Posted: Mon., Oct. 15, 2007, 3:14pm PT

WIF, GM announce Grant winners

Accelaration honor awarded to five filmmakers

Woman In Film and General Motors have announced the five winners of their Acceleration Grant for Emerging Filmmakers.

The winners are Jamie Taucher from Sedona, AZ; Julia Kots from New York; Connie M. Florez from Honolulu, and Joyce Lee and Mabel Valdiviezo, both from San Francisco.

The five winners will receive a six-day broa-based immersion program on the movie industry as part of the grant.

Grant is a program of the WIF/GM Alliance, whose goal is to support filmmakers from underrepresented communities.


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