Picture Motion

📌 ATTN FILMMAKERS: Late summer marks the unofficial start of awards season. With Venice, Telluride, and TIFF setting the tone in the weeks ahead, here are the festival deadlines to have on your radar right now. #FilmFestivals #IndependentFilmmaker #IndieFilm

📣 @DOCNYCfest's Pitch Day submissions are open for docs with a work-in-progress feature. 8 projects pitch live for real-time feedback. 2 win $30,000 non-recoupable grants. 🗓 Apply by Aug 7, 5PM ET 🎬 Pitch Day: Nov 12 ➡️ docnyc.net/pitchday2026 #DocNYC #PitchDay

🗽'THC INC' premieres 8/11 at @QuadCinema. A doc on today's high-potency marijuana industry & impact on youth + public health. Panel after with Dr. @KevinSabet, @SohrabAhmari, and @nickgillespie. Register for this event hosted by @learnaboutsam: bit.ly/4fJTFEN #THCInc

Budgeting for a film is hard. Budgeting for its campaign is harder. Christie Grosz breaks down the real catch-22 filmmakers face funding a campaign. That's a wrap on "To Be Seen"! Ultimately, campaigns are built on resourcefulness, not resources. #ToBeSeen #FilmPublicity

'Being Heumann' opens @TIFF_NET this Sept! It tells the story of Judy Heumann and the 1977 504 Sit-in, the longest nonviolent occupation of a federal building. Directed by @sianheder, starring @ruth_madeley + @MarkRuffalo star. In theaters 11/6. #BeingHeumann #DisabilityRights

🎬Filmmakers: want your project to make a lasting impact? Join us + Nonfiction Hotlist for a practical session on building an impact campaign, from goals to distribution to community engagement. July 23rd, 11am PT/2pm ET luma.com/knopwaje #HotFilmSummer #ImpactProducing

A film starts a conversation. A campaign keeps it going. Join us for a free live webinar on how to build your impact campaign, part of Hot Film Summer. Led by our CEO, COO & Director of Strategy & Impact. ➡️ luma.com/knopwaje #HotFilmSummer #ImpactProducing

Our CEO Brian Walker is heading to Comic-Con SD and Getting Real '26 next week. He's on the "Filmmaking in the New Era" panel 7/25. If you'll be there, DM us, let's connect. #ComicCon2026 #GettingReal26

🍿 Summer watchlist: 🔸'LFG' (HBO) 🔸'Girls State' (Apple TV+) 🔸'Blink' (Disney+) 🔸'Deaf President Now' (Apple TV+) 🔸'A Real Bug's Life' (Disney+) 🔸'Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union' (HBO Max) Which one are you watching first? #SummerWatchlist #ImpactFilm

🎉 We're celebrating Disability Pride Month with @ReelAbilities Film Festival shorts on AMC+ and @sundance_now! 🎬 Here's a code for a free 30 day access to @AMCPlus: DPM30FREE amcplus.com/shows/future-of-… #DisabilityPrideMonth #ReelAbilities

It's #DisabilityPrideMonth and we're grateful to stand with organizations like @ReelAbilities, @EastersealSoCal, @NDRNadvocates, & more. Film can shift culture, and these partners turn it into policy + access for all. 🩶 #DisabilityPride #DisabilityJustice

Nobody handed Sasha Levinson a roadmap. 🗺️ Producing 'Makayla's Voice,' she learned awards season by doing it: festivals first, then a @Tribeca win, then choosing partners who'd actually champion the film. Full conversation: vimeo.com/1205565432 #ToBeSeen #AwardsSeason

'THC INC,' a doc by @WayfarerStudios, exposes today's high potency cannabis market and its toll on youth and mental health. We're expanding the film's reach with 🆓 screenings + a discussion guide for schools, parents, and educators. Host a screening: bit.ly/THC-ScreeningApp

📣 Filmmakers: @EastersealSoCal DARCYS Awards celebrates excellence in storytelling about disability across film, television, and social media. They're accepting film entries through 7/14. ⬇️ socal.easterseals.com/darcya… #DisabilityMatters #DisabilityPrideMonth

ATTN #socialimpact filmmakers: What do you want your audience to do after the credits roll? Join nonfiction hotlist + Picture Motion for "Build Your Impact Campaign: From Goals to Movement," part of Hot Film Summer. 🎬 Register: luma.com/knopwaje #Filmmakers #DocuTweet

The convo around cannabis has never been more necessary. 'THC INC.' traces cannabis from prohibition to today's high-potency marketplace & asks what it's doing to our kids. @learnaboutsam hosted a free screening on our tour last week. Where should the film go next? Tag below.⬇️

Former Amazon Studios exec turned indie producer Annalisa Shoemaker of Suncatcher Productions breaks down what it actually takes to self-distribute an Oscar-nominated documentary. Theatrical. Fundraising. Impact strategy. It's all here: vimeo.com/1205566339 #IndependentFilm