Yet another Spring shout to our amazing alums! Please help us congratulate them on a few recent accomplishments: Elizabeth Dwyer was named a Moonshot Initiative inaugural Feature Accelerator Fellow with her project WHEN ANI MET JO MET CRIS. The chosen writers will pitch women-centric content to Netflix, HBO, Neon and more. Learn more at moonshotinitiative.org/feature-accelerator Cara Lofty has been named one of the 2025 International Rising Stars of Ireland. Screen International, in association with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, selected 10 emerging actors, directors, producers and writers who are on the verge of their major professional breakthrough. Erika Valenciana’s short documentary BROKEN FLIGHT screens at the Bentonville Film Festival on Friday, June 20th. “Winding through the maze of downtown Chicago, the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors work alongside the Field Museum and Willowbrook Wildlife Center to rescue birds that collide with windows, and study the birds that are killed during their annual migrations. The tenderhearted work presents a lens of environmental change that impacts every landscape.” Learn more at erikavalenciana.com/broken-flight-film Carrie Wachob’s short documentary THE COLLECTOR, a collaboration with fellow alums Jim Picariello and Drew Boyd, screens at the San Francisco Documentary Festival for one week starting May 29th as part of the Pop/Culture Shorts block. Learn more at BitingOwl.com/festivals. Learn more about our programs and sign up for our newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3H3XPKc (fb)

Another Spring shout-out to our amazing alums. Please help us congratulate them on a few recent accomplishments: Scottie Thompson produced and acted in MURDER AT YELLOWSTONE CITY, now streaming on Netflix. Roy Hsu shoots romcom CHEAP AF in September, starring Arden Cho (Partner Track) and Margaret Cho (Dying for Sex). This is Roy’s debut as writer/director. Ellen Ancui’s SAVERIO recently won the Audience Award for Best Short at The Phoenix Film Festival. Learn more at saveriothefilm.com. Karen Akins feature documentary THE QUIETEST YEAR, a collaboration with fellow alums Jim Picariello and Jeremy Lee MacKenzie, now streams nationwide on PBS for free. The PBS launch coincides with public television broadcasts on Vermont Public and Maine Public Television: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-quietest-year-ktur0x Learn more about our programs and sign up for our newsletter here: https://bit.ly/3H3XPKc (fb)