EXCLUSIVE: The jury for the Jodie Whittaker-backed £25,000 ($31,000) Empower Film Fund for feminine and non-binary filmmakers has been set.
Whittaker’s former Doctor Who co-star Mandip Gill will likely be on the jury alongside BAFTA-nominee Ella Glendining (Is There Anybody Out There?), BAFTA-nominee Ameenah Ayub Allen (Rocks) and Curtis Brown Agent Cynthia Okoye. They be part of Primetime founder Victoria Emslie and Funding Futures exec Will Shutt on the jury, together with Whittaker.
Whittaker will characteristic in or voice the successful movie with the intention of accelerating the visibility of the mission and filmmaker chosen.
Launched finally yr’s Cannes by Primetime and Funding Futures, the quick movie competitors will again one feminine or non-binary filmmaker to make a brief movie with a minimal of a £10,000 grant along with a digital camera capturing bundle rent with a price of as much as £15,000 from HAWK London, which lately opened a London HQ.
“Accessibility to our inaugural fund has been one of our main focuses, whilst keeping the spirit of community-driven change at the heart of creating this nascent systemic change,” stated Emslie.
“Listening to the ever-shifting needs of our members has meant we ourselves have been shaped and changed by the process. From allowing video submissions, creating scholarship places, discounts and future payments based on trust, in addition to extending our deadline to allow parents to apply after juggling half term, it continues to be a lesson in how we can all break down barriers for each other in order to include the marginalised voices we so desperately need to champion in our Industry.”
Primetime was established in 2019 as a globally vetted platform to assist the trade discover and rent extra ladies and non-binary individuals above and under the road.