Every year since 2009, the San Francisco Film Society (Sffs) selects multiple film projects to receive the biannual Sffs/Krf Filmmaking Grant that helps fund some of the best up-and-coming narrative features that support the Bay Area filmmaking industry.
The grant is presented in tangent with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, and is the largest granting body for independent narrative feature films in the U.S. The winners of the grant will be announced in November, with one or more of the fifteen projects eligible to receive upwards of $250,000 for assistance in post-production, screenwriting, or packing.
The fall 2016 finalists are as follows:
Read More: San Francisco Film Society Announces Winners of 2016 Documentary Film Fund
“Buoyancy” – Rodd Rathjen, writer/director:
Chakra, a Cambodian teenager, leaves his family to seek a better life in Thailand, but is soon sold onto a Thai fishing trawler and enslaved at sea indefinitely, working 22 hours a day with little food.
The grant is presented in tangent with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, and is the largest granting body for independent narrative feature films in the U.S. The winners of the grant will be announced in November, with one or more of the fifteen projects eligible to receive upwards of $250,000 for assistance in post-production, screenwriting, or packing.
The fall 2016 finalists are as follows:
Read More: San Francisco Film Society Announces Winners of 2016 Documentary Film Fund
“Buoyancy” – Rodd Rathjen, writer/director:
Chakra, a Cambodian teenager, leaves his family to seek a better life in Thailand, but is soon sold onto a Thai fishing trawler and enslaved at sea indefinitely, working 22 hours a day with little food.
- 10/25/2016
- by Mark Burger
- Indiewire
While Tina Fey has made her mark in the film world through a number of movies even before she ruled the proverbial comedy club as Liz Lemon, her film career has been characterized by two important factors: those movies have often been flops, and she hasn’t gotten her due time as the star of her own vehicle yet. Obviously, Fey gets top billing whenever she’s in a film, but it’s often shared with the likes of another extremely likeable comedian who’s there to split the limelight — and a little bit of the downfall, if we’re going to be honest — when it comes premiere time: Paul Rudd (Admission), Steve Carell (Date Night), and Amy Poehler (Baby Mama). Now Fey finally has the chance to shine on her own with a film that she’s also producing alongside Lorne Michaels. The Taliban Shuffle is an adaptation of journalist Kim Parker’s book “The Taliban...
- 2/22/2014
- by Samantha Wilson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
More mamas are bringing home the bacon. A new study reveals that women are the top earners in 40 percent of American homes — up from just 11 percent in 1960! Are You shocked?
Gender and social roles have dramatically changed in the United States, and a new study has reflected moms in the workforce are more influential than ever.
Working Moms The Primary Or Sole Breadwinners In Households
A record 40 percent of women are now the sole or primary earners in their households with children under the age of 18, according to a study released on May 29 by the Pew Research Center.
The record figure is up from just 11 percent in 196o, and includes groups of single mothers and married moms. Married moms account for 37 percent of the breadwinning group, and the remaining 67 percent are single. But there is a drastic difference in incomes from both categories — single moms have a median household income...
Gender and social roles have dramatically changed in the United States, and a new study has reflected moms in the workforce are more influential than ever.
Working Moms The Primary Or Sole Breadwinners In Households
A record 40 percent of women are now the sole or primary earners in their households with children under the age of 18, according to a study released on May 29 by the Pew Research Center.
The record figure is up from just 11 percent in 196o, and includes groups of single mothers and married moms. Married moms account for 37 percent of the breadwinning group, and the remaining 67 percent are single. But there is a drastic difference in incomes from both categories — single moms have a median household income...
- 5/30/2013
- by Hollywood Life Staff
- HollywoodLife
TV Sitcom Girlfriends We LoveSitcom Girlfriends We Love to WatchGood girlfriends are hard to find, in real live and on television. Every once in a while the sitcom gods bring together a magical set of ladies and we delight in all of the perfectly timed, side-eyes, mmm hmmms and girrrl let me tell you somethings. From "227's" Sandra and Mary to "House of Payne's" Ella and Claretha we're celebrating the TV girlfriends that always reminded us of ourselves.Denise, Jaleesa and Maggie on "A Different World"In the beginning, things didn't go so smoothly between Denise Huxtable -- the Hillman-bound daughter of Claire and Heathcliff -- and Jaleesa Vinson Taylor -- the divorced 25-year-old college freshman. But soon Maggie Lauten's -- the only White female student in the dorm -- quirky personality balanced the two out and these three were inseparable. At least until season two of "A Different World.
- 1/20/2011
- Essence
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