Weekly Portrait: Coming to A Festival Near You
Free Headshots, Free Drinks, Full Line Ups of Panels, Jobs, and New Work
Happy Thursday, friends, and welcome to March.
If you’re shocked you’re one hail storm away from Spring, here’s some solace: on the original Roman calendar, Martius was the first month of the year. Re-start those New Year’s resolutions if you choose.
We hope the spring season brings you inspiration and productivity. And free headshots! We can guarantee that last one if you’re headed to SXSW.
Let’s march on!
Jean Ellen and Kasia
Co-Founders, Portrait
Portrait House at SXSW: Announcing Our Line Up
Portrait House is back and bigger than ever. Join us in Austin March 12th!
Free headshots with our professional Portrait photographer
Producers Brunch co-hosted with the DPA
Panels with SXSW filmmakers, including “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” "Queendom," "The Lady Bird Diaries,” "This World Is Not My Own,” "You Were My First Boyfriend,” "Not So Special,” "Breaking Silence,” “Pay Up or Die,”"Closing Dynasty,” and "How To Rig An Election"
Let us know you’re coming so we can invite you to our private cocktail reception.
Can’t make it to Austin? Help us spread the word to SXSW-bound friends. Receive breakfast-taco karma on us.
Roll of Honor
Premieres, Press, Awards, and Standout Member Work This Week
True/False Fest: Come Hang with Us in Missouri
If you’re headed to True/False Film Fest, have a drink on us!
Portrait member and ambassador Emma Francis Snyder will gather Portrait members. DM Emma on Portrait — and don’t miss these True/False films:
Going Varsity in Mariachi. A shoestring team vies for state championship. Lauren Haber, EP, and Michael Crommett, DP
Milisuthando. Milisuthando explores growing up in South African apartheid. Milisuthando Bongela, Director, and Marion Isaacs, Producer
La Bonga. Twenty years after a village fled Colombia’s civil war, inhabitants return on foot. Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Producer. Also screening at Moma’s Doc Fortnight March 5th.
The Stroll. NY's Meatpacking District was a space for trans sex workers. Portrait member Sara Kinney, DP
New Work Alert: Long Run, Long Form
On-The-Run Reviews: Check out this new spot for Brooks Running from Portrait member Carly Usdin. Feels timely given that Bay Bridge Half Jean Ellen hasn’t start training for… SXSW counts as marathon training regimen, right?
Long-Form Investigation: Portrait member Kirsten Luce shot stunning portraits of victims of child labor violations in this long form piece for NYT. The Biden Administration announced a crackdown in the days since the piece launched.
Awards Round Up: Short Films Win Big
“Between Earth and Sky” won best short at Big Sky Film Festival.
Congratulations to Portrait member Joe Van Eeckhout, DP.“Closing Dynasty” won the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale Festival. Congratulations to Portrait members Lloyd Lee Choi, Director, and Jonathan Hsu, Producer.
Don’t miss Lloyd on our short film panel at Portrait House next week!
Window of Opportunity
Weekly Jobs, Grants, Labs, Intensives, Programming, Events, and More
Coming Soon / Closing Soon
Programming
March 3rd. Poetic Witness: Developing Documentary Films. Film Fatales, Online.
March 8th. Talking Access with Filmmakers: Blind-Centered Audio Description. Nefertiti Matos Olivares, Online.
March 10th. Portrait Member Mia Cioffi Henry hosts a Masterclass with Reel Works.
Grants and Intensives
Points North Fellowship, Camden International Film Festival. Deadline March 6th.
SFFILM Rainin Narrative Feature Grants: $25,000 grants. Deadline March 24th.
JFI Completion Grant. Various Sizes. Deadline March 31st.
Roy W. Dean Film Grant: $3,500 grants. Deadline March 31st.
The Gotham/Cannes Producers 2023 Fellowship Application. Now Open.
Festival Submission Tracker — Two Weeks of Deadlines
AFI Fest Submission: Early Deadline 03/02
LA Shorts International Film Festival - next deadline March 3
Cork International Film Festival - next deadline March 10
Jobs/Gigs Roundup
Senior Events Manager. Women in Film.
Creative Producer. Untold Stories.
Producer. Untold Stories.
Head of Creative and Editorial. Untold Stories.
Producer - Podcast. The Walt Disney Company.
Producer, 20/20. The Walt Disney Company.
Creative Producer. Instagram.
Video Producer, Instagram. The Washington Post.
Senior Producer, MSNBC-Social Strategy. NBCUniversal
Open-Rank Professor of Film and Television Production, Documentary
Filmmaking. University of Southern California.
Associate Producer (Contract). SideXSide Studios. Reach out to Portrait member Deanna Del Ciello for details.
Open call for independent contractors. SideXSide Studios. Reach out to Portrait member Deanna Del Ciello for details.
End Credits: Scene of the Week
The social takeovers continue! Check out Portrait member Daniel Lombroso’s Big Sky takeover and follow us “@onportrait_” for more.
Where in the festival circuit are you heading next? (We hope it’s Austin!)
Until next week, friends,
JE + K