Subject Matter, the nonprofit organization that supports social issue documentary films and other nonprofits, announced that its second annual round of grantees have been awarded a total of $100,000.
Subject Matter and Tribeca Festival unveiled that Tribeca’s Documentary Film Program’s “Breaking the News” and “Every Body” have both been awarded $25,000 grants. The documentaries’ corresponding nonprofits, The 19th* nonprofit with “Breaking the News” and interACT nonprofit with “Every Body,” have also received $25,000 grants.
Subject Matter will present “Breaking the News” and “Every Body” at the Tribeca Festival in an effort to raise awareness and support for the selected nonprofits.
“Breaking the News” follows a group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists who launch a news startup for those who have been excluded from mainstream coverage. Directed by Heather Courtney, Princess A. Hairston and Chelsea Hernandez, “Breaking the News” was produced by Diane Quon, Courtney, Hairston and Hernandez.
The 19th* will be...
Subject Matter and Tribeca Festival unveiled that Tribeca’s Documentary Film Program’s “Breaking the News” and “Every Body” have both been awarded $25,000 grants. The documentaries’ corresponding nonprofits, The 19th* nonprofit with “Breaking the News” and interACT nonprofit with “Every Body,” have also received $25,000 grants.
Subject Matter will present “Breaking the News” and “Every Body” at the Tribeca Festival in an effort to raise awareness and support for the selected nonprofits.
“Breaking the News” follows a group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists who launch a news startup for those who have been excluded from mainstream coverage. Directed by Heather Courtney, Princess A. Hairston and Chelsea Hernandez, “Breaking the News” was produced by Diane Quon, Courtney, Hairston and Hernandez.
The 19th* will be...
- 5/24/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Subject Matter, a recently-launched nonprofit organization that supports social issue documentary films and other nonprofits that work on its featured topics, announced their inaugural grantees, awarding a total of 120,000 to four feature-length documentaries and four of the films’ coinciding nonprofits. Subject Matter launched in July, spearheaded by former Tribeca Film Institute leaders Amy Hobby, David Earls, and Colleen Hammond.
The inaugural grantees were determined by a selection committee that included Subject Matter board members actor Jeffrey Wright, entrepreneur Lily Band, Picture Motion and Kinema founder Christie Marchese, documentary director and producer Ferne Pearlstein and social justice and public health grant maker Julia Greenberg, along with guest jurors filmmaker Shola Lynch and film programmer José Rodriguez.
“All of the films the jury considered were formidable,” Wright said. “But we were especially moved by the handling of the stories in the four selected projects and felt that they are intimate, powerful and...
The inaugural grantees were determined by a selection committee that included Subject Matter board members actor Jeffrey Wright, entrepreneur Lily Band, Picture Motion and Kinema founder Christie Marchese, documentary director and producer Ferne Pearlstein and social justice and public health grant maker Julia Greenberg, along with guest jurors filmmaker Shola Lynch and film programmer José Rodriguez.
“All of the films the jury considered were formidable,” Wright said. “But we were especially moved by the handling of the stories in the four selected projects and felt that they are intimate, powerful and...
- 11/28/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
Former Tribeca Film Institute leaders Amy Hobby, David Earls, and Colleen Hammond are partnering on Subject Matter, a new endeavor designed to support and connect social issue documentary films and nonprofits working on the featured topics. Subject Matter, which will also be a non-profit, will work with films that focus on urgent issues that the country is currently facing.
Entrepreneur Lily Band and Golden Globe, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright will co-chair the organization. Additional board members for Subject Matter include philanthropist Samantha Rudin Earls, film executive Loren Hammonds, Picture Motion and Kinema founder Christie Marchese, documentary director and producer Ferne Pearlstein, and social justice and public health grant maker Julia Greenberg.
“Documentary storytelling is an inspiring tool for reaching large audiences and creating movement on important issues,” Earls said in a statement. “We want to partner with filmmakers to help get their stories in front of audiences,...
Entrepreneur Lily Band and Golden Globe, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright will co-chair the organization. Additional board members for Subject Matter include philanthropist Samantha Rudin Earls, film executive Loren Hammonds, Picture Motion and Kinema founder Christie Marchese, documentary director and producer Ferne Pearlstein, and social justice and public health grant maker Julia Greenberg.
“Documentary storytelling is an inspiring tool for reaching large audiences and creating movement on important issues,” Earls said in a statement. “We want to partner with filmmakers to help get their stories in front of audiences,...
- 7/14/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmaker Karen Maine reveals the online success of her short film "Yes, God, Yes" prompted her to turn it into a fullfledged film.
"Yes, God, Yes" received 2.9 million views and also won Best Short at the St. Louis International Film Festival upon being premiered in 2017 as a Vimeo Staff Pick. It was after the success of the short that Maine along with producers Katie Cordeal and Colleen Hammond went ahead to make it into a full-length feature film.
Starring Natalia Dyer in the lead, the film is based on a Catholic teenager in the early '00s who, after an innocent AOL chat that turns racy, discovers masturbation and struggles to suppress her urges in the face of eternal damnation.
Maine said: "I had written the short film for 'Yes, God, Yes' in 2014, and the plan had always been to get someone else to direct it because I didn't have directing experience.
"Yes, God, Yes" received 2.9 million views and also won Best Short at the St. Louis International Film Festival upon being premiered in 2017 as a Vimeo Staff Pick. It was after the success of the short that Maine along with producers Katie Cordeal and Colleen Hammond went ahead to make it into a full-length feature film.
Starring Natalia Dyer in the lead, the film is based on a Catholic teenager in the early '00s who, after an innocent AOL chat that turns racy, discovers masturbation and struggles to suppress her urges in the face of eternal damnation.
Maine said: "I had written the short film for 'Yes, God, Yes' in 2014, and the plan had always been to get someone else to direct it because I didn't have directing experience.
- 5/21/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Yes, God, Yes, the coming-of-age pic that stars Stranger Things‘ Natalia Dyer and had its world premiere earlier this year at SXSW, where it won a Special Jury Award for its ensemble cast. The pic written and directed by Obvious Child scribe Karen Maine in her feature helming debut will now hit theaters next year.
Alisha Boe (13 Reasons Why), Francesca Reale (Stranger Things), Wolfgang Novogratz (The Last Summer) and Timothy Simons (Veep) co-star in the film. Dyer plays Alice, a Catholic teenager in the early 2000s who, after an innocent AOL chat turns racy, discovers masturbating and struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal damnation.
The Maiden Voyage and Rt Features film was produced by Katie Cordeal, Colleen Hammond, Eleanor Columbus and Rodrigo Teixeira. Executive producers are Chris Columbus, Lourenço Sant’Anna, Sophie Mas and Maine.
“We...
Alisha Boe (13 Reasons Why), Francesca Reale (Stranger Things), Wolfgang Novogratz (The Last Summer) and Timothy Simons (Veep) co-star in the film. Dyer plays Alice, a Catholic teenager in the early 2000s who, after an innocent AOL chat turns racy, discovers masturbating and struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal damnation.
The Maiden Voyage and Rt Features film was produced by Katie Cordeal, Colleen Hammond, Eleanor Columbus and Rodrigo Teixeira. Executive producers are Chris Columbus, Lourenço Sant’Anna, Sophie Mas and Maine.
“We...
- 9/25/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sxsx Special Jury Award winner Yes, God, Yes, starring Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), Timothy Simons (Veep) and Alisha Boe (13 Reasons Why), has been picked up for international sales by Highland Film Group.
Writer-director Karen Maine’s well-received (Obvious Child) comedy follows a Catholic teenager in the early 2000s who struggles to suppress her new masturbatory urges in the face of eternal damnation. The film won a Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Endeavor Content is handling U.S.
Producers are Katie Cordeal, Colleen Hammond, Maiden Voyage’s Eleanor Columbus (Patti Cake$) and Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name). Executive producers are Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus (The Help), Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas, and Maine.
Highland’s Cannes sales slate also includes Vaughn Stein’s Inheritance starring Lily Collins and Simon Pegg; Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion...
Writer-director Karen Maine’s well-received (Obvious Child) comedy follows a Catholic teenager in the early 2000s who struggles to suppress her new masturbatory urges in the face of eternal damnation. The film won a Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Endeavor Content is handling U.S.
Producers are Katie Cordeal, Colleen Hammond, Maiden Voyage’s Eleanor Columbus (Patti Cake$) and Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name). Executive producers are Maiden Voyage’s Chris Columbus (The Help), Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas, and Maine.
Highland’s Cannes sales slate also includes Vaughn Stein’s Inheritance starring Lily Collins and Simon Pegg; Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion...
- 5/14/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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