Sakia Gunn Legacy Filmmaker Fellowship
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Submissions Open!!
We are inviting all local Queer BIPOC filmmakers to apply for the NewarkLGBTQFILMFESTIVAL and CMCEXPRESSNEWARK Sakia Gunn Legacy Filmmaker Fellowship 📣🏳️🌈
This filmmaking opportunity and artistic development experience is for two emerging LGBTQIA+ BIPOC filmmakers of the greater Newark area. Each filmmaker will receive a $7,000 production grant to create their short film. Express Newark’s Community Media Center will offer professional mentorship, production equipment, and post production resources to support the filmmakers from development through to completion.
The two films will premiere at the 2027 Newark LGBTQ Film Festival, April 29th- May 1, 2027.
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