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TLL Highlights 35
✨THE LIGHT LEAKS HIGHLIGHTS: EDITION #35✨
We Won a Grant from Freelancing Females! The grant was open to all women-owned businesses and female freelancers and solopreneurs. ❤️ We’re so grateful for this opportunity to grow and the acknowledgment of our work so far. 🎬️ read our full blog post.
Read our latest publish: On Screen: Watching Encanto as a Colombian American, As a daughter of immigrants and a creator, Kim Hoyos writes about the film’s authentic moments and thoughts on the animation industry’s potential for diversity.
Our project spotlights are 100% dedicated to spotlighting films by rising women and nonbinary filmmakers - watch them all and reach our interviews with these creators here!
Filmmakers: you have the power! Don’t forget to advocate for yourself as you create your path. Learn some tips on our tiktok. New videos every week!
“Your first piece of art is never going to be perfect, your first-ever thing definitely doesn't need to be perfect. I think it's more important to get it out there and just see what you can do, than waiting for perfection, because perfection is an unrealistic ideal. There's a lot of beauty in imperfection, and I think it's time we embrace that.” - Dylan Mars Greenberg, Horror and DIY director
TLL contributor Sophie Prettyman-Beauchamp shares with us why Hunter Schafer’s Euphoria episode is huge for queer representation, both in front and behind the camera!
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Learn about DIY filmmaking by the creators actually DOING it. We have directors, DPs, editors, and other filmmakers sharing the real ways they made their vision come to life. 📌Watch all the tips on our youtube!📌
Our friends at Women's Voices Now have a resource map on their website with funding opportunities, organizations, and more for female filmmakers.
Animation lovers: the WIA (Women in Animation) Scholarship is now open! Deadline is 12/1, apply now. "The WIA Scholarship Program is devoted to furthering the academic efforts of deserving animation students who demonstrate artistic talent, a passion for animation, a financial need, and a promising future in our industry. Applicants who have identified themselves as female, trans or non-binary, and who are enrolled in schools all over the world to pursue various aspects of animation production, are encouraged to apply"
No gatekeeping here - check out this ultimate guide to film terms and their definitions.
Don’t forget! We’ve got a running list JUST FOR YOU, filled with film & TV creative opportunities, labs, fellowships, grants, and more. Bookmark it!
In this edition of the Hustle, UK based filmmaker, Jennifer Sizeland shares how you can take on unpaid gigs in film and tv without losing your sanity and keeping your dignity intact.
Babes, that script is not going to write itself. Check out this beginner-friendly screenwriting rulebook to help you break out of a rut and get back to the basics.
Stuck on how to edit your short film? Check out our YT playlist on amazingly quick editing tricks and tips from digital creators we love that you need to try out ASAP!
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