New Partnership Aims to Fund Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers
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Primetime and Breaking Through The Lens (BTTL) have announced a strategic partnership at the Cannes Film Festival to create new financing channels for women and non-binary filmmakers. The collaboration formalizes their work on the project 'Last Train Home' and provides access to grants and investors. Following Cannes, Primetime's founder members will vote on allocating funds for the annual cohort.
Facts First
- A new partnership between Primetime and Breaking Through The Lens (BTTL) was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival.
- The alliance aims to create financing channels for women and non-binary filmmakers in film and television.
- It formalizes an ongoing collaboration on the project 'Last Train Home', starring Emma D’Arcy.
- The partnership provides access to grants, philanthropic donors, and private investors through BTTL's nonprofit infrastructure.
- Primetime's founder members will soon vote on allocating funds for the annual cohort.
What Happened
Primetime and Breaking Through The Lens (BTTL) unveiled a strategic partnership at the Cannes Film Festival. The partnership aims to create new financing channels for women and non-binary filmmakers by combining Primetime’s model of bundling in-kind production support, star talent, and private finance with BTTL’s dual-jurisdiction nonprofit infrastructure. BTTL holds 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in the United States and is registered as a social support charity in Greece. The collaboration formalizes an ongoing partnership on the project 'Last Train Home', written and directed by Jessi Gutch and starring Emma D’Arcy.
Why this Matters to You
If you are a woman or non-binary filmmaker, this partnership may provide you with new, structured access to grants, philanthropic donors, and private investors. For audiences, this could lead to a wider variety of stories and perspectives reaching screens, as more diverse projects secure funding and production support.
What's Next
Following Cannes, Primetime founder members will vote on the allocation of funds for the annual cohort, with options including film funds and development grants. Founder membership for Primetime remains open year-round. The inaugural fund winner, the short film 'Truckload', directed by Aella Jordan-Edge and starring Jodie Whittaker, is currently running in the short film corner at Cannes.