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Happy Thursday, friends!
It’s marathon season — and we don’t mean foot races. Many of you are in the middle of your fall theatrical, festival, and awards runs. Congrats — and hang in there!
And to our writers — Portrait member and writer Ballard C. Boyd said it best, below.
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Now: let’s dive into all that’s happening this week!
Roll of Honor
Premieres, Press, Awards, and Standout Member Work This Week
Now Streaming: Relationships Gone Awry
Toxic Friendship. The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring re-contextualizes the infamous Bling Ring, emphasizing how the “crimes came from something more eternal than 2000’s logomania: a toxic teenage friendship” (Vulture). Kaley Roberts, Producer; Sunita Prasad, Editor. HBO.
Love Gone Sour. Fair Play is a “sexy psychological thriller” in which a couple “must face the true price of success and the unnerving limits of ambition” (Deadline). Robert G. Wilson, Editor. Netflix.
Unearthly Encounters. Encounters is a new “cosmic detective story” featuring four “eerily similar” stories about encounters with otherworldly phenomena (Tudum). Ruchi Mital, Producer; Karla Kelly, Line Producer. Netlflix.
On the Commercial Beat: Spots with Swagger
For Yeti. The Captain celebrates the “fearless 4%,” Maine’s commercial female fisherman. Clair Popkin, DP.
For Olipop. We loved DP Colin Lupe’s look behind the scenes at the retro-cool spot for Olipop’s new gingerale.
Awards Round Up: News & Doc Emmys Edition
Congrats to the nominees and everyone celebrating a win this week. Stream these award winners if you haven’t already!
The Flagmakers. Sharon Liese. Nat Geo / Disney+.
The Janes. Emma Pildes, Rachel Bozich. HBO / Max.
Retrograde. Jacopo Campaiola, Joedan Okun, Charlotte Zonis, Ruella Rouf. Nat Geo / Disney+.
Hostages. Wolfgang Held, DP.
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power. Geeta Gandbhir, Linzee Troubh. Peacock.
How To Survive A Pandemic Ann Tyler Moses, Wolfgang Held.
And….
Check out the Emmy-nominated film Made In Boise, on the PBS app for free until October 14th! Beth Aala, Director, Producer & DP; Beth Levison, Producer; Jenni Morello, DP.
Congrats the the films on NYT’s 40 Best mMovies of the Year So Far: Cassandro, Roger Ross Williams, Director and Screenwriter; Sabine Hoffman, Editor, and Justin Lacob’s, XTR’s Blackberry; Master Gardener, Nicole Payson, 2nd AD.
On The Festival Circuit: Oh So Much Festing
Check out all the Festival Experiences on Portrait. Fantastic fests are kicking off across North America this week. For the full rundown on the 400+ Portrait filmmakers at these five festivals (!!), check out them on Portrait:
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. We’re thrilled to be the official industry app partner for Hot Springs. Come hang out with us in our Portrait House Lounge — and join us Sunday for the opening reception.
Window of Opportunity
Weekly Jobs, Grants, Programs, Workshops, Labs, and More
Coming Soon
Join Film Fatales for an interactive workshop with writer/director Catherine Hardwicke tomorrow!
Closing Soon
From Portrait Member Nausheen Dadabhoy: “NYC DP and sound friends. Are you overrun with expendables? Would you like to donate some to filmmakers in The Gambia who are working on a short film? If yes, DM me or email me: nd@dpdadabhoy.com. I’ll be collecting goods until 10/8.”
JFI Filmmakers in Residence Program (10/6 deadline)
Pacific Islanders Shorts Fund (10/6 deadline)
CAPE Animation Directors Accelerator (10/6 deadline)
Women in Media: Developing Filmmaker Fellowship (10/15 deadline)
Toronto Media Arts Program (10/16 deadline)
Women Directing Mentorship (10/18 deadline)
Hillman Grad Rising Voices (10/22 deadline)
Frameline Completion Fund (10/27 deadline)
Pillars Artist Fellowship (10/31)
The Athena List (10/31 extended deadline)
Roy W. Dean Fall Grant (10/31 deadline)
NYC Women’s Fund (11/1 deadline)
Stowe Story Labs (11/1 deadline)
NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship (11/27 deadline)
Big Sky Pitch (11/30 deadline)
NYFA Artist Fellowship (12/13 deadline)
SagIndie Film Music Connect (rolling deadline)
Elevate Collective (rolling deadline)
Ford Foundation JustFilms Grants (rolling deadline)
Jobs/Gigs Roundup
Director of Business Development, SideXSide Studios. DM the SideXSide team on Portrait for more info on this one!
Partner Manager, Patreon.
Video Editor; ON-SITE Columbia, SC, Rather Outdoors.
Show Editor, California Live, NBCUniversal.
Editor, VMLY&R.
Executive Producer, Audio, POLITICO.
Producer - Freelance, Altice USA.
Coordinating Producer, ESPN, The Walt Disney Company.
Segment Producer, News Now Daily, NBCUniversal.
Producer, Hybrid, Sage.
Senior Producer, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Warner Bros. Discovery.
End Credits: Portrait Post of the Week
Welcome back to all our writer friends!
And until next week, friends: see you on Portrait.