THE FUTURE OF FILM IS NOW
MISSION
The Future of Film is Female amplifies the work of all women filmmakers through its funding, exhibition, and promotion programs. Our mission to to support filmmakers early in their career is achieved through our grant program for short films, our unique programming commitment to theatrical representation of films by women, our community building with women in the industry to facilitate necessary culture change, and through ensuring equal representation of BIWOC within all of our programs. We are committed to creating industry-wide partnerships to work in solidarity towards an equitable future of film.
WHAT WE DO
To read more about more about The Future of Film is Female fund, our screenings with MoMA and other institutions, and our outreach/community building programs, CLICK HERE.
Established in February 2018. We are currently in the process of becoming a nonprofit with 501-c3 status.
DO THE WORK
The Future of Film is Female’s commitment to gender and racial equality in the film industry.
We will work diligently to represent equality for all women filmmakers in all aspects of The Future of Film is Female.
We will improve upon our amplification of Black women within our funding, exhibition, and promotional programming.
We will continue to amplify diverse voices of BIWOC within our funding, exhibition, and promotional programming.
We commit to making the community we build at The Future of Film is Female be a safe space for all women filmmakers.
For our own exhibition programming, we commit to a minimum of 50% of the included filmmakers in curated film programs to be BIWOC.
For our grant program, we commit to a minimum of 50% each funding cycle to be BIWOC and will always include, at minimum, one Black filmmaker per cycle.
For our zine and any publication by FOFIF, we commit to a minimum of 50% of those included to be BIWOC.
For us to participate in a partnership, as a guest programmer or presenting partner, the film program must be, at minimum, 50% BIWOC.
We are currently a volunteer-based organization but, as we grow, we are committed to compensating people for their labor and contributions to The Future of Film is Female.
We do not tolerate racism, sexism, transphobia, or homophobia by anyone involved with The Future of Film is Female or by anyone using our public platforms, including social media, or at any of our public presentations. Should this arise, that person will be banned from the site, removed from our services, and/or removed from the venue. Don’t be a dick.
HOW WE’RE DOING
Funded Filmmakers: 57% BIWOC, 19% Black Women
MoMA Series Feature Films: 17% BIWOC, 4% Black Women
MoMA Series Short Films: 64% BIWOC, 45% Black Women
STREAMING Shorts (as of June 2020): 50% BIWOC, 17% Black Women
STREAMING Features (as of June 2020): 43% BIWOC, 14% Black Women
Zine: 70% BIWOC, 50% Black Women
CONTACT US
Please email us at future@futureoffilmisfemale.com
OUR BOARD
Caryn Coleman, Founder of The Future of Film is Female
Julie La'Bassiere, Head of Special Projects at Obscured Pictures
Florencia Varela, Senior Campaigns Manager at Peace is Loud
Rajendra Roy, Chief Curator of Film at MoMA
Gloria Pitagorsky, Marketing Director & Partner at Heard City