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Sad that GIFT Fest is over?

Here's another great virtual festival to attend - one of our Filmocracy Film Festival Fellowship cohort partners!

REPOST FROM Black Femme Supremacy Film Fest

Get your All Access Pass for entry into all screening blocks for the ENTIRE WEEK until the end of the festival on September 10th.

https://bfsfilmfest.com/
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This year's theme is NOURISHMENT: THE RECIPE TO REBIRTH. When all you could do was be with yourself, what did you do? How do you take care of yourself? What feeds you, sustains you, or simply makes you smile?⁠
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Media credit: Black Femme Supremacy Film Fest

MEET THE FILM PROGRAM

Check out these amazing films and filmmakers from Reel Stories at the BAVC Media Youth and Emerging Media Maker (YEMM) Programs BAVC Media !

ABOUT REEL STORIES

Whether it’s a weekend animation workshop or a two-week summer camp, every Reel Stories program is focused on centering young women and girls’ voices. Working with real equipment and real industry professionals, participants are encouraged to create, write, direct, and edit their own stories within a supportive and collaborative space.

When women, girls, and non-binary filmmakers are better represented behind the scenes, they’re better reflected on the screen. That’s why Reel Stories is training the next generation of empowered filmmakers. Through collaborative, hands-on programs, we’re creating a pipeline of young women and non-binary youth with the skills they need to enter the film and media industry, and the confidence they need to succeed.

REEL STORIES FILMS AT GIFT FEST
- The Ring
- Small Town Talent
- I Can Hear Your Whisper
- Lucky's Day
- Head in the Clouds
- Girl, Imperfect
- Seeing Red

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See these films and more by girls and nonbinary youth ages 22 and younger at:

THE GIRL IMPROVED FILM & TELEVISION FESTIVAL
August 5th-14th
Online-on-demand
Pay-what-you-can

BUY YOUR ALL-ACCESS PASS NOW: https://girlimproved.com/

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Fiscally sponsored by Austin Creative Alliance

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A lot of people put in a lot of work for a film festival. We want to thank Mmakgosi Anita Tau for being on our Jury!

MMAKGOSI ANITA TAU is a writer, part-time educator, and filmmaker from Botswana completing her MFA in Film at Syracuse University. She's a mental health advocate and the founder of Mmakgosi Live, a global movement that uses poetry, art, film, dance, and theater to de-stigmatize mental illness and inspire artists to connect. Mmakgosi is a recipient of the 2019 British Council/Prince Claus Mobility Fund, as well as a 2020 Yaddo Artist in Residence and a 2020 Headlands Center for the Arts AIR Fellow. Mmakgosi uses film as a heuristic and pedagogic tool, creating films that are a constant protest against human rights violations and societal injustices.

Her short film credits include Section 82, The Secret, Moribo, Amme re tla lala re Nyalane ka Nako, and Aphala. Her Television series credits for scriptwriting include Colors, and Botshelo Jo. She has also made two Documentaries, Bokgoba ba Golegilwe and Sojourner, a meditative experimental piece that she shot, Produced, and Directed. Her most recent work, a short film titled, For Them That Prey, will soon be completed.



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Three more days to see some amazing short films. Make sure to check out our passes at https://girlimproved.com/ !

THE GIRL IMPROVED FILM & TELEVISION FESTIVAL
August 5th-14th
Online-on-demand

Almost 100 films, panels, Q&As, live script readings!!!