The Parity Pipeline is a programming initiative from Film Fatales that provides a direct conduit for film festival programmers, production companies and other film industry executives to find projects directed by filmmakers from underrepresented communities in an effort towards more inclusive programming and hiring practices.
Filmmakers submit their project details and demographic information for inclusion in a robust database searchable by a variety of categories, including genre, format, development phase, and filmmaker demographics. Participating festival programmers and industry representatives can search this database for diverse content and to offer submission waivers, discounts and invitations to filmmakers. The Film Fatales programming team also uses this database to compile lists of recommendations and individual letters of support for specific funding, development and screening opportunities.
During this beta phase, the Parity Pipeline is exclusively for projects directed by members of Film Fatales. Pro members may submit up to three projects.
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Projects in development through post can be added to the Parity Pipeline to be recommended for pitching opportunities, development labs, incubators, production grants, finishing funds, and post-production support. Often, production companies and development executives will contact us with requests for projects that meet certain criteria and we will use the database to generate a curated list of projects they might be interested in supporting. Other times, development labs or funders will offer submission discounts or waivers to projects in the parity pipeline.
Completed features, documentaries and shorts directed by Film Fatales Pro members can be submitted to the Parity Pipeline program to be recommended for distribution opportunities and screening series outside of the film festival circuit. Our team uses this database to recommend projects to sales agents and distributors, as well as independent theaters and programmers looking to curate screening series amplifying marginalized voices.
To be recommended for labs, incubators, shadowing programs, representation, and director-for-hire jobs, Pro members can add a directing reel or comparable work sample to the Parity Pipeline and choose “Directing Reel” for the Project Type.
Upon acceptance, you will receive a welcome letter with more information and access to a private website for participants in the Parity Pipeline. You will also receive a monthly Pipeline Newsletter with details about upcoming opportunities, deadlines, discount codes, and submission links. Previous participants have reported saving hundreds of dollars on application fees and have been connected to funders, agents, managers, and industry decision makers through their participation in this initiative. We look forward to supporting you and your work!
As a general rule, only upload materials that you are comfortable sharing with industry representatives. For example, you might include a pitch deck rather than a screenplay draft, or a trailer rather than a rough cut. When a film festival programmer or industry representative expresses interest in your project, we will connect you with them directly to follow up with additional information as needed.
Project information about films in development are shared with a select list of funders, labs, incubators, and industry executives. Project information for films on the festival circuit are shared with hundreds of film festival programmers. Full length screeners are only shared with individual festival programmers with explicit consent by the filmmaker. Filmmakers will also have the opportunity to share additional information as requested.
No, Film Fatales Pro members can add up to three projects to the Parity Pipeline.
Film Fatales members can login to the website to update or remove their projects anytime.
Please login to the member portal to update your project information.
