Exclusive: L.A. filmmaker Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal has won the first edition of Stage 32 and Catalyst Studios’ Empowering Women Script Competition for her social impact film Backlog.
The drama is inspired by the real-life U.S. Senate Hearing to end the national backlog of millions of untested rape kits.
It follows a young college sexual assault victim who becomes a key witness. After years of reclaiming her life following a brutal attack that was never brought before the courts due to an untested rape kit, she musters her strength to be a voice of hope for women globally.
Rosenthal will receive a $5,000 option and be eligible for up to $3 Million in financing for the film from Catalyst Studios.
She will also be mentored by outgoing Berlinale Managing Director Mariette Rissenbeek, who will be taking on some development and production projects following her departure from the festival at the end of this year’s edition.
The drama is inspired by the real-life U.S. Senate Hearing to end the national backlog of millions of untested rape kits.
It follows a young college sexual assault victim who becomes a key witness. After years of reclaiming her life following a brutal attack that was never brought before the courts due to an untested rape kit, she musters her strength to be a voice of hope for women globally.
Rosenthal will receive a $5,000 option and be eligible for up to $3 Million in financing for the film from Catalyst Studios.
She will also be mentored by outgoing Berlinale Managing Director Mariette Rissenbeek, who will be taking on some development and production projects following her departure from the festival at the end of this year’s edition.
- 2/17/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Stage 32, the entertainment industry social network and educational platform, and Catalyst Studios, a U.S. production company supporting female-fronted projects, are partnering to launch a screenwriting contest for feature films with a focus on social impact, the companies announced Friday at the Venice Film Festival.
Hosted on the Stage 32 platform, the contest is open to feature film scripts of any genre by women and non-binary filmmakers that “bring awareness to a current issue or progress society forward with innovative thinking that doesn’t fall into typical patriarchal views and conditioning,” according to a statement.
The winning writer will receive a guaranteed $5,000 option for their script and is eligible for up to $3 million in financing from Catalyst to be produced. Additionally, the Catalyst team will work with the writer on development, Stage 32 will support the script development through education, and Berlinale managing director Mariette Rissenbeek has signed on to mentor the winner.
Hosted on the Stage 32 platform, the contest is open to feature film scripts of any genre by women and non-binary filmmakers that “bring awareness to a current issue or progress society forward with innovative thinking that doesn’t fall into typical patriarchal views and conditioning,” according to a statement.
The winning writer will receive a guaranteed $5,000 option for their script and is eligible for up to $3 million in financing from Catalyst to be produced. Additionally, the Catalyst team will work with the writer on development, Stage 32 will support the script development through education, and Berlinale managing director Mariette Rissenbeek has signed on to mentor the winner.
- 9/1/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The directing duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have earned a strong fan following with their films Resolution, Spring, The Endless, Synchronic, and Something in the Dirt – most of which were low budget genre films. They have also directed a segment of the anthology V/H/S: Viral and episodes of The Twilight Zone, Archive 81, Moon Knight, and the upcoming second season of Loki. And now Deadline reports that Benson and Moorhead have secured a deal to produce ten micro-budget genre films for V Channels!
V Channels will be fully financing all ten features. Benson and Moorhead’s company Rustic Films will be overseeing the productions and working with “a group of diverse filmmakers from around the world” to make the movies. XYZ Films is also in the mix, executive producing and working with Rustic Films to curate the the slate of films. They will also help with...
V Channels will be fully financing all ten features. Benson and Moorhead’s company Rustic Films will be overseeing the productions and working with “a group of diverse filmmakers from around the world” to make the movies. XYZ Films is also in the mix, executive producing and working with Rustic Films to curate the the slate of films. They will also help with...
- 12/1/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: V Channels and Rustic Films have formed a partnership to produce and distribute a slate of ten micro-budget feature length genre films from a group of diverse filmmakers from around the world.
V Channels will fully finance the ten features, with Rustic Films spearheading the curation and overseeing production on the slate. Production is due to commence in early 2023 on the initial films.
XYZ Films will serve as executive producers and help with the curation, and also help facilitate sales and distribution for some of the films. Rustic partners Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are clients of XYZ Films’ management arm, which brokered the partnership on the slate.
Jamie Freed of Momentus Media and Giulia Lupetti brokered the deal on behalf of V Channels and both will also be executive-producing the films. Nate Bolotin of XYZ Films brokered the deal on behalf of XYZ and Rustic.
Rustic Films, behind...
V Channels will fully finance the ten features, with Rustic Films spearheading the curation and overseeing production on the slate. Production is due to commence in early 2023 on the initial films.
XYZ Films will serve as executive producers and help with the curation, and also help facilitate sales and distribution for some of the films. Rustic partners Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are clients of XYZ Films’ management arm, which brokered the partnership on the slate.
Jamie Freed of Momentus Media and Giulia Lupetti brokered the deal on behalf of V Channels and both will also be executive-producing the films. Nate Bolotin of XYZ Films brokered the deal on behalf of XYZ and Rustic.
Rustic Films, behind...
- 12/1/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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