AT&T, in partnership with Tribeca Festival, has unveiled the finalists and jury for its Untold Stories film competition. The winner will receive $1 million to take their pitch from an idea to a full-length feature film that will premiere at next year’s Tribeca Festival. Untold Stories seeks to provide funding and mentorship to underrepresented filmmakers to produce their films.
The finalists include Carmen Corral and Gabriela Garcia Medina’s “For Your Own Good,” Lilian T. Mehrel’s “Honeyjoon,” Adrian Cardenas’ “In an Orderly Fashion,” Kanani Koster’s “Shoots” and Desdemona Chiang and Julia Morizawa’s “Something About the Tide.”
Finalists will pitch their story ideas on June 7 in New York City to a panel of jurors including actors Yvette Nicole Brown, Daveed Diggs, Cynthia Erivo, Tanya Saracho, 2022 Untold Stories winner So Young Shelly Yo and AT&T chief marketing and growth officer Kellyn Smith Kenny. The panel will be moderated...
The finalists include Carmen Corral and Gabriela Garcia Medina’s “For Your Own Good,” Lilian T. Mehrel’s “Honeyjoon,” Adrian Cardenas’ “In an Orderly Fashion,” Kanani Koster’s “Shoots” and Desdemona Chiang and Julia Morizawa’s “Something About the Tide.”
Finalists will pitch their story ideas on June 7 in New York City to a panel of jurors including actors Yvette Nicole Brown, Daveed Diggs, Cynthia Erivo, Tanya Saracho, 2022 Untold Stories winner So Young Shelly Yo and AT&T chief marketing and growth officer Kellyn Smith Kenny. The panel will be moderated...
- 5/30/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Showrunner Tanya Saracho and UCP (a division of Universal Studio Group) have selected 5 inaugural fellows for the Ojalá Ignition Lab: Diana Peralta, Luca Rojas, Melba Silwany, Samantha Renee Cordero, and Stephanie Adams-Santos.
Over the course of 26-weeks—beginning Jan. 11—, each fellow will have the opportunity to tell the story they want to tell and develop an original, polished television pilot script from start to finish, which will be commissioned by UCP.
The fellows will gather virtually on a weekly basis to share and receive constructive feedback on each other’s material, as well as receive support and feedback from Ojalá and UCP executives. They’ll also attend monthly speaker panels to gain industry insight from showrunners and producers. Upon completion of the Lab, fellows will have an amplified professional profile and meaningful industry peers and allies to help cultivate exciting collaborations and opportunities long into the future.
“I...
Over the course of 26-weeks—beginning Jan. 11—, each fellow will have the opportunity to tell the story they want to tell and develop an original, polished television pilot script from start to finish, which will be commissioned by UCP.
The fellows will gather virtually on a weekly basis to share and receive constructive feedback on each other’s material, as well as receive support and feedback from Ojalá and UCP executives. They’ll also attend monthly speaker panels to gain industry insight from showrunners and producers. Upon completion of the Lab, fellows will have an amplified professional profile and meaningful industry peers and allies to help cultivate exciting collaborations and opportunities long into the future.
“I...
- 1/11/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Hallmark Channel released its January programming slate, and the National Hispanic Media Coalition announced the graduates of its 2020 Series Scriptwriters Program.
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Hallmark Channel’s newly rebranded January programming event, “New Year New Movies!,” announced five movie premieres: “Taking a Shot at Love,” “A New Year’s Resolution,” “Two for the Win,” “Love in the Alps” and “Snowkissed.” Kicking off the event is “Taking a Shot at Love,” set to debut Jan. 2 at 9 p.m., starring Alexa PenaVega and Luke Macfarlane as a respective ballet teacher and NHL big shot fatefully thrown together. Premiering Jan. 9 at 9 p.m. is “A New Year’s Resolution,” about a morning show producer (Aimee Teegarden) who makes a resolution to be open to more experiences after crossing paths with an easy-going man (Michael Rady). “Two for the Win,” debuting Jan. 16 at 9 p.m., follows the romance between a champion ski racer and local ski instructor,...
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Hallmark Channel’s newly rebranded January programming event, “New Year New Movies!,” announced five movie premieres: “Taking a Shot at Love,” “A New Year’s Resolution,” “Two for the Win,” “Love in the Alps” and “Snowkissed.” Kicking off the event is “Taking a Shot at Love,” set to debut Jan. 2 at 9 p.m., starring Alexa PenaVega and Luke Macfarlane as a respective ballet teacher and NHL big shot fatefully thrown together. Premiering Jan. 9 at 9 p.m. is “A New Year’s Resolution,” about a morning show producer (Aimee Teegarden) who makes a resolution to be open to more experiences after crossing paths with an easy-going man (Michael Rady). “Two for the Win,” debuting Jan. 16 at 9 p.m., follows the romance between a champion ski racer and local ski instructor,...
- 12/7/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
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