Jazzy Ladies Productions by Ericka K.F. Simpson

This event is for introverts, extroverts, and everybody in between. Don’t miss it… connect, share stories, and swap resources-and just maybe find that special someone to take your projects to the next level! This networking is for everyone in any filmmaking field, at any level in their careers. We’ve been having such a great time with our Black Member Forum networking sessions that we are keeping it going with monthly mixers! Join us (virtually) for a chance to shout out your work, find collaborators, share industry resources, or just chat with other rising, emerging, or established creatives looking to connect. For more information, please visit follow via social media Member Forum It is also presented with the support of the City of West Hollywood’s WeHo Arts program. Guests include Mishna Wolff (WEREWOLVES WITHIN), Marcella Ochoa (MADRES), Jennifer Reeder (V/H/S/94), and more to be announced! Our Speaker Series is co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood Women’s Advisory Board. How and where are they subverting established tropes to make bold new work? What sorts of stories are being pitched and sold? Listen in as these experts share their thoughts on the best new horror available on screens now, and discuss the ways in which horror works to scare and delight us. Who are the women behind the stories that are thrilling, terrifying, and unsettling us from our movie screens and couches? From film to TV to web series, we’re surrounded by dynamic writers, directors, and producers who are upending and transforming the horror genre.

Join WIF for a roundtable discussion with some of the frighteningly talented creatives behind the year’s best horror. The Speaker Series, which has been held at the West Hollywood Library, is presented in partnership with the City of West Hollywood’s Department of Arts and Culture.įrom Your Nightmares to the Screen: New Female Voices in Horror Speaker Series Virtual event highlights have included conversations with the executive producer and star of Hulu’s “The Great,” Elle Fanning female filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa including Haifaa al-Mansour, Maryam Touzani, and Maryam Keshavarz a look back at STARZ’s “Vida” with its showrunner Tanya Saracho and “One Day at a Time”‘s Gloria Calderón Kellett The Old Guard director Gina Prince-Bythewood, and many more. While adjusting to distanced programming during the current pandemic, we have been excited to offer virtual events such as Laptop Cinema Club, which features in-depth chats with the women behind the latest and greatest streaming series and movies, and Conversations & Connections, presenting panels of filmmakers and thought leaders discussing their paths in the screen industries. Most in-person events are postponed until further notice.

Jazzy Ladies Productions by Ericka K.F. Simpson