marshall, Producer.
How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer. “Jeff Zimbalist (who also made the great scaling-skyscrapers documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story, which drops on Netflix this Friday) looks at Mailer with a supreme fusion of understanding and critical wisdom" (Variety). Jeff Zimbalist, Director, Writer, Producer. Limited Release.
Widow Clicquot. “Haley Bennett soars as grande dame Of Champagne in lush biopic” (Deadline). Gilles Granier, Colorist; Fabien Devillers, Re-Recording Mixer; Brian Seznec, Sound Post Supervisor. In theaters Friday.
Streaming This Week: Wide Open Spaces
Wild Wild Space. “Journey into the untamed frontier of low-earth orbit… Were the desperados of the Old West just misunderstood entrepreneurs?” (WSJ). Ed David, Cinematographer; Jaye Callahan, Producer; Gil Talmi, Music. MAX
Young Woman and the Sea. “Daisy Ridley stuns and earns your tears in this beautifully classical movie” (Variety). Alex Stylianou, ADR Recordist; Tormod Ringnes, Supervising Sound Editor, Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer. Disney+ Friday.
Love to the Max. “Captures one family’s determination to live authentically in an anti-trans political climate” (The New Yorker). Tanya Selvaratnam, Director, Producer; Anakha Arikara, Producer; Gil Seltzer, Editor. The New Yorker.
What We’re Reading: Power Stats Edition
Ad sales projected to make up 28% of streaming revenue by 2028.
Streaming just broke another record: 40.3% of all TV and streaming usage.
Can IMAX save movie theaters? A good question for Twisters’ premiere week.
Hot Docs and Netflix will fund five Canadian docs through incubator.
Ba’s Book. Ina Fichman, Producer.
Becoming a Landscape. Emily Graves, Director; Aeyliya Husain, Producer.
On the Festival Circuit: Let’s Hear it for the Shorts
LA Shorts kicked off yesterday. Say hi to all the Portrait members behind the films and connect with attendees.
Indy Shorts kicks off next Wednesday. Scope out Portrait films, teams, and attendees.
PBS Short Film Festival now on PBS. Check out Portrait teams behind the films.
On the Acquisitions Beat
Neon acquires Shelby Oaks. Sarah Colvin, Director of Acquisitions & Business Affairs at NEON; Jason Wald, VP of Acquisitions & Production at NEON.
Relativity Media acquires The Man In The White Van. Camille Gladney, Swing;
Jeff Annison, EP, President: Legion M.
Cohen Media Group acquires Merchant Ivory. Stephen Soucy, Director, Writer, Producer.
Front Row acquires Hollywoodgate for MENA distribution. Ibrahim Nash’at, Director, Writer, Co-producer; Shane Boris, Writer, Producer; Elijah Stevens, Associate Producer; Diane Becker, Executive Producer; Hussain Currimbhoy, Co-Executive Producer.
Following Worst Roommate Ever season 2 premiere, Netflix announces franchise expansion. Alexa Ginsburg, Development, Producer; Bryan Donnell, Cinematographer. Netflix.
Window of Opportunity 🔍
Check out the Discover Tab on Portrait for grants, programs, festivals, and jobs.
Closing Soon: Programs + Grants
Have an opportunity to share? Post it on the app or fill out our form.
See the full database of upcoming grants, programs, and festival deadlines on the app. Here are a few of this week’s deadlines:
Stowe Story Labs Short Film Grant (7/22 deadline + discount)
Terri Rogers Film Grant (7/23 deadline)
Her Arts Film Lab (7/25 deadline)
Black Film Space Short Film Grant (7/26 deadline)
Urbanworld Screenplay Contest (7/26 deadline + discount)
Bronx Doc Center Fellowship (7/30 deadline)
Queer Art Mentorship (7/30 deadline)
AXS Film Fund (7/31 deadline)
POV Open Call (7/31 deadline)
Inevitable Foundation Visionary Fellowship (7/31 deadline)
Together Films Climate Action Together Fund (7/31 deadline)
Queer Art Mentorship (7/31 deadline)
Jobs/Gigs Roundup
Have a job to share? Share it on the app or fill out our form.
See all the jobs and gigs for this week on the app. This is just the shortlist :)
Director, Creative Development (Film), Legendary Entertainment.
Creative Development Executive, Inkitt.
Director, Development, Hartbeat.
Lead AV Technician, Entertainment Technology Partners.
Associate Studio Director - Editor, PepsiCo.
Vice President, Current Unscripted Series, Endemol Shine North America.
Vice President - Network Operations, Disney.
Director, Strategy & Operations, Blumhouse.
Post Producer/Editor, T Brand, The New York Times.
Video Editor (Freelance), FIFA.
Social Manager, Nonfiction (Sports), Netflix.
Sports Producer, Cumulus Media.
End Credits: Portrait Post of the Week
Until next week, friends. See you on Portrait.
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