Portrait Weekly: Park City Bound
Evil Streaming Shows; SXSW Line Up; and So Many Award Winners.
Happy Thursday, friends. We’re back from our holiday hiatus — one week into 2024 and one week out from Sundance. 🔥
Fun fact: 70% of Sundance films were made by Portrait members. You’re a special group of people. It’s thrilling to serve you for a second year.
We’ll share our Sundance Survival Guide next Thursday… but event invites start going out tomorrow. Click “I’m attending Sundance” in Portrait app’s Discover Tab. 🔍 And invite friends to join us here!
Now, let’s dive into what you’ve created to kick off the year.
Roll of Honor
Say hello to featured Portrait members on the app.
What to Watch This Weekend: Evil Empires Edition
Undercover Gangsters: The Brothers Son. Michelle Yeoh is “supreme and gloriously lethal” in the action-packed gangster comedy (The Guardian). SJ Son, Writer, Story Editor; Evita Yuepu Zhou, Editor; Chad Shields, second assistant director. Netflix.
Underground Crime Rings: Echo. Some are hailing the miniseries as the “first successful attempt at matching the energy that made Netflix’s Marvel shows great” (The Verge). Cody Lightning, Actor. Disney+.
Musical Mean Girls. The iconic book-turned-movie-turned-musical turns movie again this weekend. Bill Kirsten, DP; Bamike Ogunrinu, Makeup. In theaters Sunday.
…And One Mean Game of Tennis. Break Point, the docuseries showcasing the “full psychodrama of tennis,” is back for season 2 (NYT). Martin Webb, Director. Netflix.
On the Awards Beat: All that Glitters
Check out our lists of the many Portrait members taking home hardware this week. Send kudos and save contacts for the year ahead.
Creative Arts Emmys. Congrats to our Portrait award winners! Find the full list of members here. Shout out to the Welcome to Wrexham team’s five wins and Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’s four wins.
Golden Globes. Congrats to members who worked on Succession, Beef, and The Bear. Don’t miss our year-end TV Show and Post-Production Talent Lists that featured these folks before we sunset these lists for 2024.
Cinema Eye Honors (tomorrow!). The awards train doesn’t stop. See the list of Portrait nominees in-app here.
And congratulations to…
Owen Brown, who won two gold Clio Awards for his Arizona music video, for best production design and best director.
Monica Sorelle, Monique Walton, and Set Hernandez, who won Independent Spirit’s Emerging Filmmaker Awards.
On The Festival Circuit: From Austin to Berlin
SXSW Initial Line-Up Announced. We know there are a lot of Portrait members in the mix. Post on the app and we will be sure to add you to the full round up of talent in next week’s newsletter and talent list!
Berlinale Talents & Jury list announced. Congrats to all the Portrait members named Berlinale Talents, including Ash Goh Hua, Karolina Pajak, Monica Sorelle, Kristen Dempsey, Valerie Steinberg, Zeb Achonu, Katy Jarzebowski, and Anna Hints.
Window of Opportunity
aka The Discover Tab 🔍
Check out the Discover Tab on Portrait for grants, programs, jobs, and deadlines.
Coming Soon
January 12th: Consider This: How to Launch an Awards Campaign. Film Fatales.
January 26: Ace Presents: Stamped From the Beginning. Screening followed by Q&A with editors John S. Fisher and Francesca Sharper, moderated by David Velasco.
Closing Soon: Programs + Grants
Have an opportunity to share? Post it on the app or fill out our form.
Nantucket Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (1/11 deadline)
RespectAbility Entertainment Lab (1/12 deadline)
Almanack Episodic Lab (1/12 nomination deadline)
Documentary Labs - Film Independent (1/15 deadline)
Nostos Screenwriting Retreats (1/15 deadline + discount)
Stowe Story Labs Film Fatales Fellowship (1/15 extended deadline + discount)
AmDocs Film Fund (1/16 deadline)
HamptonsFilm Screenwriting Lab (1/18 deadline + discount)
New Orleans Emerging Voices Lab (1/18 deadline)
LEF Moving Image Fund (1/19 deadline)
CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge (1/19 deadline)
Fox Entertainment Writers Incubator (1/19 deadline)
Film Independent Imaginar TV Incubator for Fearless Latinx Creators (2/2 deadline)
2024 Nature Connection Pitch at Mountainfilm Festival (applications open 1/12, deadline 2/5)
Sandbox Fund (2/5 deadline)
AT&T Untold Stories | Tribeca (2/6 deadline)
Sony Future Filmmakers (2/15 deadline)
Proof of Concept - Advancing Women Filmmakers (2/16 deadline)
Telly Awards (2/25 deadline)
Nantucket Screenplay Competition (3/7 deadline)
Black List Labs (7/1 deadline)
SagIndie Film Music Connect (rolling deadline)
Elevate Collective (rolling deadline)
Ford Foundation JustFilms Grants (rolling deadline)
Awesome Foundation Grants (rolling deadline)
Perspective Fund (rolling deadline)
Jobs/Gigs Roundup
Have a job to share? Share it on the app or fill out our form.
Associate Creative Director, FT, SideXSide Studios.
Producer/Photographer, Wildlife Conservation Society.
Director, Release Strategy, Cineverse.
Producer - KIRO TV, Cox Media Group.
News Editor - KIRO TV, Cox Media Group.
Video Editor, Konscious LLC.
Photographer, Koco 5, Hearst.
Associate Producer/Line Producer, Delirio Films.
Audiovisual Production Specialist (Short Form Video Producer & Channel Manager), US National Gallery of Art.
Live Producer (Release Management), Singularity 6.
Creative Producer (Vertical Platforms), MrBeast's Feastables.
Director of Production, Marketing, Meow Wolf.
Senior Media Producer, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Production Manager, Multiplatform (Temporary), A+E Networks.
Sr Manager, Creative Film Services, The Walt Disney Company.
Even/Odd Studio is looking for Executive Producers, Line Producers and Production Managers, Email studio@evenodd.studio for more info.
End Credits: Portrait Post of the Week
So cool to see Portrait members named as both mentors and fellows this week.
Congrats to fellows Rolake Bamgbose, Dan Chen, Elizabeth Lo, Andy Sarjahani, Krystal Tingle, and Monica Villamizar, and to mentors Anthony Caronna, Zackary Drucker, David France, Dawn Porter, Fernando Villena, and Nanfu Wang.
Until next week, friends. See you on the app.