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FESTIVALS

Now in its 15th year, Golden Door is a red-carpet–driven indie showcase in Jersey City, recognized by MovieMaker Magazine as a “Top 50 Film Festival Worth the Entry Fee.” The festival features a grand jury of industry professionals — including actors, producers, and an Oscar-winning distributor.

Key Details:

  • Earlybird Deadline: December 1, 2025

  • Event Dates: June 25–27, 2026

  • Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, US

The world’s largest Indigenous film and media arts festival, imagineNATIVE champions narrative sovereignty through film, video, audio, and digital/interactive works created by Indigenous directors, writers, producers, and designers.

Key Details:

  • Regular Deadline: December 19, 2025

  • Event Dates: June 2–14, 2026

  • Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

FUNDING & PROGRAMS

A yearlong fellowship for emerging filmmakers ages 18–25, offering a $5,000 artist grant, a weeklong in-person lab, monthly mentorship, and a free year of Adobe Creative Cloud. Applicants submit a 1–15 min short film plus materials for a new project.

Key Details:

  • Deadline: February 12, 2026

  • Support: $5,000 grant + in-person lab + yearlong mentorship + Adobe Creative Cloud

  • Eligibility: Filmmakers ages 18–25; open worldwide

Part of the Council’s Explore and Create program, this grant supports artistic research, experimentation, creation, production, and the public sharing of new work. Eligible projects can include film, media arts, digital storytelling, interdisciplinary creations, and artist–community collaborations.

Key Details:

  • Deadline: Any time before the project start date

  • Support: Up to CAD $75,000 per application (up to $150,000 per calendar year)

  • Eligibility: Canadian artists

TOOLS & RESOURCES

The BBC offers a massive archive of over 30,000 high-quality sound effects, including ambience, footsteps, weather, crowd, machinery, and nature recordings. Downloadable in WAV and free for personal and production use under the RemArc license.

Script Slug offers a large, frequently updated library of feature film and television scripts, including recent award contenders and new releases. Writers can browse, search, and download studio-grade PDFs, ideal for studying structure, dialogue, and formatting across genres.

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JOBS

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is hiring a Series Producer to lead the development and production of original video programming for the company’s YouTube channel. The role focuses on digital-first storytelling, new show formats, AI-enhanced workflows, and content that connects with tech-savvy audiences.

Key Details:

  • Location: Austin, Texas (Hybrid)

  • Type: Full-time

  • Pay: USD $130,240–$195,360/year

The New York Times is hiring an Associate Audience Editor to support the rollout, optimization, and analysis of video journalism across on-site and off-platform channels. The role works closely with video journalists and producers on distribution strategy, SEO/metadata, social performance, and competitive analysis.

Key Details:

  • Location: London, United Kingdom

  • Type: Full-time

  • Pay: Not disclosed

INDUSTRY PULSE

The latest sequel to the Broadway-adapted mega-hit opened to a $226 million worldwide start — the fourth-largest debut of 2025 — signalling a revival in the theatrical market and renewed global appetite for event cinema.

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JoySauce and streaming platform Cineverse have launched a new, free‐ad-supported Prime Video’s high-budget sci-fi limited series wrapped major production in Prague and will premiere in 2026, highlighting the city’s growing role as a global hub for large-scale genre production and illustrating shifting geography for television shoots.

Estimated read: 3 min

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