Swirl Films and Mansa Productions announced on Wednesday the top 10 winners of its first-ever Black Life Film Festival, a showcase of short films that show “the beauty and complexities of ‘Black Life’ and what that means to individuals and society.”
The top 10 winners will receive $5,000 grants to continue their film careers and will have the opportunity to meet with executives for potential distribution deals for their project. They are:
“Black Boy Joy” by Martina Lee “MeMaw” by Zanah Thirus “Body + Son” by Chris Hamilton “Thicke” by Britt Banks “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” by Eddie Gorie “Give Us Free” by Mac Grant “She Had to Ask” by Perri Camper “Orange Morning” by Reshaun Jones “Afro” by Jenn Shaw “Bloom” by Jazmen Darnell Brown and Rashad Mubarak
The top five winners, still to be decided by a jury of Atlanta filmmakers and producers, will workshop additional projects with Swirl, Mansa and their respective creative teams.
The top 10 winners will receive $5,000 grants to continue their film careers and will have the opportunity to meet with executives for potential distribution deals for their project. They are:
“Black Boy Joy” by Martina Lee “MeMaw” by Zanah Thirus “Body + Son” by Chris Hamilton “Thicke” by Britt Banks “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” by Eddie Gorie “Give Us Free” by Mac Grant “She Had to Ask” by Perri Camper “Orange Morning” by Reshaun Jones “Afro” by Jenn Shaw “Bloom” by Jazmen Darnell Brown and Rashad Mubarak
The top five winners, still to be decided by a jury of Atlanta filmmakers and producers, will workshop additional projects with Swirl, Mansa and their respective creative teams.
- 9/10/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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