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Oscar nominated Director. Jesus Camp/I Carry You With Me/Love Fraud/One of Us/DETROPIA/Norman Lear/Endangered, FOLKTALES and now: “The Travel Writer!”

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Reading all these tributes to Ann Hornaday, I'm sad I never got the chance to meet her. She was an oasis in a world where the art of film criticism is dying via brutal layoffs and armchair yahoos. I'm honored that she reviewed some of my films. I especially love this paragraph about @icywmfilm. She noticed that @heidiewing shot every possible magic hour! You could tell what a keen observer and great lover of life Ann was. Condolences to her family and friends.

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Words can’t describe how grateful I am for my experience at @bendfilmfestival Basecamp, but I’m going to try. I went into this experience excited but nervous - I started my filmmaking journey last year, and I’ve been learning as I go.

But once I arrived at Caldera Arts, I felt at peace. Meeting new people is hard, let alone extremely accomplished filmmakers and industry mentors! But amidst the trees and the creek filled with flopping fish, I remembered how much comfort can come from around you. My roommate @daazhraii and I spent every night on the walk back to our cabin with our heads tilted back, admiring the stars. We were lucky enough to witness a meteor shower!

Bendfilm selected the most talented and generous group of fellows. I’ve never been in a space where each story was so different, but also so meaningful. We cried, cheered each other on, and grew immensely in only four days. My Homeroom group, led by the incredible @heidiewing , was such a safe space to share ideas and develop our stories and pitches. I mean it when I say I want to see everyone’s film once they are released, because they WILL get made!

The Bendfilm staff and industry mentors made this experience out of this world. Getting to know and learn from such accomplished professionals told me that filmmaking is really just about people coming together and making magic. Sure, you have pitches, and financing, and distribution, etc, but at the end of the day, it’s about everyone believing in the value of a story. And I got to learn this across the breakfast table and sitting around a campfire. Where stories begin.

I’ve been forever changed. My project is about a Native woman who starts waking up in her past lives, and yearns for the excitement found there, pulling away from her own reality. She soon learns that she already has the elements of those lives she loves in her own reality, she just needs to make the active choice to unlock them. The dream of “making it” in film is fun to envision while falling asleep at night, but the reality of building connections and community to create a story and sharing it with the world is so much sweeter. náxʷɬqʷulʼas (thank you), Bendfilm: Basecamp!

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📝 from jon:
This is a little bittersweet note. I spent the week at Bendfilm: BASECAMP and had a truly amazing experience developing our next project and practicing our pitch with the next wave of award-winning filmmakers. I met some amazing artists and storytellers. Was mentored by THE @heidiewing and spent time in the woods with some of the best and kindest leaders in the industry. I also got the opportunity to pitch @celesteyumarabarbosa and my next project - In Dreams, I Am a Valley in front of a panel of industry judges and a packed theatre. If you have a chance please click the tags on the photos and follow these beautiful souls. You’ll be grateful when you see the work they’ve made and are working on.

We have one more selection to announce before our film festival circuit officially comes to a close and we move on to the next. It’s a good one! Promise. 🤎

Us! Us! Us! Us!!!! 🤣 🫶🏽🏆

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Basecamp 2026 begins tomorrow (Oct 4)! We'd like to introduce our awesome lineup of Mentors for this year's cohort.

These Mentors are a dynamic group of filmmakers and industry leaders who are actively shaping the future of independent film and documentary storytelling:

• Academy Award®-nominated producer Christine Vachon, co-founder of Killer Films and producer of landmark films including CAROL, BOYS DON'T CRY, PAST LIVES, and MAY DECEMBER. In recognition of her extraordinary contributions to cinema, Vachon received the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2026.

• Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Heidi Ewing, whose work includes JESUS CAMP, LOVE FRAUD, FOLKTALES, and I CARRY YOU WITH ME

• Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Sean Wang, whose debut feature DÌDI won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance and whose short NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ earned an Academy Award® nomination

• Film Independent Spirit Award®-winning producer Effie Brown, whose credits include DEAR WHITE PEOPLE and REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES, and who continues to champion underrepresented voices through her work as a producer, investor, and industry leader

• Emmy Award®-winning documentary filmmaker Dan Geller, whose credits include BALLETS RUSSES, HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG, and PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN

• Sundance Award-winning producer and development executive Whitaker Lader

• Sebastián Hernández, Manager of Original Film at Netflix, where they work on the development and production of original feature films

• Max Geschwind of CAA Media Finance, who advises on film financing, packaging, and marketplace strategy

• Jordan Cerf, Partner and Head of Literary at Linden Entertainment, a manager and producer who represents writers, directors, and authors and previously spent fifteen years as an agent at WME

• Darcy Heusel, whose career has included leadership roles at NEON, Picture Motion, and most recently as founder of Outside, where she works at the intersection of acquisitions, distribution, audience engagement, and community building

#BFF26 #BendFilmFest26 #BendFilmBasecamp

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¿Buscas películas mexicanas con historias de amor entre hombres gay? Aquí tienes 7 títulos que vale la pena conocer:

• En el camino (David Pablos, 2026)
• El fin de las primeras veces (Rafael Ruiz Espejo, 2025)
• Cuatro lunas (Sergio Tovar Velarde, 2014)
• El cielo dividido (Julián Hernández, 2006)
• El lugar sin límites (Arturo Ripstein, 1977)
• Te llevo conmigo (Heidi Ewing, 2020)
• Straight (Marcelo Tobar, 2023)

Algunas de estas películas pueden encontrarse en plataformas como Prime Video, HBO Max, YouTube y Nuestro Cine MX.

¿Cuáles ya viste y cuál agregarías a la lista? 🇲🇽🎬🍿

#cine #gay #México #películas #Manews

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How it started. How it went.
After losing her dad, Hege took a chance on Pasvik Folk High School. At first, she hated it. New people. New surroundings. A world far outside her comfort zone.
Then something changed.
Watch Hege's journey in Folktales.
Stream on Netflix now.

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FOLKTALES is now streaming on Netflix! You and your pets will love this one.

@fifthseason @topicstudiosofficial

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FOLKTALES is now on @netflix US!

Filmed over an extended period at Pasvik Folk High School in Northern Norway, FOLKTALES follows teenagers Hege, Romain and Bjørn as they leave the comforts of home and enter the world of the Arctic wilderness. Freed of technology, social media and the noise of modern life - they must rely on themselves and a pack of loyal sled dogs as they to take the step from childhood into adulthood.

Watch @folktalesfilm documentary on Netflix US.

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Unlock Your Stone Age Brain - @folktalesfilm coming to @netflix US tomorrow!! #folktalesdocumentary #documentary #netflix

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1 DAY TO GO until @folktalesfilm hits @Netflix US 📣#folktalesdocumentary #netflix #comingsoon #documentary

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Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's stunning film FOLKTALES will be available on Netflix beginning this Friday September 4th. So proud to be a part of the this beautiful, tender and inspiring film.

I made the music, and am grateful to my collaborators, Jay Rodriguez and Stuart Bogie, who played reeds and winds, and especially to Zosha Warpeha, who played the Hardanger d”amour and served as music consultant, introducing me to a kaleidoscope of Nordic traditions. Dash Hammerstein and Elizabeth P. W. were indispensable in the studio during the long process of making this score. Blair French contributed some great additional music, and remixes.

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