Girls' Voices Now.
Our youth development program empowers the next generation of youth from under-resourced communities to find, develop, and use their voice for social change through filmmaking.
What to Expect:
- A free, intensive summer film program to train in the technical and practical art of documentary filmmaking.
- Free, year-round engagement and creative learning about feminism, social change, and filmmaking.
- Personal, academic, and professional development, surrounded by supportive, like-minded peers and mentors, while having fun!
Why We Do This.
- A girl's ability to use her voice should not depend on her access to financial resources.
- A more diverse and representative film industry promotes equally diverse and representative narratives of women and girls.
- Investing in the next generation of filmmakers and activists will help to advance gender equality.
How We Do This.
Our Girls’ Voices Now sponsors and supporters make this program possible. We do this in partnership with you!
Watch Youth Films.
See the films produced in previous years of our Girls’ Voices Now summer program.
Interested?
Applicants must be:
- Up to 22 years of age
- Currently living in Los Angeles County
No prior filmmaking experience required.
The program is entirely free and all participants who complete the program receive a stipend.
“My experience with Women’s Voices Now was amazing and life-changing. We built friendships that will last, we built connections that will help us navigate to places, and we built confidence, confidence within ourselves and in our voices.”
– Sissi R., Girls’ Voices Now 2019
Currently, Sissi is enrolled as a Film Studies major at UC Santa Barbara
Watch Our 2023 Films.
Four women in positions of power discuss the hardships and triumphs of working in today’s world.
A girl meets a guy online and realizes that he has different expectations of her than she has of herself.
Three girls share their journey overcoming the impact of beauty standards on their self-esteem.
Challenges and struggles within the immigrant experience that can also birth moments of beauty.
Watch Our 2022 Films.
On the disadvantages, girls and non-gender conforming students face in the education system.
Watch Our 2021 Films.
Watch Our 2020 Films.
Navigating the teenage experience of hyper-sexualization, in media, at school, and at home.
Watch Our 2019 Films.
Media representations of immigrants dehumanize the people they portray. A visual companion to a poem written on the undocumented experience.
Girl athletes face underfunding and inequity throughout their time in school. Let’s inspire people to support their local girls’ sports teams.
The media often portrays unrealistic standards that damage self-esteem and confidence of those who do not meet “ideal” beauty standards.
Watch Our 2018 Films.
Entering womanhood isn’t always easy. When encountering periods, women and young girls often have to “go with the flow”
Following teenagers in the POC community who are battling mental illness and how it affects them in their everyday life.
Colorism and the stigmas faced by the underground drag performance community of Los Angeles, California.
Like any other teenage girl, Mehrin tries to navigate her way through high school. Once the scarf is on, she’s a stereotype.
Our Sponsors.
We want to give a special thank you to our sponsors who make our summer program and year-round offerings possible.
Interested in becoming a Girls’ Voices Now sponsor?
Contact us to learn more about our sponsorship packages, which include logo visibility, social media mentions, and opportunities for community engagement.
We look forward to working with you!
This program is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture.
