Weekly Portrait: Streaming News to Shock You
Plus: Pride premieres, Tribeca wins, thrillers to make you laugh and cry, and $150 toward summer airfare
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Roll of Honor
Premieres, Press, Awards, and Standout Member Work This Week
Premieres this Week, Pride Edition
Bianca Del Rio will host Hulu’s ‘Pride Never Stops’ on Saturday, with livestreams of pride marches across the country. Carly Usdin, Director; Christine Ng, DP.
“Mama Bears,” featuring Christian fundamentalists who are now championing their LGBTQ+ children, premieres on PBS this week. Amy Bench, DP, Laura Tatham, Producer; Gil Talmi, Composer.
Also premiering this week: “The Confession” captures the confession of a Colombian colonel responsible for the deaths of 53 innocent civilians. Jeremy Raff, Director.
Tribeca Awards
Best New Documentary Director, Albert Maysles Award: Jude Chehab for “Q.”
Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature: “The Graduates.” Hannah Peterson, Director, Screenwriter; Taylor Shung, Producer.
Human/Nature Prize: Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell for “Common Ground.”
U.S. Narrative Special Jury Mention: Monica Sorelle for “Mountains.” Robert Colom, Producer, Screenwriter.
Documentary Special Jury Mention: “Rule of Two Walls.” Stacey Reiss, Producer; Sam Bisbee, Producer; Emily McCann Lesser, Co-Producer.
Documentary Short Special Jury Mention: Devon Blackwell for “Goodbye, Morganza.” Daniel Lombroso, Producer.
On the Circuit This Week
In Harlem: Abigail Horton and Ryan Dickie’s comedy-thriller feature film “Blow Up My Life” won Best Film at the Harlem International Film Festival.
In Sheffield: Alongside its Tribeca win, “Q” and Jude Chehab won the International First Feature Grand Jury Award at Sheffield DocFest.
In DC: The National Archives hosts the DC premiere of “The Lady Bird Diaries.” Kim Reynolds, Producer; Ben Zweig, Editor.
In LA: Salute Your Shorts Film Festival announced its first wave of film titles including “Breaking Silence” from Amy Bench and Annie Silverstein.
In Print: Don’t miss American Cinematographer’s July feature celebrating the work of Christine Ng and her fellow cinematographers on “Poker Face.”
Window of Opportunity
Weekly Jobs, Grants, Labs, Intensives, Programming, Industry Tidbits, and More
Coming Soon: A Scary Screening and A Shocking Streaming Deal
Scary Screening. Psychological thriller ”birth/rebirth” screens at MoMa Tuesday, reimagining Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein “into something exciting, terrifying, and singularly new.” Tricia Mears, First AC.
Shocking Deal. Another sign we are in a new phase of the streaming wars: Warner Bros. Discovery is in talks to license HBO shows to Netflix. Thanks to everyone who sent this “hugely surprising move” our way.
Closing Soon: June/July Deadlines
Almanack Screenwriters Colony (6/23 deadline)
Athena Film Fest Writers Lab (6/26 deadline)
Roy W Dean Summer Grant (6/30 deadline + waivers)
Chopard x BTTL Action Grant (6/30 early bird deadline, 7/31 final deadline)
Sustainability Labs (7/1 deadline)
Film Independent Fast Track (7/10 deadline)
Catapult Film Fund (7/10 deadline)
Jewish Story Partners (7/14 deadline)
AXS Film Fund (7/31 deadline)
Jobs/Gigs Roundup
Event Producer and Planner, Ford Foundation.
Supervising Producer, Lifestyle, Dotdash Meredith.
Senior Producer, MSNBC The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, NBC Universal.
Vice President, Social Media (National Geographic), The Walt Disney Company.
Editor, E! News, NBC Universal.
Digital Content Strategist, CNN Underscored, Warner Bros. Discovery.
Content Producer - NBC Boston/NECN, NBC Universal.
Freelance Producer, News12, Altice USA.
Archival Producer, CNN Original Series (Project Role), Warner Bros. Discovery.
Director, Nonfiction Series & Documentary, First Look Media.
End Credits: Post of the Week
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