As the industry encounters a wave of diversity, equity and inclusion rollbacks, Amy Adams, filmmaker Karyn Kusama and Telluride Film Festival executive director Julie Huntsinger are booked to discuss representation in front of the next generation.
The trio will participate in a student-led Q&A panel as part of the Archer Film Festival at the Writers Guild Theater in Los Angeles on April 11. The chat, for Archer School for Girls students and aspiring filmmakers, is designed to focus on “pressing questions of how to create meaningful change for women in film, both in front of and behind the camera, within a rapidly shifting industry,” per the school.
The Archer Film Fest is an entirely student-led and organized effort that seeks to empower female filmmakers and amplify underrepresented voices. In addition to the Q&A, the fest will screen a selection of finalist films. More than 300 student-produced film submissions were received from more than 30 countries. Warner Bros. Television Group, Flawless, Mark Gordon Pictures, Paramount, Apache, Campfire Studios and Paramount Pictures sponsor the fest.
Oscar nominated Adams is coming off the release of Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch. Her other credits include Junebug, Enchanted, The Fighter, The Master, Arrival, American Hustle, Big Eyes, Sharp Objects, Vice, Man of Steel and many more. She next stars in Klara and the Sun, At the Sea and the upcoming Cape Fear reboot.
Kusama most recently directed the first two episodes of AMC’s horror anthology series, The Terror: The Devil In Silver which premieres in 2025. She’s an executive producer of Showtime’s Yellowjackets. Her directing credits include Destroyer, The Invitation, Jennifer’s Body, Aeon Flux and Girlfight.
Huntsinger has steered the Colorado festival over the past 18 years. The former producer began her career in the film business in 1993 when she worked alongside late Telluride founder and co-director Tom Luddy at Francis Ford Coppola’s film studio American Zoetrope. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
More details on Archer and the fest can be found here.
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