New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) has offered 10 scholarships and 14 competition awards to new and established filmmakers at seven New York-area festivals all through the previous yr, a press launch has introduced. Cash awards and one-year affiliation memberships gifted by the NYWIFT goal to nurture the following technology of ladies in media.
According to NYWIFT CEO Cynthia Lopez, the group has expanded its competition partnership as a part of its mission to “recognize top-tier talent, emerging voices, and the women content creators making waves in narrative and documentary filmmaking.” Lopez added, “It is so impressive that these recipients not only completed their films during the pandemic – they excelled in reinventing how films are made during this time.”
Festival awards for Excellence in Directing got to Ellie Foumbi (“Our Father, the Devil”) on the Hamptons International Film Festival, Ju Martins (“Nā Kama Kai – Children of The Ocean”) on the Montauk Film Festival, and Jasmin Mara López (“Silent Beauty”) at UrbanWorld Film Festival, amongst others.
Along with its scholarships, NYWIFT invests in younger expertise by way of the Sabrina Wright-Gilliar Award, given to a highschool senior striving for a profession in manufacturing. This yr’s recipient is aspiring assistant director Jasmine (*24*). The award honors the reminiscence of Wright-Gilliar, who the group describes as a “legendary” prop grasp whose credit embody “The Good Wife”.
“It is vital to support and nurture women creatives as they leave academia to begin the next phase of their professional journeys,” Lopez emphasised. “We are thrilled to welcome them to the NYWIFT community and are excited to see what each of these wildly talented students will accomplish.”
In addition to funding, scholarship recipients have been additionally enrolled in NYWIFT’s Next Wave membership program for early profession professionals with lower than 4 years of movie or TV expertise, per the group’s web site.
NYWIFT is a non-profit that empowers girls working in movie and TV industries to advance variety in media.
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