Scout Film Festival

12/21/2023

It’s official! The short film, GRACE, winner of the 2022 Scout Emerging Filmmakers Grant, is going to Sundance!!!!!

Want to help get the GRACE team to Park City? Donate to the fiscal sponsorship campaign!

All donations are 100% tax-deductible 🖤

https://my.filmindependent.org/Grace

DEADLINE: “Grace / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Natalie Jasmine Harris, Producers: Samiyah Wardlaw, Julia Kennelly, Latavia Young, Morgan B. Powell) — Sixteen-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the rural 1950s South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, she begins to question the budding romantic feelings she has toward her best friend, Louise. Cast: Jordan Rayanna Wells, Alexis Cofield, Mikayla LaShae Bartholomew, C L Simpson, JeVon Blackwell. World Premiere. Available online for Public.”

12/13/2023

We are thrilled to share the fantastic news that GRACE , by , winner of the 2022 Scout Emerging Filmmakers Grant, is premiering at 2024 in the US Shorts section!

Congratulations to Natalie Jasmine Harris and the entire team for this well-deserved recognition. Thank you for your thoughtful storytelling and for sharing your work with us. We at Scout are so proud to have contributed to the making of this beautiful film. We are excited for GRACE to be celebrated in Park City in January!

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12/15/2022

11/22/2022

NOVEMBER 29, 2022 IS A GLOBAL DAY OF GIVING
One week until ! Please consider giving to Scout Film Festival this year on Tuesday, November 29th, and support our future leaders in film, media, and visual storytelling. Donation link in bio.

As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, Scout relies on sponsors, grants, and in-kind and individual donations to produce its 3-day event which presents film screenings, grants, and professional and educational workshops, talks and seminars.

A few weeks ago, we celebrated Scout's sixth annual festival, and our inaugural Boston event at England Aquarium , .Boston and District Hall Boston! We are energized by the incredible work being produced by emerging storytellers aged 24 and under from all over the world, and by the industry partners and professionals who believe that sharing each other's stories can change the world.

Join us in building a destination for filmmakers and visual storytellers aged 24 and under to share their work, and connect with each other, the industry and audiences at large. Join us in our efforts to empower emerging creators worldwide to shape a more equitable and inclusive future.

You can augment your gift by sharing this opportunity within your circles. There is power in numbers.

Local Love, Global Love.
Anna Colavito and Adriana Letorney
Founder & coFounder, Scout Film Festival

Founding Sponsors .co and Barr Law Group
https://scoutfilmfestival.org/support-us

11/09/2022

Scout Film Festival, in partnership with .trevorrow and .co , is delighted to announce the 2022 Grant Recipients. is this year's winner of the professional grant, and is the recipient of the student grant.

“Today’s technology gives young filmmakers from all backgrounds an unprecedented opportunity to create,” said Trevorrow, “I’m proud to partner with the Scout Film Festival to support our next generation of storytellers”.

Scout received over 500 submissions from all over the world! The selection process was challenging due to the powerful work that is being produced by filmmakers aged 24 and under. A special thanks to all the filmmakers who submitted their projects for consideration.

We celebrate each and every one of you, encourage you to continue perfecting your craft, and look forward to seeing your work in the future!

Natalie Jasmine Harris - Grace
Natalie Jasmine Harris, 24, is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in film and television. She is currently a Creative Culture Filmmaking Fellow at The Jacob Burns Film Center. Natalie is in production with her film, Grace, for which she received this grant.

Grace is a dramatic Black Southern Gothic and q***r short film set in the 1950s that explores the conflicts that religious traditions and rites of passage often present in relation to identity formation. It’s a film about faith, hot combs, peach picking, and summer love. It rewrites and rights the history validating that Q***r Black women have always been here; thriving, existing, and being.

Ian Kim - My Sisters in the Stars: The Story of Lee Yong-soo
Ian Kim is a 16-year-old Korean-American filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist. He is a junior at the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California.

My Sisters in the Stars: The Story of Lee Yong-soo the film for which he was awarded the grant, is a short animated documentary about the life of Lee Yong-soo, an activist and survivor of the Japanese World War II-era “Comfort Women” system of human trafficking and sexual slavery.

FINALISTS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS at link in bio.

10/28/2022

Starting at 6 Simons Theatre!

KEYNOTE: New Era, New Voices with

Date: Friday, October 28, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM EST
Location: The New England Aquarium's Simons Theatre
This event is presented in partnership with the New England Aquarium Lecture Series, which is free to the public through the generosity of the Lowell Institute. While there is no cost, registration is required.

Whitney C. Johnson, Director of Visuals and Immersive Experiences at National Geographic walks us through how her team adapted to produce the Year In Pictures, a first for the 133-year-old National Geographic magazine. Johnson also led the effort to expand storytelling methods in the midst of unexpected production challenges and physical limitations. "By embracing new ways to create and distribute our stories," she says, "it was possible to share these empowering moments with millions of people."

The keynote will be followed by a Q&A.

Founding Sponsors .co and Barr Law Group.

10/27/2022

Friday starting at 1:45pm at Simons Theatre!

Keynote: Seek Digital Wellness, Unleash Your Creativity with Anastasia Vlasova, followed by Premiere screening of the film + Q&A.

OUR TURN TO TALK is a co-production of and .

When a high school senior learns that storytelling saves lives, she starts a podcast to share the hardship, hope and transformation she and other teens have gone through navigating the downs and ups of their mental health journeys.

Real, raw and life-affirming, OUR TURN TO TALK comes at a time when it’s needed most. It’s become a defining film, podcast series and impact project to normalize conversations about mental health with young people and all those who care about them.

Founding sponsors .co and Barr Law Group

10/27/2022

TOMORROW, tomorrow, we'll see you, tomorrow!
AT Simons Theatre
Seaport Studio



EPIC keynotes, workshops, innovators, filmmaker talks, screenings, Q&As, social gatherings.


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Founding Sponsors .co and Barr Law Group

10/26/2022

On The Cusp Filmmaker Talks at on 10/29 at 10:00am and 2:00pm EST and 10/30 at 12:00pm at Seaport Studio and

Presenting a series of conversations with exciting up-and-coming filmmakers with a focus on how they got their start in their respective industry. In this series, we focus on individuals who are still working towards longer-term goals but have found a way to consistently work and create. .klubeck

These conversations are beneficial to all young filmmakers as they provide real life examples of how to stand out in today's media landscape. Moderated by Harrison Allen.

Hope to see you there!

Free, but you must RSVP to attend, space is limited.
https://scoutfilmfestival.org/on-the-cusp-filmmaker-talks

Founding Sponsors .co and Barr Law Group.

10/25/2022

COSAS QUE NO VAN A MORIR ( ) de Manuela Gutiérrez Arrieta seleccionado en el Scout Film Festival. El festival se celebrará del...

10/21/2022

ONE WEEK = 7 Days = Can't wait to see you at Scout in Boston October 28-30!

Don't forget to RSVP for Scout's EPIC Keynotes Anastasia Vlasova, and Ryan Hawke, .trevorrow

RSVP for Workshops, Incubator Series, Filmmaker Talks!

And check out the screening schedule to plan your viewing of the best short films by filmmakers aged 24 and under from around the world !

Stop by the Scout Film Festival podcast on Friday and Saturday at Simons Theatre.

All links in bio! We are ready!

Founding sponsors .co and Bart Law Group

Media Partner

10/17/2022

Don't miss this WORKSHOP at Seaport Studio on 10/30 at 3:00pm EST - Say More With Less!: Dynamics of Dialogue In A Script with Mary Conroy

As writers, we know every word counts, and this is especially true in writing dialogue. We will hone in on skills needed to write dialogue that engages the reader, pushes the story forward, and uses as few words as possible. We will review the “dos and don'ts” of writing dialogue and incorporate a practical generative exercise that will challenge the way you write dialogue.

Apply to attend, space is limited. Link in bio!

Founding sponsors .co and Barr Law Group.