Filmshop

04/16/2026

🎬 Filmshopper Highlight: Taylor McNulty’s The OWLS

The OWLS is on its festival run and already picking up momentum. The short documentary screened at the Short Sweet Film Festival (Cleveland) and took home Best Short Documentary at the Citrus Circuit Film Festival.

The film follows a group of Old Widowed Ladies navigating grief and finding connection with one another; tender, honest, and quietly powerful.

Shoutout to Pearl Rhein for the original score and Rachel Loube for MC’ing the Cleveland screening.

More screenings to come.

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04/15/2026

🎬 Feeling stuck in your doc? You’re not alone.

Our partners at UnionDocs are hosting Critical Care: The Documentary Clinic — a 3-day intensive designed to help filmmakers move their projects forward with real feedback and hands-on guidance.

🗓️ April 25 + May 9–10
📍 UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art

Work with experienced producers, refine your story, and strengthen your materials—from teasers to loglines.

⏰ Registration closes April 16 (limited spots left)

👉 Learn more + apply: https://loom.ly/aNRD4_I

03/11/2026

Filmshopper Sarah Gross is bringing her feature documentary Grains of Sand to NYC! The film will screen at the Socially Relevant Film Festival New York on March 13 at 2:20 PM at Cinema Village.

Filmed over eight years, Grains of Sand follows two remarkable women artists entering their ninth decade, weaving together conversation, memory, and artwork into a thoughtful coming-of-age story later in life.

If you’re in New York, come out and support a fellow Filmshopper!

🎟️ Tickets at: https://loom.ly/IIeJPtU

🌐 Learn more: www.grainsofsandthefilm.com

01/20/2026

We’re proud to share that Filmshop has received a generous operating grant from ! 🎉

This vital support helps us sustain the core of what makes Filmshop special—our peer-led workshops, public screenings, and the weekly creative spaces where independent filmmakers come together to grow, share, and collaborate.

With NYSCA’s support, we’re not just keeping the lights on—we’re expanding our reach, deepening our impact, and continuing to build the kind of community filmmakers need to bring their visions to life.

Thank you, NYSCA, for believing in what we’re building.
💛 Learn more at arts.ny.gov

01/18/2026

🎬 Calling LA Filmmakers!
We’ve extended the deadline, there’s still time to apply to Filmshop LA for Spring 2026!

Join a weekly room of filmmakers who show up, share work, and grow together. It’s more than feedback, it’s community, accountability, and creative momentum.

🗓️ Apply by Jan 19
🔗 thefilmshop.org

01/14/2026

Filmshopper Mariah Marasco is premiering her web series Misguided at Dances With Films: NY, and it’s one you’ll want to catch with a crowd. Misguided screens on Wednesday, January 15, at 6:00 PM as part of Pilots Block 1 at Regal Union Square.
Directed and produced by Mariah, the series follows a group of misfit tour guides giving eccentric takes on New York City’s history while quietly trying to figure out their own paths forward. It’s sharp, funny, and very much of the moment.

If you’re free that night, come through, support a fellow Filmshopper, and stay for the block. Grab your seat here: https://loom.ly/kySGBcs

01/06/2026

🎬 Applications are now open for Spring 2026!

Whether you’re editing a feature, drafting a pilot, or just trying to get unstuck—Filmshop is a space to grow your work and your practice, week by week, with a community that shows up.

We’re welcoming new members in:
📍 NYC · LA · NOLA · Docshop South
💻 Docshop Virtual & In-Person · TVShop · FS Europe (virtual)

🗓️ Apply by January 11 → thefilmshop.org

Let’s make good work together.

12/31/2025

🎬 Moments from Filmshop Presents… Close Encounters (of any kind).
Community. Connection. Bold storytelling.

As Giving Season continues, we’re grateful for the support that makes nights like this possible.

And next year? NOW OR NEVER.
It’s time to make the work.

👉 Support Filmshop at thefilmshop.org

12/30/2025

Filmmaking isn’t about perfection.
It’s about being seen.

In this Breakthrough Series moment, filmmaker speaks to the quiet invisibility so many caregivers carry. Her film reminds us how powerful it is to be recognized.

This is what happens when filmmakers are in community: there’s room to reset, to be honest, and to tell the story anyway.

During Giving Season, your support helps sustain spaces like this.

Because community is how breakthroughs happen.

12/19/2025

🎉 BIG news from the Filmshop fam!

Cashing Out, a short doc by Matt Nadel and Luke Hodges, has been shortlisted for an Academy Award 🤯🏆

This project was workshopped at Filmshop back when it was still early ideas in Docshop, and watching it grow into an Oscar-shortlisted film is everything we love about this community.

Huge congrats to Matt, Luke, and the entire team! 👏👏👏

12/17/2025