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Netflix renews TakeTen to support underrepresented filmmakers

Netflix has revealed findings from its latest study with the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which shows "notable improvements" for women and people from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.

From 2018 to 2021, Netflix achieved gender equality in leading roles in U.S. films and increased the number of women behind the camera, according to a USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report released on Thursday.

The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study shows Netflix’s prioritization of women of color; Latino, LGBTQ+ and disability representation lacking.

Netflix and the Transgender Film Center (TFC) are working to create a 12-week professional development lab for transgender and nonbinary filmmakers. The Career Development Lab will focus on eight filmmakers to help them accelerate their careers for its inaugural class. Funded by Netflix’s Fund for Creative Equity,

Film Independent announced today the six Fellows and their projects selected for its Amplifier Fellowship.

Film Independent announced today the six Fellows and their projects selected for its Amplifier Fellowship. The 2023 Film Independent Amplifier Fellowship is…

Netflix and imagineNATIVE have partnered to provide grants to five Indigenous filmmakers working in the horror, thriller or futurism genres, in honour of Jeff Barnaby, writer and director of Blood Quantum and Rhymes for Young Ghouls.

Seven women based in Northern Ireland have been selected to take part in this year’s Women in Film and TV Four Nations Mentoring Scheme, sponsored by Netflix.

LatinX in Animation (LXiA) and Netflix open submissions for Latinx animation filmmakers and artists towards the production of an independent animated short film