[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Key West Film Festival is pleased to announce the inaugural Kimberly Peirce Scholarship for Student Filmmakers. Scholarships totaling $3000 will be presented by Peirce at the festival’s annual awards ceremony. Ms. Peirce
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Key West Film Festival is pleased to announce the inaugural Kimberly Peirce Scholarship for Student Filmmakers. Scholarships totaling $3000 will be presented by Peirce at the festival’s annual awards ceremony. Ms. Peirce will also grant one-on-one sessions to the scholarship recipients to further chat about their projects and careers. Student filmmakers can submit their film to this year’s festival by clicking here .
KWFF has been awarding scholarships to student-filmmakers since 2015 and is honored to have the scholarships now be given in her name. Peirce, a native of Florida, received the 2019 Golden Key Award from KWFF on the 20th Anniversary of the release of her groundbreaking film Boys Don’t Cry , which earned numerous honors including Oscar nominations for Hilary Swank and co-star Chloë Sevigny, and an Oscar win for Swank.
Peirce subsequently co-wrote and directed Stop-Loss , an emotionally penetrating drama inspired by her brother’s military service in Iraq. In 2013 she directed a masterful remake of Carrie that won the People’s Choice Award. In television, Kimberly has directed acclaimed episodes of American Crime , Turn , Halt And Catch Fire , Manhattan , Six , I Love Dick , Dear White People , P-Valley , and Kidding . She is Executive Producer and Director of Impact at A&E. Her upcoming projects include: This Is Jane , the true story of an underground abortion ring in 1960s Chicago, and Untitled , a butch femme romantic sex comedy.
A tireless activist for human and civil rights, Kimberly is a proud Governor of the Academy of Motion Pictures and head of the Diversity Committee; an Executive Board member of the DGA; and a founding member of REFRAME, an industry-wide effort to end discrimination against women and people of color. She is a member of TIME’S UP and the WGA.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
