Festival Shake Ups and Regency-Era Empires
Plus Cannes Acquisitions; Telly Awards; June Deadlines
Happy Thursday, friends.
As Cannes comes to a close, it’s been a big week for festival news:
Deadline launched its long-form report: “Conflict, Cuts And Identity Crises: How Film Festivals Are Navigating Choppy Waters”
Sundance selected 15 cities to make bids for its potential move
Placing bets on the Sundance home? Let us know your thoughts on the app.
Let’s dive into everything else you’ve been up to this week.
Roll of Honor
Premieres, Awards, and More. Say hello to featured members on the app.
What to Watch: Sex Dramedies and Sperm Banks
Bridgerton Season 3: Part 1. With part two still on the horizon, the latest season could rank as one of the most popular Netflix TV series of all time (THR). Kris Bowers, Composer; Justin Kamps, Music Supervisor; Grant Studart, Production Sound Mixer; Szymon Wyrzykowski, DIT; Luc Julien, DFX supervisor; Victor Pacheco Castro, VFX Artist; Mishael Holdbrook, Sound Trainee; John Rodda, Production Sound Mixer. Netflix.
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed. “A symphony of ambient embarrassment… structured around [the protagonist’s] relationships of varying length and ambivalence.” (RogerEbert.com). Nell Simon, Costume Designer; Kent Bassett, Shuchi Talati, SJ Son, Alysia Reiner, Cast; Nicola Smith, Associate Producer; Adam Mirels, EP; Gerry Pass, Co-EP. In Theaters.
Spermworld. From the New York Times: the “awkwardness and uncertainty” of unregulated sperm donation (NYT). David Bolen, DP; Lauren Belfer, Producer; Kathleen Lingo, EP; Sam Fischer, Color; Paul Hsu, Sound Design; Derek Schweickart, Consultant; Jessica Hester, Post Production; Max Allman, Editor. Hulu.
On the Awards and Festival Circuit
Telly Award Winners. Congrats to Portrait winners Zen Pace, Oisin O'Driscoll, Brandon Tyson, and Kathryn Brillhart.
Seattle International Film Festival Award Winners. Click through to browse and connect with the winning teams on Portrait. Congrats to winning teams!
Spring Documentary Showcases. Check out the following on the app:
New Owners + Acquisitions
Criterion and Janus Films have a new owner: Indian Paintbrush founder Steven Rales.
Wscripted unveiled its Cannes screenplay list supporting women & non-binary writers. Congrats to Giovanna Molina and her screenplay Kismet.
Briarcliff Entertainment & GFM Animation take North America on animated family comedy ’10 Lives’; Zayn Malik, Bill Nighy & more among voice cast. Christopher Jenkins, Director, Writer; Matías Marek, Animator; Charls Thomas, Animator; Geoff Zanelli, Composer.
Bleecker Street, Shivhans Pictures to co-release ‘Love Me’ starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun in U.S. Joseph Krings, Editor; Matt Drake, Post-production Supervisor, Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor; Amanda Verhagen, Line Producer.
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.
Gotham U.S. Shorts to Features (5/30 deadline)
Spotlight Documentary Residency (5/31 deadline)
PIC Media Fund (5/31 deadline)
Music on Film Grant (6/3 deadline)
The Disruptors Fellowship (6/7 deadline)
Film Independent Doc Producing Lab (6/11 deadline)
The Georgia List (6/15 deadline)
Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest (6/28 deadline)
Half Initiative Director Shadowing Program (6/30 deadline)
Queer Art Illuminations Grant (6/30 deadline)
North Star Fellowship (6/3 deadline)
The Disability List (7/1 deadline)
The GLAAD List (7/1 deadline)
The Latine List (7/1 deadline)
The Muslim List (7/1 deadline)
The Desi List (7/1 deadline)
The Cape List (7/1 deadline)
Film Independent Project Involve (7/1 deadline)
See more spring + rolling deadlines in our interactive database in the app.
Jobs/Gigs Roundup
Have a job to share? Share it on the app or fill out our form.
Head of Creative, DISH.
Senior Video Animation Designer, Sodexo.
VP, Original Co-Productions & Acquisitions, Hallmark Media.
Creative Lead (YouTube Development), Jubilee Media.
Planning Executive, Warner Bros. Discovery.
Sr. Director, Digital Marketing, Lionsgate.
Chief Content Officer, Cincinnati Bengals.
Adjunct Professor of Film and Television Production - Editing, USC.
Executive Producer, External Games, Netflix.
Director, Emerging Creator Programs, Amazon.
Localization Producer, Prime Video & Amazon Studios.
Producer, Senior - Project Hire, Walt Disney Imagineering.
Manager Performance Content, Hearst.
See more jobs/gigs in our interactive, filterable database in the app.
End Credits: Portrait Post of the Week
Until next week, friends. See you on Portrait.
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