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- JULY 2020
JULY 2020
Goodbye, July!
Welcome to the Light Leaks newsletter!
As July wraps up, we wanted to share some new content on the site, offers from partners, and great news: we're starting a volunteer team!
For the Light Leaks, Feminist career strategist, Cynthia Pong, answers the question “What should I do if I don’t think my job is a good fit anymore?” with real tips and an action plan that anyone can follow! Cynthia's new book comes out next month and she's sharing some incredible tips for FREE in this article.
We don’t want you to be held back when education can be as easy as reading, practicing on your own, and familiarizing yourself with industry concepts, plot structure, and emotional beats. Check out this article for an ongoing list of resources!
Great news! We're looking for volunteers to help manage and grow the Light Leaks community. Are you interested?Check out this form for the application and role descriptions
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more from TheLightLeaks.com
Giselle Keena is a photographer and director based in New York. Without any form of art school, she has worked as a professional photographer and is beginning to transfer her soft, youthful and dreamlike photos into film works combining her past creations and nostalgia.
Yellow Blinking Light is a story that shows what we all struggle with- managing the expectations of others while forging our own path in life.
from our partners:
We're excited to be a partner to Rianne Picture's Women X Festival taking place this October in the UK! Check out their site for information on how to submit, international submissions are welcome for this film festival focused on women and nonbinary filmmakers!
Killer Shorts is a screenplay competition created discover, inspire and promote emerging screenwriters around the world as they dig up the freshest new voices in horror. They reached out to the Light Leaks because, out of 700+ submissions last year, there was a devastatedly low number of female-identifying and non-binary applicants. Enter now and use TLL50OFF for 50% off your entry submission fee!!Submissions are accepted between July 1 2020 - December 15 2020. **There is no limit to the amount of times you may use this code.
Our friends at Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding platform with the lowest fees, the highest campaign success rate in the world (80%), and a track record of setting filmmakers on a path to success are offering an incredible service for any filmmaker crowdfunding on their platform. Seed&Spark is offering TLL community members 1:1 call mentoring (something they don't offer elsewhere!!) for ~free~ with their crowdfunding specialists.Sign UpPS: Do you have a seed&spark campaign live right now? Send us the link, our partnership allows us to plug campaigns on an exclusive page (yay! extra promo for you, for free!)
