Support Samiksha Thakur’s film “Clouds in My Coffee”
Learn more about Samiksha’s project and support here: https://seedandspark.com/fund/clouds-in-my-coffee#story Samiksha Thakur is an award-winning Indian-American filmmaker whose shorts have screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals like Seattle International Film Festival and Indy Shorts (by Heartland Film). As a writer and director, she avoids the wax poetic, underlining authentic character-driven narratives through her work, instead. She is a […]
Here’s How You Can Support “Fighting Giants,” the narrative debut by Oluwaseun Babalola
Oluwaseun Babalola is a force. I met her in 2019 when we talked about her docuseries “ṢOJU,” which focuses on a different niche of the African community around the world. She is multi-faceted as her work as a producer (“Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches,”), director, and founder of the organization Kosinima, Inc., a nonprofit that […]
Look back: 2020 Cinema Femme Short Film Fest Filmmaker Q&A moderated by Karyn Kusama
We are bringing back our Cinema Femme Short Film Fest filmmaker Q&A moderated by Karyn Kusama (“Jennifer’s Body”, “Yellowjackets”) for our All-Star series! We are elevating Karyn and her passion for female and non-binary filmmakers through this post. Today we highlight Short Block 4 films and filmmakers. Short Block 4, and 1-3 are now available […]
Festival Day Three | Short Block 3
Today we highlight Short Block 3 films and filmmakers. Short Block 3 films and Short Blocks 1, 2 and 4 are now available to watch! Screen on our Seed&Spark festival platform. Today at 12 PM PT is our Q&A with the directors of the selected films from Short Block 3, moderated by filmmaker Alice Waddington […]
Festival Day Two | Short Block 2
Today we highlight Short Block 1 films and filmmakers. Short Block 2 films and Short Blocks 1,3and 4 are now available to watch! Screen on our Seed&Spark festival platform. Tonight is our Q&A with the directors of the selected films from Short Block 2, moderated by filmmaker Lara Gallagher (“Clementine”). Featured for the Q&A are […]
Festival Day One | Short Block 1
Today we highlight Short Block 1 films and filmmakers. Short Block 1 films and Short Blocks 2-4 films starting at 10 AM PT today thorough 8/9/20 on our Seed&Spark festival platform. Q&A with the directors of the selected films from Short Block 1, moderated by documentary filmmaker Colette Ghunim (Founder of Mezcla Media Collective). Featured […]
Filmmaker Christina Raia is creating empathy through film
I met filmmaker and Seed&Spark’s head of education and outreach Christina Raia in March at the 2019 Girl Power Film + Media Summit, where she gave a presentation about film distribution. Hearing Christina talk about her passion for helping filmmakers get their projects funded and distributed was inspirational. We spoke in April on the phone […]