2020
APPENDIX 3: COMMUNITY FILMS AND EXPLORING CREATIVITY:
A VIRTUAL SUMMIT
The TIG team was initially planning an in-person gathering
for young filmmakers from selected organizations in
the Adobe Creativity Grants network. However, due to
the COVID-19 pandemic, the TIG team reimagined this
event to be delivered virtually in order to create further
opportunities for young creatives to connect and learn
from one another.
The new virtual nature of the summit allowed the TIG team to open the invitation to all the organizations from
the network, bringing together many young people and community leaders in ways that may not have been
seen as possible before. Each organization had the opportunity to nominate young filmmakers to be a part of
the very first Community Films and Exploring Creativity: A Virtual Summit. The young filmmakers then had the
option to submit a short-film to be featured as a part of this virtual summit, in addition to sharing which topics
they wanted industry leaders to focus on during the professional development sessions.
11 short-films were submitted and 6 original short films
were featured at the virtual summit. These short films
explored social issues such as: identity, immigration,
and environment and how it impacts them personally
and their local communities. These young filmmakers
from selected films also took part in LIVE Q&A sessions
sharing their creative process in producing their short-
films and their ongoing journey within the film world.
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