✨THE LIGHT LEAKS HIGHLIGHTS: EDITION #27✨

• 🎬 Since March is Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating Women Behind the Camera in our latest edition of What We’re Watching! Read on to discover our favorite movies and TV shows with women in the writer’s room and in the director’s seat that deserve your attention.🎬 

• Our Etsy shop is open! Come check out our buttons and stickers and show off your support for women and non-binary filmmakers wherever you go 🥰

Our Youtube Playlist of Editing Tutorials by Women and Nonbinary Creatives

• Want to start making your own films but don’t know where to begin? We rounded up the best basic editing tutorials from women and nonbinary creators to help you get started and bring your cinematic vision to life. 

• SELF CARE DURING BURNOUT: “The list I’m detailing below is a huge part of what I used to get myself back to a good place. It can be used interchangeably as a list of ways to stay creative or a list of ways to practice self-care, but who says they’re mutually exclusive?”  -Kim Hoyos shares her list of ways to practice creative self-care during burnout,

• “Teen girls are portrayed as having a lack of knowledge. I wouldn’t call any of them whiny, selfish or dumb because I don’t think that accurately depicts the majority of the society.” - Amanda DiMartino, director of  “Taffy” a short film exploring sex through the POV of teen girls. ❤️‍🔥

• 📗📗 BOOK GIVEAWAY: We’re giving away 1 copy of Ashley K. Stoyanov Ojeda’s new book: “Jefa in Training” to the TLL community!Ashley K. Stoyanov Ojeda is a business coach, author, and entrepreneur. “Jefa in Training” is a project-launching toolkit and planner that invites you to let go of your fears and finally launch that blog, business, project, or platform. Enter the giveaway here!And forward to your friends :)

• Join our partners at Women’s Voices Now for their film festival, “The Rights and Roles of Women: Redefining Our Shared Reality”. This month-long online festival amplifies the voices of women from around the globe who use the power of film to advance girls’ and women’s rights. View all the films with the price of one $18 ticket!

• 🗣️🗣️ Pitching your documentary to investors? The Southern Documentary fund is hosting a virtual event on March 31st to make sure filmmakers are 100% prepped for this next step. Get all the details here!

• ’Never Have I Ever’ fans! Season 3 is dropping this summer and creator Mindy Kaling confirmed that the 4th season will be the show’s final. 

• Keep yourself in the know, here’s the Black Women in Hollywood making waves as talent agents. 

• For your watch list - the 15 Best Movies Directed by Women in the 21st Century.

• 🗣Here’s your biweekly reminder to keep tabs on our table of opportunities—always up to date with the latest film festival, labs, and funding opportunities to apply for. Some deadlines are sooner than later, so don’t wait! 

• Bookmark this page for essential terminology in cinematography and film. Share with a fellow filmmaker, no gating keeping here!

• Need a free screenwriting software to keep your scripts nice and neat? Check out celtx!

• One Day At A Time showrunner, Gloria Calderon Kellet shares her real advice for how to start your TV writing career.

• 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!

• Like what you see? Be sure to follow us on social for more highlights, more empowerment, and more education. Here's to spreading light! ✨