ALISA LAPIDUS & NATASHA SUBRAMANIAM
Directors, Zergüt
Premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival
and Telluride Film Festival (U.S. Premiere)

The opera ain’t over even after the WIF Lady sings.  The Women In Film Foundation Film Finishing Fund (FFF) takes great pride in the success of our grantees.  Here is the second of 8 interviews that we'll be unspooling until April 29th.  We’ll be revisiting some of our past winners to discuss the life of an independent filmmaker in today’s digital world and to see what winning a grant meant for their film and for them.

This week we talk with Alisa Lapidus and Natasha Subramaniam, the directors of Zergüt which was part of our 2011 FFF grant cycle.  Producer and WIFF Trustee, Cathleen Summers conducts the interviews.

 
KARIN CHIEN
Producer, Circumstance
2012 Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition Audience Award Winner

The opera ain’t over even after the WIF Lady sings.  The Women In Film Foundation Film Finishing Fund (FFF) takes great pride in the success of our grantees.  Over the next 8 weeks we’ll be revisiting some of our past winners to discuss the life of an independent filmmaker in today’s digital world and to see what winning a grant meant for their film and for them.

This week we talk with Karin Chien, the producer of Circumstance which was part of our 2010 FFF grant cycle.  Producer and WIFF Trustee, Cathleen Summers conducts the interviews.

PSA Program Chair, Bonnie Spence says, “I am very proud to announce great news for the much-honored WIF PSA Program.  We are launching distribution for our “Saddles for Soldiers” PSA.  This program, run by the Shadow Hills Riding Club, is specifically designed to help veterans cope with long-term depression and re-establish life skills after returning from combat to civilian life.