Women In Film & Google Set Fellows For Inaugural Shorts Lab
deadline.comWomen in Film and Google have set Kameishia Wooten and Robin J. Hayes (Choices), Patricia Seely and Alexandra Clayton (Please In Spanish), and Katarina Zhu (Silverlake Cleaners) as the fellows for the inaugural WIF Shorts Lab supported by Google.As part of the program, fellows will benefit not only from WIF’s years of expertise in nurturing creatives, but also from funding support courtesy of Google, including grants to complete production on their short films.
Additional production and post-production support is being provided to the filmmakers by Warner Chappell Music, Picture Shop, and Cinelease.
The films will be completed by this summer and will be owned by the filmmakers, who will look to submit them to festivals and for award consideration.The fellows were selected by a jury of industry leaders and veteran producers, including Stephanie Allain, Lake Bell, Margie Moreno and Talitha Watkins.
They will be mentored in the process of creating their films by producers including Kira Carstensen (Rebel Hearts), Alexandra Perez (Into the Dark) and veteran line producer Martha Cronin.“Short films are a critical tool for advancing filmmakers’ careers, though they can be a challenge to resource, especially for people underrepresented in the field,” said WIF Director of Programs Maikiko James. “We’e thrilled to be working with these three stellar projects and their teams, and grateful for Google’s support to make it possible.”“The fellows selected by WIF and Google for the inaugural Shorts Lab are promising writers, directors, and producers with a remarkable gift for telling compelling, diverse stories,” added Google’s Head of Content & Entertainment Partnerships, Elle Roth-Brunet. “Each of these women are dynamic creatives
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