Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television (Spt) is kicking off its 2023 Diverse Writers Program giving 10 participants the opportunity to link up with industry professionals in a four-week course.
“Our mission is to produce content that is undeniably entertaining and, most importantly, reflective of the world around us. A crucial part of that is having a continuous pipeline of talented emerging creators,” said Jeffrey Glaser and Marie Jacobson, Co-Heads of Current Programming, Sony Pictures Television. “We are firmly committed to identifying and developing a diverse roster of talent and look forward to our creative departments working alongside this new class of writers.”
At the end of the training portion of the program, participants will meet with Spt showrunners, producers, development and current executives and be considered for potential staffing opportunities on US productions.
See the list of participants that were chosen for this year’s class:
• Aeden O’Connor
• ApurupA
• Cameron Ali Fay...
“Our mission is to produce content that is undeniably entertaining and, most importantly, reflective of the world around us. A crucial part of that is having a continuous pipeline of talented emerging creators,” said Jeffrey Glaser and Marie Jacobson, Co-Heads of Current Programming, Sony Pictures Television. “We are firmly committed to identifying and developing a diverse roster of talent and look forward to our creative departments working alongside this new class of writers.”
At the end of the training portion of the program, participants will meet with Spt showrunners, producers, development and current executives and be considered for potential staffing opportunities on US productions.
See the list of participants that were chosen for this year’s class:
• Aeden O’Connor
• ApurupA
• Cameron Ali Fay...
- 2/22/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Ventana Sur’s Proyecta Ramps Up Projects from ‘Memoria,’ ‘90 Minutes,’ ‘The Cow Who Sang…’ Producers
Aeden O’Connor’s “Sun Falls,” Manuela Martelli’s “The Meltdown” and Tomás Corredor’s “November” feature among 15 projects to be presented at Ventana Sur’s 5th Proyecta co-production forum, a wide-ranging showcase of emerging and already consolidated filmmakers plus new talents to track from Latin America and Europe.
Producer Ana Isabel Martins at Honduras’ Pulsar Cine is re-teaming with director Aeden O’Connor, whose feature debut “90 Minutes” won the Audience Award at the 37th Miami Film Festival. Their new project, “Sun Falls,” follows a passionate young man dreams of making films to denounce the corruption, poverty and violence in Honduras that succumbs to the support of the leader of a local gang.
Chile’s Manuela Martelli, director of 2022 Cannes Director’s Fortnight premiere “1976,” returns with “The Meltdown,” produced by Wood Producciones’ Alejandra García, of Sundance player “The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future.”
Burning’s Diana Bustamante, the...
Producer Ana Isabel Martins at Honduras’ Pulsar Cine is re-teaming with director Aeden O’Connor, whose feature debut “90 Minutes” won the Audience Award at the 37th Miami Film Festival. Their new project, “Sun Falls,” follows a passionate young man dreams of making films to denounce the corruption, poverty and violence in Honduras that succumbs to the support of the leader of a local gang.
Chile’s Manuela Martelli, director of 2022 Cannes Director’s Fortnight premiere “1976,” returns with “The Meltdown,” produced by Wood Producciones’ Alejandra García, of Sundance player “The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future.”
Burning’s Diana Bustamante, the...
- 11/29/2022
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Outsider Acquires International Sales, U.S. Rights to Miami Audience Winner ’90 Minutes’ (Exclusive)
Outsider Pictures has acquired “90 Minutes,” Aeden O’Connor’s feature debut which won the audience award at the Miami Film Festival. The Honduran movie will be represented in international markets and distributed in the U.S. by Outsider Pictures.
Written by Daniel Fraño, “90 Minutes” was shot in four episodes by a small crew of young Hondurans which worked pro-bono and raised the financing with the help of friends and family. “90 Minutes” weaves four stories of drama, romance and suspense all tied together by Honduras and soccer.
The movie is headlined by a hight-profile cast, including Edgar Flores (“Sin Nombre”) and Brandon Lopez (“The Golden Dream”).
“Like a football match, the film ebbs and flows, as the different stories take us in unexpected directions, and we just hope that by the end we will have the right result,” said Paul Hudson of Outsider Pictures who discovered the film at the Miami fest.
Written by Daniel Fraño, “90 Minutes” was shot in four episodes by a small crew of young Hondurans which worked pro-bono and raised the financing with the help of friends and family. “90 Minutes” weaves four stories of drama, romance and suspense all tied together by Honduras and soccer.
The movie is headlined by a hight-profile cast, including Edgar Flores (“Sin Nombre”) and Brandon Lopez (“The Golden Dream”).
“Like a football match, the film ebbs and flows, as the different stories take us in unexpected directions, and we just hope that by the end we will have the right result,” said Paul Hudson of Outsider Pictures who discovered the film at the Miami fest.
- 9/25/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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