The grassroots women-in-film initiative Ladies’s Weekend Movie Problem (WWFC) is about to host its fifth version at the moment, August 11, by way of August 14 in New York Metropolis. The problem will see 180 skilled filmmakers becoming a member of forces to create six quick movies.
Based in 2017 by Katrina Medoff and Tracy Sayre, the initiative goals to handle the dearth of ladies and non-binary individuals behind the digital camera and on display screen by way of a wide range of packages. Apart from its signature movie problem, an inaugural pilot accelerator program was additionally launched final yr.
In accordance with a press launch, this weekend will see the problem return for the primary time because the Coronavirus pandemic shut down movie productions throughout the globe in 2020.
This yr’s 180 members are assigned to 6 groups created by WWFC, who will every have to put in writing, shoot, and edit a movie in simply 84 hours — at midday at the moment, August 11, organizers chosen a style for every group, and introduced a prop that each one movies should incorporate. Scripts are to be written at the moment, filmed on Friday and Saturday, after which the members can have till Sunday, August 14, at 11:59 p.m. to submit their accomplished shorts.
Stated Sayre, “our group was actually hungry for this chance after COVID shut down manufacturing. That is our first in-person program after the pandemic hit, and the record-breaking variety of submissions we obtained confirmed how a lot curiosity there may be in networking with a various group of ladies and non-binary filmmakers.” Practically 600 individuals utilized to fill each function of manufacturing this yr.
An alumna of the 2019 problem as an actor, Kareema Bee utilized once more following a constructive expertise the primary time. Now a producer in command of one of many groups, Bee stated: “The Ladies’s Weekend Movie Problem helped me to stretch artistically and discover group with different artists. I’m wanting ahead to main an unbelievable solid and crew this yr to get to the end line with a brief movie.”
The finished movies will take pleasure in a premiere screening hosted by WWFC in late August, offering the members a possibility for additional networking.
“It is a distinctive alternative for our filmmakers to not solely exponentially develop their networks and construct their portfolios, but additionally to see their work on display screen simply weeks after they created it,” defined Medoff. “At our screenings, our members greet one another like outdated buddies. Whenever you work ‘within the trenches’ with a crew on such a decent deadline, it creates such a long-lasting bond.”
See the WWFC web site for more information.
Supply: Women And Hollywood