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Disability Belongs, a national disability-led nonprofit known for creating systemic change in how society views and values people with disabilities, has announced a new virtual cohort of participants for its 2025 Entertainment Lab.

This year, 25 Fellows and one duo have been selected to participate in the lab. The cohort — which includes writers, directors, producers, and those working in physical production — will engage in interactive presentations, roundtables, and skill-building workshops with top executives and talent from major studios, networks, and production companies.

The 2025 participants are Afia Serena Nathaniel, Alex Cottle, Ana Maria Defillo, Azure D. Osborne-Lee, Cat Youell & Brad Crowe, Chanthen Nene, Charlie T. Savage, Connor Roach, Dana Braziel-Solovy, James Caverly, Jeremy Andrew Davis, Kawan Glover, KeKe Williams, Lisa Hammer, Matthew Manson, Maxine Grossman, Miguel Martinez, Natalie Lomske, Rob Rufus, Sam Dunnewold, Sam Tracton, Stephani Victor, Vincent De Milo, and Zachary Brenner.

Among them, there are 10 writers, six writer/directors, four writer/producers,...

Of the many films the Tribeca Film Festival shows, one of the biggest categories that often gets overlooked is the shorts category. Shorts are most definitely much harder to make considering their limited screen time and the need to fit a whole story within that time. Taking that into consideration, the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival decided to split up its shorts submissions into various categories, including New York Now shorts program.

This array of shorts all contained some form of New York City within them, whether through history, character, story, or anything in between. There were seven shorts in the program, and they are as follows:

Mildred & The Dying Parlor: Directed by Alex Gayner, starring Zosia Mamet, Jane Krakowski, Steve Buscemi, and Evan Jonigkeit; about a family who runs a dying parlor out of their home until an unexpected visitor shows up. Wannabe: Directed by Matthew Manson, starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner,...