



💖Happy Valentine’s Day! Celebrate your friendships with our What We’re Watching: Galentine’s Day edition and if you’re in the mood to laugh, cry, or even trying to through a break (we love you <3) read our Valentine’s Day picks for every situation! 💖
We’re 5 years old! Earlier this month we celebrated our 5th anniversary, can you believe it?! 5 years of filmmaking, community, and empowerment. Thank YOU!
🛍️ TLL is on Etsy! Visit our shop for our pastel “Invest In Yourself” enamel pins, TLL logo buttons and stickers!


“Discovering that a character in a TV show has the same chronic illness as me should have been a moment of connection - finally feeling seen, understood, and represented. But at that moment, the surprise gave way to both sadness and anger that this was how the series decided to portray someone with IC.” - Brynna Arens via Hey 'You': My Chronic Illness Is Not A Plot Device
Are you following TLL on Instagram? Keep up to date with our latest interviews, tips, videos, and events and share our account with a fellow filmmaker!
🏆 Meet Academy Award Winning documentarian and NYU professor, Carol Dysinger! 🏆She talks about witnessing the progression of Hollywood firsthand, the lessons she’s learned throughout her career, and how it’s never too late to hit your stride.


TLL community! The volunteer application to join the Light Leaks team is open on a rolling basis. We’re specifically looking for more video editors, social media editors, graphic designers, and writers to join the team. This is an unpaid commitment of 5-7 hours a week on your own time with communication via Slack/ monthly Zoom. Build your portfolio while supporting female and nonbinary filmmakers and making friends in the process!
Are you about choosing a crowdfunding plan? Get a FREE 30-minute consultation with the best of the best at Seed and Spark! Our friends on the team are offering 1-on-1 call mentoring to folks in TLL community. Sign up now!


🎬The 2022 Oscar Nominations are now out, view the Full Nominees List!
Great news for fans of The L Word: Generation Q, it’s been renewed for a 3rd season at Showtime!
History made at Pixar! The company’s latest feature Turning Red is its’ first to feature an All Women Leadership team. Much needed step in the animation world!
Interested in the history of women in film?Slate dives into the entertainment world of 1916 where mutlihypnate talented women in Hollywood with power was an acceptable norm and what’s changed since.
Ava Duverney is in front of the camera for In Style this month sharing Hollywood reflections and more!


If you’re a PA, don’t get on set without reviewing some basic terms! This tiktok will have you covered. 🎥
The Gotham Lab is OPEN for submission and seeking 10 outstanding debut or “breakthrough” series creators working independently on fiction episodic projects in development. Applications closes March 4!
In the Cut has a free video course to train BIPOC creators for the following positions: writer’s PA, writer’s assistant, and showrunner’s assistant. Check it out on their website

Here at TLL, we value our community's needs and creative ideas. That's why we created The Light Leaks Feedback Form. Is there something you want to see more or less of from us? Submit your thoughts and let us know!
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