Writer/director Suha Araj will received full production funds for her short film Rosa, Tribeca Enterprises has announced. Araj was one of five projects under consideration as part of the annual Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program, a mentorship project sponsored by Tribeca Enterprises and Chanel.
Araj and producer Maryam Keshavarz will receive $80,000 of the program’s $100,000 grants, along with support from Tribeca Studios. Four other participants each will receive $5,000 to further development on their short films. The awards were announced following last week’s three-day workshop.
“I’m thrilled and touched,” said Araj. “This story comes from a very personal place and I hope to connect with a lot of different communities with this project. These three days with the Through Her Lens program have been so supportive and have helped me sharpen this story and has created an amazing network of women who I hope grow with.
Araj and producer Maryam Keshavarz will receive $80,000 of the program’s $100,000 grants, along with support from Tribeca Studios. Four other participants each will receive $5,000 to further development on their short films. The awards were announced following last week’s three-day workshop.
“I’m thrilled and touched,” said Araj. “This story comes from a very personal place and I hope to connect with a lot of different communities with this project. These three days with the Through Her Lens program have been so supportive and have helped me sharpen this story and has created an amazing network of women who I hope grow with.
- 10/22/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The fourth annual Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program has has selected five short film projects from women storytellers to receive project support and take part in one-on-one mentorship and master classes over a three day immersive program October 16-18.
Presented by Tribeca and Chanel, in collaboration with Pulse Films, and facilitated by Tribeca Film Institute, the program this year includes such mentors as Kathryn Bigelow, Courteney Cox, Christine Vachon and Veena Sud, and jurors including Lena Dunham, Effie T. Brown and Paula Weinstein.
The three-day program provides mentorship, project support and master classes for emerging female filmmakers, and awards $100,000 in filmmaker grants.
“In the years since Tribeca launched Through Her Lens with Chanel, the program has created invaluable opportunities for the next generation of women storytellers,” said Weinstein, Evp of Tribeca Enterprises. “The program brings established women filmmakers together to mentor these emerging voices, provide hands-on guidance and feedback,...
Presented by Tribeca and Chanel, in collaboration with Pulse Films, and facilitated by Tribeca Film Institute, the program this year includes such mentors as Kathryn Bigelow, Courteney Cox, Christine Vachon and Veena Sud, and jurors including Lena Dunham, Effie T. Brown and Paula Weinstein.
The three-day program provides mentorship, project support and master classes for emerging female filmmakers, and awards $100,000 in filmmaker grants.
“In the years since Tribeca launched Through Her Lens with Chanel, the program has created invaluable opportunities for the next generation of women storytellers,” said Weinstein, Evp of Tribeca Enterprises. “The program brings established women filmmakers together to mentor these emerging voices, provide hands-on guidance and feedback,...
- 10/11/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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