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Vanessa Kirby’s Aluna Entertainment Sets Second Round of Initiative for Emerging Female Filmmakers
Vanessa Kirby's production company Aluna Entertainment has announced the return of Aluna Labs, its program to support emerging female filmmakers.
The first edition of Aluna Labs engaged creatives and executives including Molly Manning Walker (“How to Have Sex”), Rebecca Lenkiewicz (“Ida,” “She Said”), Carrie Cracknell (“Persuasion”) Stacey Gregg (“Here Before,” “Bally Walter”) Farhana Bhula (Film4’s head of creative), Teresa Moneo (head of European Studio Film at Netflix), Kristin Irving (BBC Film commissioner), Sammy Wong (Home Team), Moss Barclay (See-Saw), Rohina Cameron Perrera (Brock Media) and Helen Simmons (“Hoard”) amongst many others. Participants on board were Nosa Eke, Sophie Ellerby, Cordelia Lynn, Rebecca Murrell, Chloe Pirrie, Stephanie Street, Abigail Thorn, Corinne Walker, Meghan Shandley, Matilda Neill, Helen Murray, Annie Jenkins, Bryher Flanders, Jess Edwards, Sylvie Briggs, Sasha Briggs, Mina Barber, Anastasiya Ador and Sofia Barclay. “Night Always Comes,” based on the 2021 novel by Willy Vlautin, stars Kirby (who also produces) alongside Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagen, Stephan James, Julia Fox, Eli Roth, Randall Park and Michael Kelly.
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