FILMMAKER RESIDENCY PROGRAM LAUNCHED

LMC Media recently announced the successful launch of the Future Filmmaker Program featuring Sara Ettinger and Bella Pianko, students from the Sound Shore area. Matt Sullivan, LMC”™s executive director, said, “Fostering a love of storytelling in the next generation is crucial to fulfilling our mission of connecting the community through media. I”™m thrilled that we can provide the resources and platform for students to hone and share their craft with the world. We hope to find additional funding to support and grow this program so we can continue to bring this opportunity to as many students as possible.” 

Each semester, a local high school student is chosen to serve as LMC”™s resident student filmmaker ”“ any interested student can apply. Students are hired by LMC and given access to a full suite of filmmaking equipment with which they can create, film and edit on their own schedule during their residency. LMC also provides pre-production, production and post-production guidance from professional filmmaking staff, as well as a budget, actors and filming schedules with deadlines. 

“This program is unique ”” there are no other programs in the Sound Shore area that provide a direct pipeline from high school filmmaking programs to a paid, professional experience like the Future Filmmaker residency. Students complete three short films during their residency and receive stipends for each. This program not only provides a professional framework for students to gain real-world experience, it gives voice to the teen experience and brings their vision of the community into the spotlight,” said Sullivan. 

Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community Television (LMC Media) was founded in 1983 as a nonprofit organization to connect, create and inform the community through the use of digital media about the issues that matter most to the community.