NEWSLETTERS | The Reel Champions

Biweekly Newsletters

Each email newsletter features a feature filmmaker, a short form filmmaker, and a crew member from below the line - all women or non-binary folks! We also include a timely headline with women-centric industry news.

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Read sections from past newsletters below.

Below The Line

Shiona Turini (Costume Designer)

Shiona Turini is a consultant, stylist, and costume designer. In her decade-long career, Turini has solidified herself as one of the...

Drama

Becca Gleason (SUMMER '03)

Tonight's Movie: SUMMER '03 Directed by: Becca Gleason Watch the film on Amazon Prime HERE Screen from home and DM us on Instagram with...

Short Form

Symone Baptiste (SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS)

SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS Directed by: Symone Baptiste Watch the film HERE! Pw: 16K_Screener2021 Symone Baptisteis a Director, Writer and...

News

How Canadian Black Women in the Film Industry are Breaking the Mould By: Sumiko Wilson

““In our communities, we’re taught the scarcity mentality and that only one [of us] can get [acclaim] at a time,” she says. “It hasn’t...

Short Form

Sandra Winther (LOWLAND KIDS)

LOWLAND KIDS, Directed by: Sandra Winther Watch the film HERE! Born in Copenhagen and based in New York,Sandra Winther’s style melds...

Drama

Cecile Emeke (STROLLING)

Tonight's Movie: STROLLING Directed by: Cecile Emeke Watch the film on Vimeo HERE Screen from home and DM us on Instagram with your...

Below The Line

Marie Pierre Renaud (Editor)

Marie-Pierre Renaud’s capacity to work as an editor in a variety of languages and formats was portended at the start of her editing...

Short Form

Alysha Menakaya (CLUB BEIGE)

CLUB BEIGE Directed by Alysha Menakaya Watch the film HERE! Alysha Menakaya is a recent graduate of USC's MFA program in Film & TV...

Below The Line

In Memory of Haylna Hutchins (Director of Photography)

Our heart goes out to the family and friends of Haylna Hutchins who was taken too soon in a horrific tragedy with a prop gun on the set...

Horror

Axelle Carolyn (THE MANOR)

Tonight's Movie: THE MANOR Directed by: Axelle Carolyn STREAM THE FILM NOW ON AMAZON PRIME Screen from home and DM us on Instagram with...

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