The finalists and runners-up for the third edition of the Propelle program, a female-focused accelerator initiative from partners Everywoman Studios, Endemol Shine North America and Realscreen, have been chosen.
The program .
Realscreen and Everywoman Studios’ Propelle initiative, a female-focused accelerator program, have been chosen.
The program was created and developed by Everywoman Studios’ CEO Abby Greensfelder (pictured) and
Realscreen, and was launched at the 2020 Realscreen Summit in New Orleans.
Propelle aims to further develop the careers of up-and-coming female creators by pairing them with female-owned production companies and female CEOs for project workshopping and mentoring. Through this, female creators will gain access to an established production company and various industry contacts, in addition to getting business advice and creative direction on developing ideas ready to be pitched and sold.
Each finalist will be given one complimentary registration to attend Realscreen Live 2021, as well as mentorship and workshopping of their submitted project in the weeks leading up to Realscreen Live 2021, readying them to pitch their idea to potential network partners during the virtual
In celebration of International Women’s Day,
Realscreen has put together some of our most recent interviews with and stories about female filmmakers and recently announced industry initiatives aimed at women creators.
The film and television business as a whole has had a lot of catching up to do when it comes to gender parity behind the camera. According to the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film, in 2020 percentages of behind-the-scenes women working on the top 100 and 250 (U.S. domestic) grossing films comprised 21% of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers, from 20% in 2019.
However in the documentary category, the numbers jump. The same organization states that “documentaries continue to offer more opportunities for women than narrative features.” In fact, women accounted for 40% of people working in key behind-the-scenes roles on documentaries, compared with only 29% working on narrative features.