@chantelclark: What is your biggest concern with the future? When I start to feel encouraged about the positive changes in our industry, I seem to notice twice as many regressive and troubling happenings outside of it. In a city like New York there’s such a big film community I worry that it’s easy to get… Read More @chantelclark: What is your biggest conc

@chantelclark: What’s a defining moment in your life? At 22 I was accepted into the Film MFA program at Columbia University and I moved from Cape Town to New York. The move has largely defined my 20s, especially because I’d been working towards it since I was 18. The first two years here I was… Read More @chantelclark: What’s a defining moment

@chantelclark: Why did you decide to get into this industry? As a child one of my favorite things to do was to go to my local video store (which then became a DVD store, and sadly finally closed this year) and spend at least an hour finding the perfect film. At the time that meant… Read More @chantelclark: Why did you decide to get

@laurensowa: What are you working on next? In addition, if people want to find out more about you, where can they find you on social media? I have several film projects in various stages of production, and I’m always looking for good stories to help produce, and complex women characters to play. . My website… Read More @laurensowa: What are you working on nex

@laurensowa: What, if anything, do you collect? I hadn’t thought of it this way, but I suppose I ‘collect” collaborators. When you find a person that you click with and you work well together, you want to hold onto them. Making art is challenging, and the more you can surround yourself with friends and colleagues,… Read More @laurensowa: What, if anything, do you c

@laurensowa: What advice do you have for other women in the industry? Support each other. Share each other’s work. Hire each other. . . . #thereelwomen #girlboss #women #womenoflight #supportindiefilm #horror #female #indiefilm #film #television #filmmaking #media #art #FilmEquality #womeninfilm #femalefilmmakers #empoweringwomen #womenempower #betterhollywood #womendirect #HireaMs #shortfilm #movielover #webseries #womenpower #feminism #WIF #crowdfunding #FF #womenempowerment

@laurensowa: What is a successful moment in your career so far? Every time I book a job, or create art, it feels like a success. I’ve been blessed with some really wonderful roles on stage and screen. A short I produced is currently available on HBO. It’s called Marisol. I also booked my first co-star… Read More @laurensowa: What is a successful moment

@laurensowa: What is your biggest concern with the future? Sustainability. Both in the career sense and for our planet. . . . #thereelwomen #girlboss #women #womenoflight #supportindiefilm #horror #female #indiefilm #film #television #filmmaking #media #art #FilmEquality #womeninfilm #femalefilmmakers #empoweringwomen #womenempower #betterhollywood #womendirect #HireaMs #shortfilm #movielover #webseries #womenpower #feminism #WIF #crowdfunding #FF #womenempowerment

@laurensowa: What’s a defining moment in your life? When I got my acceptance letter to NYU it felt like a real life-changing moment. Growing up in small town Pennsylvania, it felt so right moving to New York. I was blessed with incredible training at Tisch, and living in New York City is a constant education… Read More @laurensowa: What’s a defining moment in

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