Blanket Fort Films Student Projects
Blanket Fort Films is a nonprofit film production company that empowers filmmakers from underrepresented communities (LGBTQ, POC, and Women) through cost-free access to motion picture education and gear.
We’re the second year of students to be completing this program which includes creating and producing These short films with your help:
-A dramedy featuring a young queer millennial reconciling what it means to be single.
-A Sci-fi dystopian future where femmes have been pushed into hiding by rampant toxic masculinity.
-A creative video celebrating local queer and trans performers of color!
-A visual exploration of identity that challenges the construct of societal labels.
To ensure these films are made to the best of our ability, we’re hoping to reach a goal of $3,000 to be split amongst our three film concepts. This budget will allow us to pay our talent, locations/permits, provide craft services, and for makeup/costumes, SFX and other miscellaneous costs that filmmaking often requires.
Perks:
$200 or More:
- Dinner for two at selected local Seattle restaurant. ANNOUNCED: One of our $200+ donor will receive a fine dining experience at the shooting locations of one of the student films: The infamous Vito's on First Hill. "What happens at Vito's stays at Vito's"
-Special thanks in the credits of each film
-Advance digital download all films (donor may choose which one)
-Behind the scenes footage
-Reserved Seats at the BFF Student Film Showcase at the NWFF - with your own bag of popcorn & drink.
-Props from the set
-T-shirt showing support for LGBTQ+, POC, and Women filmmakers
$100:
-Special thanks in the credits of each film
-Advance digital download one student film (of your choice)
-Behind the scenes footage
-Reserved Seats at the BFF Film Showcase at the NWFF - with your own bag of popcorn & drink.
-T-shirt showing support for LGBTQ+, POC, and Women filmmakers
$50:
-Behind the scenes footage
-Reserved Seats at the BFF Film Showcase at the NWFF - with your own bag of popcorn.
-T-shirt showing support for LGBTQ+, POC, and Women filmmakers
$25:
-T-shirt showing support for LGBTQ+, POC, and Women filmmakers
$10:
-The joy of making these voices heard through the power of filmmaking
Meet the class of 2018:
Carly Harmon: (she/her) A queer female outdoor and documentary filmmaker interested in directing and cinematography.
Chanthadeth Chanthalangsy: (he/him) A Khmer-Lao filmmaker who wants to use narrative storytelling to share the unwritten stories of ethnic minorities.
Deva Smith: (she/her) - A transfemme/gender fluid writer interested in directing.
Geneva Warren: (she/her) A Black advertising and marketing professional interested in screenwriting and directing.
Halil Aybar: (he/him) A Turkish asylee and an aspiring filmmaker, mostly interested in directing and/or editing.
Jace Chadwick: (they/them)- A nonbinary film student with an interest in video editing.
Jenji Zedlav: (she/her) Ice cream consumer by day, dabbling Filipinx queer always, Jenji works to empower POC and WOC through videography. Just put a camera in her hands and she'll make magic happen.
L Fried: (She/Her) A queer graphic designer, looking to working in production design and/or cinematography. Editing is cool too.
Riddhi Mukhopadhyay: (she/her) A Brown, immigrant woman, who works with survivors during the day, binge watches reality shows at night, and dreams of story telling through documentaries.
Samira Shifteh: (she/her) A queer Iranian femme, non-profit worker, and community activist interested in documentaries and cinematography.
Yeni López Sleidi: (they/them) A genderqueer Cuban immigrant who films stuff, writes stuffs, draws stuff, and is a real person with feelings.