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Kids In The Spotlight Celebrates New Production Studio with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
PRESS CONTACT: Ally Trakas FleishmanHillard 1-314-312-9504 ally.trakas@fleishman.com PRESS RELEASE March 30, 2023 NON-PROFIT KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT CELEBRATES NEW PRODUCTION STUDIO WITH RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY The event honored one of the first...
HFPA Awardee KITS Hires Alumni for New Studio Construction
HFPA Capital Funding Supports the Production Studio with Purpose Kids In The Spotlight (KITS) has been an annual awardee of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) since 2016, enjoying the company of such fellow awardees as OutFest, Women in Film, and...
New KITS Film Rite of Passage Explores Themes of Life, Death, and Fate
Production Attracts Praise for KITS from High-Profile Staff and Set VolunteersIn late August 2022, Kids In The Spotlight (KITS) produced Rite of Passage, a short film written by and starring transitional age youth enrolled in KITS’ University of Southern...
Mo McRae Directs Rainy Days by Competition Winner James Gutierrez
High-End Production Included Top Gun: MaverickCamera, Rain Set, KITS Youth ExtrasIn May 2021, Kids In The Spotlight Kids In The Spotlight Kids In The Spotlight Kids In The Spotlight (KITS) announced the winner of the second annualKITS National Short Screenplay...
KITS Film Awards-Winning Film Official Selection for the East LA Film Festival (ELAFF)
2021 KITS Film Awards-winning film, Treachery In Boyle Heights , is an official selection for the East LA Film Festival. The film will screen at the East Los Angeles College Campus on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 4pm. The Festival runs from September 30, 2022 through...
KITS Film “Bully” Selected by Chicago’s Black Harvest Film Festival
Screenwriting Competition Winner Rodney Jackson-Brown to Attend In Person 2020 KITS National Short Screenplay Competition winner Bully is an official selection at Chicago’s prestigious Black Harvest Film Festival. Directed in 2021 by David Mahmoudieh, Bully is a...
Important KITS Events
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March
KITS Studio Ribbon Cutting
KITS is proud to announce the Production Studio with Purpose is officially open and ready for your production needs after its official ribbon cutting.
06
AUGUST
Deadline Short Scripts For 2023
Open exclusively to current and former foster youth, ages 18-24, please submit your short scripts (10 pages or less) to submissions@kitsinc.org by 11:59pm PST on August 6th.
04
November
KITS Film Awards
Join us November 4th at Paramount Pictures Studios as Hollywood brightest stars help shine the spotlight on foster-impacted and inner-city young filmmakers!