Several projects by School of the Arts alums are on the slate for this year's Gotham Week Project Market.
The Gotham’s Project Market is a meetings-driven forum connecting new fiction and documentary projects in development with key industry executives interested in identifying projects for development, financing, or distribution. It is the longest-running event of its kind in the United States. The event—a centerpiece of the annual film and media calendar—will take place September 29 through October 3 in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
In addition to opportunities for feedback and pitching, artists who participate in the Project Market often walk away with career-spanning relationships with distributors, financiers, production companies, festival programmers, sales and talent agents, collaborators, and others. Recent Project Market alums include Sean Wang’s Dìdi (弟弟) (Focus Features)a and Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (A24).
See below for a list of School of the Arts filmmakers heading to the project market:
Radio Silence
Directed by Sameh Zoabi '05
Produced by Sam Bisbee (CC '90) and Jamin OBrien, written by Joe Vinciguerra
US Features in Development Section
Radio Silence follows a reclusive man, cast out by his Maine community, who embarks on a journey to reckon with his past and the prejudices that tore his family apart.
Places I’ve Called My Own
Written and directed by Sushma Khadepaun '20
US Shorts to Features Section
The film is a delicate portrait of a queer woman reconciling with the tensions between her role as an estranged daughter and her own desire for motherhood.
Rainbow Girls
Written and Directed by Nana Duffuor '25
US Shorts to Features Section
As San Francisco’s tech boom gentrifies their community, three young Black trans women launch a string of robberies targeting the city’s most exclusive retailers.
These projects are making waves and we’re here for the ride! Check out the full Gotham Project Market Slate here.
