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Stand Up to Cancer and American Airlines Summer 2026 PSA and Campaign. Featuring @su2c Ambassador, Lily Collins and incredible individuals from the SU2C network of survivors, Doctors, scientists and caretakers. Visit su2c.org to learn more and give. 💪🏼✈️❤️
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🌻 From panels and festivals to the 2026 Rough Cut Retreat, Catapult had a wonderful summer. Here's some highlights! 🌟 Our Chief Program Officer, Co-Director @megangelstein participated in the panel "Seed Money: A Funding Case Study" at @dcdoxfest. 🎥 Catapult hosted a roundtable for the Lights, Coffee, Action event at this year's Getting Real Conference in LA. At the conference, our Co-Director, COO @theresaxtine reunited with the team of @theydreamfilm (2021 Development Grant, 2025 Rough Cut Retreat)! 🌉 Three Catapult-supported films screened at the SF Jewish Film Festival this year: AMAZING LIVE SEA MONKEYS (2017 Development Grant), @americanzoofilm (2023 Development Grant), and @theoldestpersonintheworld (2016 Development Grant). Also: more photos from this year's fantastic Rough Cut Retreat! #CatapultFilmFund #SanFranciscoJewishFilmFestival #GettingReal #DCDOX #RoughCutRetreat
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🌄🛶 We're back from another amazing Rough Cut Retreat spent with our long-time partners @truefalsefilmfest and an incredible cohort of filmmakers and mentors. The teams immersed themselves in screenings and discussions with fresh and inspiring insights from the industry mentors. Collaboration and creativity flourished by the campfire, on hikes, and over many shared meals. We can’t wait to see what lies ahead for these film teams! Special thanks to our venue partner @hilltown.commons, as well as our generous supporters Wyncote Foundation and Grace Lay–LinLay Productions. #2026RoughCutRetreat #RoughCutRetreat #CatapultFilmFund #TrueFalseFilmFest
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🎬 2026 Rough Cut Retreat 🎬 @vestibulefilm Director/Editor @rileshoops Editor Claire Ave'Lallemant VESTIBULE is the story of one woman’s fight for sexual health, pleasure, and bodily autonomy. Combining verite footage with imaginative dance sequences and intimate voiceover, Riley chronicles her decade-long journey with Vestibulodynia — a vulvovaginal disorder. What feels like a failure of her body becomes an invitation to advocate for herself, redefine sex, and claim pleasure as important. And what begins as a quest for pain-free intercourse becomes a multigenerational story of resilience, dignity, and self-discovery. Catapult and @truefalsefilmfest Rough Cut Retreat #TrueFalseFilmFest #Catapult #RoughCutRetreat2026 #RoughCutRetreat #Vestibule
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We have wrapped production on VESTIBULE!!!!!!!!!!!! These images are from our final dance shoot, and I couldn’t be more thrilled and proud to share them. The first image has been burned into my brain since the early days, when our team was only me and producer @seemaybe. Ten years later, under the expert leadership of producer @brynsilverman, we were able to bring that image, and so many others I had imagined for so long, to life. It was a powerful experience to make what existed in my mind manifest as reality—to create a beautiful space to tell my story, process, and heal. It was all possible only because of the hard work and dedication of our incredible team. You’re all such wonderful humans and exceptionally good at what you do. The last image is me beaming at choreographer @jdisc.mov, grateful for her collaboration in helping bring it all to life. I’d like to extend that same beaming joy and gratitude to our entire team: Producer: @brynsilverman On Set AP: @lplotkin DP: @fletcher_wolfe Verite DPs: @oradekorn @gracie_pendleton @bridget_joan 1st ACs: @willapisarski @orphan_dannie Gaffer: @mel.nesteruk Grip: @anniedg1326 @jlbeezy Swing: @samwarga @yam.pind Sound: Julia McGill @sound_speeds Production Designer: @katvancleave Art Assistants: @en.ga.la @bryan.herrera HMU: @adriana_andaluz Stills: @sashafoto @fletcher_wolfe DANCERS: @alex.llorca Lindsay Harwell @maddy_elliott @sndancegroup @amanda_bacallao @guallygual @_michaelaesteban @oradekorn @sashafoto @lilyfranceshenderson @annamyriad @jdisc.mov Susan Cohen DeStafano @caitbrzezin @seemaybe @katiekopajtic @sebi_spaghetti @sarahrachaelwainio @kristinmcparker @nonialley Mom 💗 Shot at @studio121bk - thank you Alain!!!
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Though Sebastián’s life & career were cut short, he left behind stunning art we can take with us into the future. This is a non-exhaustive list of projects he was involved in that are recently/about to be released. Please interact with these films with enthusiasm but most especially with kindness as everyone who knew/loved/worked with Sebastián is grieving. & believe me when I say they are some of the best humans you’ll meet. 🎥 https://www.sebastianlr.com/ https://vimeo.com/sebastianlr 🎥Art21’s new episode titled “Human Nature” was special to Sebastián. Filming @lenkaclaytonstudio meant witnessing an artist make work, foster community, & build a family with a fellow artist - all things he wanted to spend his life doing. Human Nature premieres Wednesday, June 10, 2026, on Art21.org and PBS Digital Platforms. @jules_rico , @andreaycchung & @ianjforster 🎥 Sebastián was a cinematographer on @comparsafilm . The film follows @rolelaspapas , @lupe_canel & their community at @peronia_adolescente in la Ciudad Peronia, Guatemala as they ‘use art & performance to heal deep wounds.’ Look out for screenings & distribution. Dir.s @dougafresh @vickiecur 🎥Variations on Violence by @moosemeace premiered this year. Sebastián was Assistant Camera on the project. The film has already won multiple awards at festivals & Zach tells me it’s as weird as can be. I can’t wait to see it. Follow & support. 🎥 @vestibulefilm is an in progress film by @rileshoops . Sebastián provided additional cinematography. Follow the project & support their process as they move through production & post production. Choreo by @jdisc.mov 🎥 @puddysticksmovie is a film by @meganseely_ . As a friend & collaborator, Sebastián flew down to Florida before the pandemic to lend a hand with the preproduction process. Catch an upcoming screening. 🎥 Humbolt USA is a feature doc dedicated to Sebastián, created by @gasvatek , & shot by Anthony & cinematographer @seen.hanley . I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this several times & would watch it again in a heartbeat. Follow this film and look out for screenings near you/online.
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ENKIDU International is excited to announce our support of @vestibulefilm — a feature documentary directed by @rileshoops, chronicling her decade-long journey to diagnose and treat a vulvovaginal pelvic pain condition, exploring themes of sexual health, pleasure, bodily autonomy, and intergenerational healing in the process. We’re honored to support the filmmaking team, led by producers @seemaybe and @brynsilverman, at this exciting stage as they wrap production and move into post-production. ENKIDU is dedicated to championing dynamic and diverse stories, rooted in what is real and reaching for what is possible, and we’re proud to support this powerful project.
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@vestibulefilm has recieved the @kyfound4women Artist Enrichment Grant! The grant is part of a $182,568 initiative supporting 46 feminist artists and arts organizations across Kentucky committed to creating positive social change. Congratulations Producer @brynsilverman and the entire team on securing the grant, which will enable the team to finish production of the feature documentary, which chronicles Riley Hooper’s decade-long journey to diagnose, treat, and heal from Vestibulodynia — a vulvar disorder that made intercourse painful — and transforming it into a multigenerational story of resilience, dignity, and self-discovery. Director: @rileshoops Producer: @seemaybe Consulting Editor: @itsaclaireaffair DP: @oradekorn #nonfiction #nonfictionhotlist #documentary #vestibulefilm
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On this very day, 10 years ago, I asked my dear friend @sashafoto to film my gynecologist appointment. I had no idea that small ask would become the first step toward a film that would take more than a decade to make, and would impact my life profoundly. Thank you Sasha, and the core team of friends and collaborators who’ve shown up with empathy and care to help me tell this story 🥹 Producers: @seemaybe & @brynsilverman DP: @oradekorn Consulting Editor: @itsaclaireaffair Choreographer: @jdisc.mov Movement consultants: @amanda.krische @maggiesegale & @calimme
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Congratulations to @vestibulefilm for being selected by @nyscouncilonthearts for a $10,000 grant as part of a statewide initiative supporting individual artists and creative projects. NYSCA grants like this one support the creation of new work, helping filmmakers develop, produce, and share original projects that enrich New York’s cultural landscape. The award is part of a larger $63 million investment aimed at sustaining creative careers, expanding access to the arts, and strengthening arts and culture across New York State. Director: @rileshoops Producer: @brynsilverman Producer: @seemaybe Consulting Editor: @itsaclaireaffair DP: @oradekorn #nonfiction #nonfictionhotlist #documentary #vestibulefilm
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Congratulations to @vestibulefilm on receiving the @sffilm Rainin Filmmakers with Disabilities Grant. The grant supports filmmakers with disabilities, helping them tell stories that expand understanding and representation in film. It is part of a larger Artist Development initiative supporting narrative and documentary films through a total of $543K in awards. Congratulations to Director @rileshoops, Producer @brynsilverman and the entire Vestibule team on this well-deserved win! Producer: @seemaybe Consulting Editor: @itsaclaireaffair DP: @oradekorn #nonfiction #nonfictionhotlist #documentary #vestibulefilm
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Honored to be a recipient of the Rainin Filmmakers with Disabilities grant from @sffilm! Although I never identified as someone with a disability for the entire decade I dealt with symptoms and sought treatment for Vestibulodynia, I recognize now that vulvovaginal and pelvic pain conditions are silent disabilities. These conditions are debilitating on their own, but patriarchy in medicine means there are few resources or effective treatments. Stigma and shame around vulvas and sex add yet another barrier. For years, I dismissed the pain I was experiencing, and confided only in my mom.  If someone had given me permission to name what I was experiencing as a disability—one that limited my life in profound ways—perhaps I could have avoided isolation and shame. I might have even accessed proper care sooner. On the other side of symptoms and treatment, I am honored to use this film and this support to advocate for people still living with these conditions.
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