Some of the most exciting new films coming out of Australia are the result of a national drive to find and support stories from traditionally underrepresented quarters.
Initiatives internationales
A dozen of Brazilian directors have announced the launch of the Brazilian Filmmakers Collective with the aim of creating a hub for filmmakers from the South American country living and working abroad as a way to share resources, opportunities and promote creative enrichment.
The Black Documentary Collective (BDC) was founded by the late, great documentarian St. Clair Bourne to support the artistic development and professional advancement of documentary media makers of African descent.
Le CNC nomme Pap Ndiaye président de la commission Images de la diversité.
The idea of change looks different for different people. For independent filmmakers, especially those who are struggling, a constructive change means more funds and opportunities for those who have been historically left out. To those previously and currently in positions of power, change could mean reform, or making minor structural tweaks rather than building foundations from scratch. It could also mean projecting a semblance of change, because real change would be far too risky for the status quo.
The first order of business is to raise £10m to seed 30 Black-led startups across Europe over the next three years, with cohorts of ten every year. Each startup has access to a custom programme from operating partner Founders Factory, including finance, marketing, legal, app development and AI support, plus six months of office space in Brixton, which Lutterodt says will be “the next black Silicon Valley”
Netflix and IllumiNative, a woman-led non-profit organization, announced the launch of the IllumiNative Producers Program, a year-long training program for Indigenous producers.
Figures for European serialised content have been going through the roof in the past years and examples follow one after the other of locally produced content that reaches global audiences, from German Babylon Berlin (2017) to the Luxembourg original Capitani (2019) or the Spanish examples of La Casa de Papel (2017) or Élite (2018).
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Un jury essentiellement composé de personnes déficientes visuelles qui récompense la version audiodécrite qu’il a préféré parmi les nominés de la catégorie César du « Meilleur film ».
We are pleased to announce the open call for this year’s IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund’s Production Grant with an addition to our application guidelines—that of authorship. The updated grant application will include questions about why the creative team is uniquely positioned to make the film, and their personal connection to the communities in which the story is about.
Balado qui valorise les parcours scolaires et professionnels de personnes racisées. Qu’est ce que le plafond de verre? Quelles sont les stratégies développées par les personnes racisées qui le vivent dans les milieux scolaires et professionnels? Dans ce podcast, Aurore Foukissa va à la rencontre de personnes racisées qui partagent leur expérience du plafond de verre. Ensemble, ils explorent le parcours de l’invité(e) et les stratégies mises en place pour réaliser ses ambitions.