Hello  ✨ 

Wow—March has flown by and now it’s officially🌻SPRING🌻! We’ve got a lot to catch up on, and even more to look forward to at TLL in the coming month. From community events to news, skill-building, and even shopping, we’ve got everything you’ll need to hop into April with a spring in your step. 

Our spring cleaning sale ends in 3 days!! Shop 25% off with

SPRING25

 at checkout! We won’t be restocking these same designs so

grab your pins and stickers before they're gone for good

!

We have 6

“Be Your Own Lead Character” enamel pins

and 6

“TLL logo” buttons

left in stock. Will they be yours?

• 🎬 Every month we'll be premiere NEW short films by women and nonbinary filmmakers on our YouTube channel. We kicked off this past weekend with Shawna K’s "LoverGirl.'' It’s a coming of age, LGBTQ+ romantic comedy about the awkward, anticipatory, and magical moments that can happen in young love! Read our interview with her here. We have another premiere coming this week so don’t forget to subscribe to our channel!

• Read TLL contributor and former intern Marissa D share her perspective on Asian representation in “My Take: Asian Representation Isn't Representing Me Yet.”

• Burnout is real, we know. Producer and director Caroline C explains how she dug herself out of it and why she got there in the first place.

• After a career spanning 6 decades, funny woman Jessica Walter, best known for her Emmy-winning performance in Arrested Development, passed away at 80 years old. 

• When it came to the NAACP Image Awards this year, no one was touching Queen Bey, Black-Ish, and Insecure who walked away with Outstanding Comedy Series. ICYMI: catch the full list of winners. 

• Hollywood’s history of racist comedy against Asian people and the anti-Asian violence of today are two sides of the same coin. Read Caroline Framke of Variety call Hollywood out on their BS in full. 

• The Oscars aren’t allowing Zoom acceptance speeches in this year’s telecast... and nobody is happy.

• Do you need stock music, SFX, or stock video for your projects? We’ve teamed up with Soundstripe to offer a discount to our TLL community! Use our affiliate link or code THELIGHTLEAKS to get some $ off.

• Learn 5 new camera moves just from this IG post!

• Missed an old edition of TLL Highlights? Get a look at past deals, articles you missed and more in the archives of past editions!

• Meet your next collaborator in our private Facebook group for our online community filled with 200+ filmmakers and creatives.

• Advice from someone whos BEEN there—watch women and nonbinary directors and DPs share how they created their vision on screen!

• 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! ✨