Frameline Announces 2025 Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant Recipients – Film News in Brief

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Remi Gabriel (“Barbie Boy”), Carmela Murphy, and AJ Dubler (“A Bird Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian”) are among the 2025 Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant recipients, as EbMaster has exclusively learned.

Starting from 2023, our partnership with Frameline has been geared towards aiding LGBTQ+ movie directors financially. For this year’s filmmakers, we are offering a grant of $15,000 per individual to aid their future projects, and their films will be showcased at the 49th San Francisco International Festival for LGBTQ+ Movies.

In light of the systematic erosion of backing for LGBTQ+ art and artists, it’s up to our community to safeguard the future of queer cinema, while maintaining its profound legacy. For the past three years, Frameline and the Colin Higgins Foundation have been working together to achieve this very goal. We will persist in amplifying the voices and narratives of LGBTQ+ youth.

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In the face of a systematic reduction in support for LGBTQ+ art and artists, it’s our community’s responsibility to shield the future of queer cinema, while keeping its deep-rooted history alive. For the last three years, Frameline and the Colin Higgins Foundation have been collaborating to achieve this, and we will carry on uplifting the stories and experiences of LGBTQ+ youth.

The scholarship bears the name of the late Higgins, a renowned filmmaker known for “Harold and Maude,” “9 to 5,” and “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.” The event, Frameline49, takes place from June 18th through the 28th.

Jump Cut Taps Jacky Shu as Executive Vice President

Based in New York, the movie and serial advertising firm known as Jump Cut, has appointed seasoned professional Jacky Shu as Executive Vice President. In this newly assumed position, she will manage both Audio-Visual and Print departments, all while maintaining her base in Los Angeles.

Before moving to Jump Cut, Shu was one of the founders at Rogue Planet, a film marketing company. For the past decade, she held the position of CEO in this firm. Throughout her career, she has garnered more than thirty Clio awards, with notable projects including campaigns for “Soul” by Pixar, “Okja” from Netflix, and “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” produced by 20th Century.

Stephen Garrett, founder of Jump Cut, stated that Jacky is an ideal addition to our team. As our field undergoes constant change, Jacky’s forward-thinking mindset and enthusiasm will guide Jump Cut towards a promising and radiant tomorrow.

Speaking about her recent role, Shu expressed in a statement, “There isn’t a better location I could have chosen for setting up camp. I am incredibly proud of the achievements Jump Cut has made so far, and I am eager to call it my new creative base.

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2025-04-21 19:19