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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
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Apostate from filmmaker Kelly Sallaway, last year’s winner of the Propelle Content Accelerator program.
Further developed with Everywoman and Eva Orner together with Sallaway, the project takes a deep dive into what has been called America’s biggest, most powerful and fastest growing cult, the FLDS. Through unprecedented access gained by Sallaway, the story will be told through those that recently left the FLDS including the 65th wife of the polygamist sect’s leader, Warren Jeffs, who has dedicated her life to helping others escape.
Veteran TV and film producer Sallaway (pictured, left) is executive producing the project, with Orner boarding as director and EP.
The Propelle Accelerator Program, launched in partnership between Abby Greensfelder’s Everywoman Studios and
Realscreen, is moving into 2021 with a call of submissions and a new roster of industry-leading mentors.
With the Propelle Accelerator Program, female creators gain access to an established production company and a network of industry contacts, while learning how to develop ideas so that they are pitch-ready and sellable. Organizers say the goal is to bring more female creators into the non-fiction ecosystem and have more diverse voices making content.
Announced during a session at the Realscreen Summit featuring top women documentarians, this year’s Propelle mentors are: