The Easterseals Disability Film Challenge is proud to announce that the winner of the 2018 Best Filmmaker award will receive a mentorship session with Bec Smith, an Agent in United Talent Agency's (UTA) Motion Picture Literary and Independent Film Group. Bec Smith is an agent at United Talent Agency representing screen writers and directors. Her clients [...]
Genre: Buddy Comedy The films entered into the 2018 challenge must be in the genre of buddy comedy. Some examples include: "Pitch Perfect", "The Heat", "The Hang Over", "Turner and Hooch", "White Men Can't Jump", "Superbad", "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion", "Sideways", "The Trip", "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle", "Hot Fuzz", "Men [...]
This year, for the first time, we are providing filmmakers with advance notice of the Settings and Themes you can choose from to make your film. We hope this information will help you jump start the filmmaking process! As a reminder, the rest of the assignment - the genre, story elements and props - will [...]
We are excited to announce our partnership with the Bentonville Film Festival! ‘BFF’ was co-founded by Academy Award Winning actor Geena Davis; also founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. BFF’s Mission is to champion inclusion in all forms of media by providing a platform to connect diverse storytellers with entertainment industry [...]