The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, in which participants write and produce short films that promote disability inclusion, returns for its 11th consecutive year and will run from April 2-7.
This year, in addition to the traditional awards of cash, computers and other technology, subscriptions, mentorships and screening opportunities, the Edfc will award ten $15,000 grants for the winners of the best film, best director, best writer, best actor and best editor categories to develop their projects further. Five additional grants will be awarded to past Edfc participants, with all winners announced at the Edfc awards ceremony on May 9 at Sony Pictures Studios.
“Hollywood has only begun to tap into the power of inclusion and to showcase this significant segment of our society,” Mark Whitley, president and CEO of Easterseals Southern California, said in a statement. “The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge gives filmmakers, actors and their crews an opportunity to change the...
This year, in addition to the traditional awards of cash, computers and other technology, subscriptions, mentorships and screening opportunities, the Edfc will award ten $15,000 grants for the winners of the best film, best director, best writer, best actor and best editor categories to develop their projects further. Five additional grants will be awarded to past Edfc participants, with all winners announced at the Edfc awards ceremony on May 9 at Sony Pictures Studios.
“Hollywood has only begun to tap into the power of inclusion and to showcase this significant segment of our society,” Mark Whitley, president and CEO of Easterseals Southern California, said in a statement. “The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge gives filmmakers, actors and their crews an opportunity to change the...
- 1/19/2024
- by Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety Film + TV
Marvel Studios and DC’s film studios, along with several actors, will be sitting out of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. But the fans are not.
While it’s still early down here in America’s Finest City, attendees are already lining up, not simply for Hall H but for their Wednesday night or Thursday entrance to the trade-show floor. The outdoor tents and rails for queues are set up and remain in place outside the San Diego Convention Center’s Hall H lawn.
Despite the ratcheting down of several TV networks panels to mere screenings, one on-the-ground Csc Security staffer at the confab says the convention is preparing for enormous crowds “like any other Comic-Con.” The walkways along the Hilton side of Hall H that are fenced off to...
While it’s still early down here in America’s Finest City, attendees are already lining up, not simply for Hall H but for their Wednesday night or Thursday entrance to the trade-show floor. The outdoor tents and rails for queues are set up and remain in place outside the San Diego Convention Center’s Hall H lawn.
Despite the ratcheting down of several TV networks panels to mere screenings, one on-the-ground Csc Security staffer at the confab says the convention is preparing for enormous crowds “like any other Comic-Con.” The walkways along the Hilton side of Hall H that are fenced off to...
- 7/20/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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