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Inevitable Foundation, the non-profit advocating on behalf of the disabled filmmaking community, has named those set to participate in their inaugural Visionary Fellowship, a year-long program affording disabled filmmakers the funding, mentorship and community they need to make a short film and leverage it into their debut feature.

They are Zayre Ferrer, Monica Lucas, Filipe Coutinho, Alys Murray, and Katherine Craft.

Through the fellowship, participants will each have access to $55,000 in funding, including a production grant to produce their short film with an experienced crew, an unrestricted grant to support the Fellow over the course of the program, as well as access to health insurance, marketing support, and funds for travel and access needs. The Fellowship also includes mentorship and workshops from industry leaders, opportunities to collaborate with other filmmakers on set, community building within the Fellowship cohort, and an industry-focused short film showcase that will include creative executives, agents,...

Inevitable Foundation has unveiled the inaugural class of honorees for its Visionary Fellowship, a year-long program that provides disabled filmmakers with the funding, community and guidance to create a short film that could eventually be made into their debut feature. Among the recipients are Zayre Ferrer, Monica Lucas, Filipe Coutinho, Alys Murray and Katherine Craft.

“We are thrilled to name these incredible Visionary Fellows for the program’s inaugural cohort,” said Inevitable Foundation co-founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska in a joint statement. “Our investment in these incredible disabled writer-directors represents the ongoing expansion of our pipeline for disabled creatives, and speaks to the core of our mission: helping disabled creatives reach positions of industry power. We can’t wait to get their stories out in the world.”

The Fellowship awards each recipient $55,000 in funding for their short film, as well as a production grant, access to an experienced crew,...

The Athena Film Festival has announced the finalists for the 2024 Athena List, the festival’s Black List-inspired selection of unproduced screenplays focused on female leadership.

High-profile projects that were featured on past editions of the Athena List, part of the Barnard-based festival, include Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex, Chinonye Chukwu‘s Clemency, the Sundance 2024-bound Out of My Mind by On the Basis of Sex writer Daniel Stiepleman, and Patricia Clarkson-starrer Lilly about Lilly Ledbetter and her fight for fair pay.

This year’s finalists are 7 on 10 by Samantha Lavin, A Bridge Between Us by Gina Hackett, I Don’t Dream in Spanish Anymore by Missy Hernandez, Keesha Goes to Camp by Rebecca Jordan Smith, Liars by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler, The Pendulum Woman by Katherine Hayes and Skrrrt! by Gabriela García Medina and Katherine Craft.

7 on 10 focuses on a former WNBA player sentenced to seven years...

Audible has struck a deal with Sonoro, the audio company creating programming for Latinx and Hispanic audiences, to create a slate of original shows in both Spanish and English.

The first project from the partnership will star Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) in the English-language version. Described as a comedy thriller, Previa: A Tech Heist, involves a futuristic VR headset that allows Alzheimer’s and dementia patients to access their forgotten memories — that is until its inventor realizes the device, in the wrong hands, can be used to create false memories.

The second show in the slate, Shaky, will be a dark comedy from writer Katherine Craft (Apple TV+’s Best Foot Forward) about a 30-something hedonistic drummer who moves back in with her Christian mother and younger sister in the Dallas suburbs after being diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease.

And the third,...

HBOAccess has selected three helmers for its 2018 Directing Fellowship. Thembi Banks, Cary Williams and Ryan Zaragoza will take part in a weeklong workshop before mounting their production in July. Read more about the new fellows below.

The program supports directors who are interested in a career in television by giving them the opportunity to shoot a pilot presentation which will air on HBO. The scripts they have chosen to direct all come from material created through the HBOAccess Writing Fellowship.

“Every year we are overwhelmed with the amazing talent introduced to us through this process,” said Kelly Edwards, VP Talent Development at HBO. “These directors are superstars on the verge of making the leap to episodic. Our hope is that we can be a small part of their story.”

The HBOAccess Directing Fellowship selects three to four fellows to participate in a biennial program designed to foster diverse directing talent.