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FESTIVALS
Celebrating its 70th milestone edition, SFFILM is an Academy Award®-qualifying festival accepting narrative features, documentaries, and short films from global independent filmmakers.
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Earlybird Deadline: September 30, 2026
Event Date: April 22 – May 2, 2027
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Celebrating Latinx filmmakers, writers, and authentic cultural stories across features, shorts, documentaries, and TV pilots, this festival provides a vital platform to connect creators with industry executives and audiences in Los Angeles.
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Mid-Way Deadline: September 25th, 2026
Event Date: January 15 – 17, 2027
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
FUNDING & PROGRAMS
An initiative that provides emerging writers from underrepresented backgrounds with the knowledge and skills to become writers' assistants and script coordinators. Graduates are added to an ongoing list of eligible hires circulated among showrunners and industry professionals.
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Deadline: September 13, 2026
Benefit: 12-week comprehensive training program
Eligibility: U.S.-authorized underrepresented writers aged 18+
Located in Montauk, New York, this residency provides a secluded, communal environment for writers and visual artists to work without disturbance. Residencies are full calendar-month periods without any additional cost to stay at The Barn.
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Deadline: September 14, 2026
Benefit: 1-month residency + up to $2,500 stipend
Eligibility: Writers and visual artists from all walks of life
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🔒 This week, Loglines+ members had access to:
Up to $500,000 in project funding for Australian companies and individuals.
$25,000 unrestricted grant for US women, nonbinary, and transgender directors aged 39 and over.
Oscar-qualifying festival for emerging filmmakers aged 24 and under.
DoP role in Vancouver with a $100,000–$120,000 CAD annual salary.
Members can search the full archive anytime to find past opportunities.
TOOLS & RESOURCES
A free web utility designed for independent filmmakers to generate Electronic Press Kits and press sheets required for film festival submissions and distribution pitching.
Free access to 700,000+ historical film documents/footage from 40+ European archives. Useful for filmmakers looking to source rare European material and historical imagery.
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JOBS
Netflix Animation is hiring a creative Content Coordinator in Burbank to support development and production for its original animated feature films slate by reviewing materials, managing pipelines, and liaising with filmmakers.
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Location: Burbank, CA, USA
Type: Full-time
Salary: $42.40 - $62.00 per hour
Aalo Atomics is hiring a creative generalist Filmmaker in Austin to capture and tell the story of its nuclear microreactor production across short-form social content, long-form YouTube documentaries, launch films, and event coverage.
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Location: Austin, TX, USA
Type: Full-time
Salary: Not Listed
INDUSTRY PULSE
Led by Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, global summer box offices reached historic highs, driving the US to its biggest summer season of all time at $4.76 billion alongside major attendance surges across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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The Toronto International Film Festival's 2026 Indigenous lineup showcases a diverse slate of features, including Marie Clements's How We Stand and Amanda Kernell's Brace Your Heart, aiming to spark global industry partnerships and expand audiences.
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