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NYCWF’s board Secretary, Sydney Clara Brafman is NYCWF’s board Secretary, Sydney Clara Brafman is a multidisciplinary filmmaker living in Brooklyn, NY. Her films have screened around the world in Japan, Sweden, Australia, Fantasia, SXSW and the Cannes Film Festival and many more. She is considered one of 110 filmmakers who represent the future of film, media and entertainment, according to Variety Magazine.
Her focus drives her to study the human condition, the irony of circumstance, the tragedy of humor and the environments they inhabit with a wicked sense of humor and style. When she’s not making movies, she’s passionately hating cocoa, removing stage blood stains from her clothing, and enjoying cats on the street. So, are you a fan of delicious flavor?
For more info on Sydney and her work, visit www.squibfilms.com
Another one of NYC Women Filmmakers’ board membe Another one of NYC Women Filmmakers’ board members, who helps bring a unique perspective to our community is Snigdha Kapoor. Snigdha is an India born, New York-based filmmaker with a background in Journalism and Advertising. Her work focuses on narrating compelling stories about women and underrepresented communities.
Her work spans from narrative films (feature and shorts), music videos to commercial content and has screened at festivals such as Asian American International Film Festival, HollyShorts, New York Shorts International Film Festival, Delhi Art Gallery New York, and has featured in Oyster Magazine, Seema Magazine, Brown Girl Magazine, and Chilean Film Catalog.
Currently, she is developing her feature screenplay “Mamma Be,” an adaptation of her short, “The Other Side,” which is currently in pre-production. The Other Side is one of the top 10 short screenplays at ScreenCraft 2019 and is supported by IFP as a fiscal sponsor.
For more info on Snigdha and her projects, head to www.snigdhakapoor.com.
Join NYC Women Filmmakers' Nancy L. Adams, CPA, on Join NYC Women Filmmakers' Nancy L. Adams, CPA, on Tuesday, January 26th at 6:30pm for our filmmaking tax panel. Nancy will be sharing what you need to know about filing your taxes as a filmmaker this year. 
Register above with the link in bio.
Here’s our weekly #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #Weeken Here’s our weekly #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #WeekendWatchlist, to fill your weekend! What are you excited to see?
#PiecesofaWoman - Written by #KataWéber 
When a young mother's (@vanessa__kirby) home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
@AWomansWorkDoc : The NFL's Cheerleader Problem - Directed by @YuisRain, written by @Elizabeth_Ai
Football and feminism collide in this documentary that follows former NFL cheerleaders battling the league to end wage theft and illegal employment practices that have persisted for 50 years.
@IfNotNow_WhenMovie - Directed by @MeaganGood and @MizzTamaraBass; Written by Tamara Bass
Four friends (@MeaganHolder, #MekiaCox, Tamara Bass, and Meagan Good), who met in high school and are bonded by an event, are suddenly forced back together when one of them suffers a crisis. It’s a story of love, forgiveness, and the incredible bond between women.
#HuntedFilm - Written by #LéaPernollet and Vincent Paronnaud
A French woman (@LucieDebay) working in Belgium decides to blow off some steam at a bar. She meets a charming man and decides to leave the bar with him. Yet things quickly take a turn when she realizes this man is a psychopath and he has an accomplice. She will have to fight to escape the fate these men have planned for her.
Board member, Shannon Jones is a Producer and Dire Board member, Shannon Jones is a Producer and Director and has been recognized with a Daytime Emmy nomination for her work with the producing team of “Time To Live Again,” a documentary short about artist Nadia Ackerman’s path to healing after childhood trauma. 
In addition to documentary editorial and branded projects, Shannon has produced narrative short films including the buddy comedy “Mila and Mimi Too” and the four time award-winning sci-fi drama “Ovum.” After following an untraditional route to Film and Media upon completion of a BA in Business Journalism and Communications, Shannon mentors young content makers hoping to make a career pivot.
NYC Women Filmmakers is grateful to have Shannon as a voice for our community.  For more information on Shannon and her work, visit www.shannon-jones.com.
Continuing with our 5-year-anniversary celebration Continuing with our 5-year-anniversary celebration, we’d like to celebrate the women behind NYC Women Filmmakers and the board members who keep this community thriving. Introducing NYC Women Filmmakers Founder, Cidney Hue. Cidney is a director and filmmaker in NYC with a focus on building inclusive futures through science fiction. Her most recent award-winning film, Ovum, is a Black Mirror-esque short on the convergence of reproductive rights and VR technology. 
Her previous award-winning short, Odessa, recounts the journey of an astronaut’s last night on Earth. Her webseries for Wired & Reddit, Cyborg Nation, profiles scientists at the forefront of prosthetics, robotics, and brain-computer interfaces. 
The series has garnered over a million views and was nominated for a Webby. Her environmental documentary, Shark Loves the Amazon, toured nationally and premiered at the World Sustainability Forum in Brazil to leaders and policy makers. Throughout her career, she has directed and designed content for United Airlines, NASA JPL, Condé Nast, Endeavor Content, Scholastic, Imagine Science, and more.
Cidney serves as the Director of 360 Video at NSENA and has traveled across the US to film VR for law enforcement and corrections training. She teaches filmmaking at NYU’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. 
Cidney founded NYC Women Filmmakers in 2015, where she leads its monthly workshop series and its thousands strong community to support female filmmakers in NYC, and ultimately, helps create a transparent and genuine community for diverse filmmakers. In her spare time, Cidney designs and creates art, graphics, sets, and futuristic visions from her imagination. She can often be found traveling the world with her camera in tow, capturing Earth’s most spectacular natural phenomenons. Her lifelong goal is to visit space by 2050 so you should email her if you have an extra seat on your rocketship! 
For more information on Cidney and her work, check out her website at www. Cidneyhue.com.
Here’s our weekly #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #Weeken Here’s our weekly #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #WeekendWatchlist, to fill your weekend! What are you excited to see?
@AlaskaIsaDrag - Written and Directed by @ShazBennett
The story of a fish out of water, literally. Leo had to learn to survive and his boss, an amateur boxer, notices it. When a new boy offers to train with him, Leo and his twin sister are forced to face the real reason they are trapped in that place. Starring @thisismartinjr, @mayasworld, @mattdallas, @chrisoshea10, @margaret_cho, @jasonscottlee
#OurFriendFilm - Directed by @Gabriela.Cowperthwaite
After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined
@ChasingtheRainFilm - Written and Directed by @CindyJansenGus
Mounting hardships threaten the life of a shy photographer and corner him into facing his unraveling secrets.
#OneNightinMiami - Directed by @IAmReginaKing
One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.
FIRST FEATURE SERIES: WINDOWPAIN SCRIPT READING I FIRST FEATURE SERIES: WINDOWPAIN SCRIPT READING
Introducing the First Feature Series! Join writer/director Rosanne Limoncelli @rclbrooklyn on her journey to make her first feature with a reading of her script Windowpain.
When: January 16th, 2021
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM EST
The event is free so please make sure to rsvp via link in bio to reserve a spot! 
SYNOPSIS
Married couple Frank and Kevin long to have a child together. When Frank’s sister Tina turns up at their door she seems like the perfect surrogate. But will expectations and family history wreak havoc on their plans?
Starring:
Ariana Taveras
Hiram Delgado
Matthew Yang King
Landon Woodson
Portland Thomas
Liz McConahay
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Rosanne Limoncelli is a writer and filmmaker living in Brooklyn with her composer-husband and artist-teenager. Rosanne teaches at New York University, makes short films and writes long films, as well as poetry and crime fiction. Rosanne’s last short film, LIBERTY spent two years playing the festival circuit and her recent written work has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Suspense Magazine and Noir Nation.
Ariana Taveras is an actress, writer, and producer from Newark, NJ. She’s starred in Rosanne Limoncelli’s Liberty and singer-songwriter’s Beccs’ music video Before This Christmas Ends. She currently works at Saturday Night Live as a Production Coordinator while she pursues a variety of independent artistic work, including tv pilots, feature films, and literary fiction.
Here’s our weekly #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #Weeken Here’s our weekly #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #WeekendWatchlist, with some fresh new picks to start the year off right! What are you excited to watch this weekend?
@shadowinthecloudfilm -  Directed and written by @RoseanneLiang
@ChloegMoretz stars as A female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight. 
#AudreyFilm - Directed by @HelenaJaneCoan
Filmmaker Helena Coan examines the remarkable life and career of actress, fashion icon and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn.
#MyRembrandt - Directed by #OekeHoogendijk
Set in the world of the Old Masters, this film offers a mosaic of gripping stories in which unrestrained passion for Rembrandt's paintings leads to dramatic developments and unexpected plot turns.
#IdentifyingFeatures - Directed by @Fer.ValadezR, written by Fernanda Valadez, @AstridRondero
A mother travels across Mexico in search for her son who authorities say died while trying to cross the boarder into the United States.
What were some of your favorite films this year? H What were some of your favorite films this year? Here’s a curated list of 20 of our favorite 2020 releases (not already mentioned in our past lists) for this #EndofYear #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #WeekendWatchlist! 2020 was an extremely turbulent time, and many if not all of us turned to our screens to watch the films that brought us joy. Streaming, VOD, in festivals, or in theaters, here are some of those films that brought us that joy. Enjoy, and Happy New Year! Warmly, NYCWF.
@FirstCow dir #KellyReichardt
@NomadlandFilm dir #ChloéZhao
@BirdsofPrey : And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn dir @CathyYan
#TheLodgeFilm co-directed by #VeronikaFranz 
@ThePhotographFilm dir @StellaMeghie
@Emmafilm dir @AutumndeWilde
@Portrait_Movie dir @Celine_Sciamma
#TrueMothersFilm dir @Naomi.Kawase
@Buffaloedmovie dir @TWexdirects
@juneteenthmovie dir @CGPeoples
@SaintMaudMovie dir @rosesglass 
@PromisingYoungWoman dir #EmeraldFennell
@WonderWomanFilm dir #PattyJenkins
@TheAssistantFilm dir @KittyGreen
#TheGivernyDocument dir #JaToviaGary
@NeverRarelyFilm dir @Hittman
@TroopZeroMovie dir @BertBertieDirectors
@TheRhythmSectionMovie dir @ReedMorano
@ICYWMFilm dir #HeidiEwing
#ZolaFilm dir @Janicza, based on tweets by @zolarmoon
Happy Holidays! Here’s a curated selection of ch Happy Holidays! Here’s a curated selection of cheerfully merry films for this weeks #femalefilmmakerfriday #weekendwatchlist! We hope you enjoy your Holiday! 
#TheHoliday - Written and directed by @NMeyers
Starring @CameronDiaz and #KateWinslet 
#BlackNativity - Directed by @kasi_lemmons 
@DearSantaMovie - Written and Directed by @dana.nachman 
#ChristmasOnTheSquare - Directed by @TheRealDebbieAllen, starring @dollyparton 
#AVeryMurrayChristmas - Written and Directed by #sofiacoppola 
#ElliotTheLittlestReindeer - Written and directed by #jenniferwestcott 
#ArthurChristmas - Directed by #SarahSmith and Barry Cook
#MixedNuts - Written and Directed by #noraephron 
@BlackChristmas - Written and directed by @Sophiathecoolest
Starring @ImPoots, @Aleyse.Shannon, @Lilymarieantoinette, and @brittanyogrady 
#LettersToSatanClaus - Directed by @emmajeansuds
We’re so excited and grateful to have raised 102 We’re so excited and grateful to have raised 102% of our 10k goal! 
Thank you to our community, and to those who donated, bid, and shared! We couldn’t have done it without you. We’re proud to announce that we can now offer micro-grants to select filmmakers in the coming year to help tell inclusive stories. More details on that to come! In the meantime, check back here for updates on grants, filmmaking panels and industry news. Again, thank you all for helping us close out our 5-year anniversary celebration with a bang!
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