RM.19 NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER '25

VOLUME 23 // NOV 2025

The team on Canyon Road in Santa Fe

Hey hey, friends and family -

Happy Thanksgiving!! We are BACK with your monthly dose of artistic goodness. What a month it’s been!! We are celebrating wins at the Best of the Midwest Awards and another successful year of PROOF at the American Cinematheque, plus prepping for our next couple of Film Girlz Brunch events. As we close out the year, we have not stopped scheming and dreaming on our creative projects and community events!! So whether you’re a creative, a cinema lover, or a community donor, we hope you find something here that you’re into<3

Lots of love,

Imani, Jamie, & Julia

YEAR

ONE

WINS GRAND PRIZE AT BEST OF THE MIDWEST!!

We are SO grateful to have been able to represent the production team of Year One as we accepted awards for Best Casting AND Best Picture. Literally still so shocked to have received such an outpouring of love for RM.19 and Year One at such an incredible celebration of filmmakers all over the Midwest.

Jamie & Julia with fellow prize winners

Giving our acceptance speech!

Thank you to everyone who came out to support the film, the team at Midwest Film Fest for putting the event on, and our crew, cast, and all of our fellow nominees for their amazing work!!

Year One team members and fellow nominees<3

Our festival run is now over, but the best way to keep supporting Year One is by renting or buying it, watching and enjoying it, and then logging it on your fave movie ranking site<3

WATCH IT TODAY!

YEAR ONE is NOW available to rent or own on all cable, satellite, and digital platforms including Apple TV and Prime Video.

A perfect film to watch with the family over the holidays, YEAR ONE follows Ruby, played by Elizabeth Yu, whose freshman year of college doesn’t go as planned. A series of events send her on a downward emotional spiral, marked by dreams and the arrival of a glamorous alter ego who begins to live a life of her own.

After completing a successful festival run, YEAR ONE - with the help of Freestyle Digital Media - is finally ready to be seen by the world!

SUBMIT!

YOUR!

SHORTS!

Film Girlz Brunch Chicago is teaming up with Kinowerks to bring you a night of inspiration, creativity, and community to kick off 2026. And we want YOUR SHORTS to be part of the screening!! Submissions are due by December 12th BUT you can save $5 on the submission fee if you submit before the 5th.

We have some AMAZING prizes in partnership with MORE film friends that we can’t wait to announce for the winning shorts. Stay tuned to our Instagram for that announcement next week! In the meantime, mark your calendars for January 15th for some cinema, crafting, and manifestation.

ANOTHER YEAR OF PROOF

We are SO proud of Imani for executing yet another year of a successful film festival through her work at American Cinematheque. PROOF is the only film festival exclusively dedicated to proof-of-concept shorts. They are doing the WORK for expanding opportunities for emerging filmmakers.

This year, Julia got to get in on the fun as well, moderating the panel “So You Want to Make a TV Show”!!

Plus, our Film Girlz Brunch Chicago and LA teams FINALLY got to meet up in person<3

ONE MORE EVENT FOR YA

Happy Holidays, Film Girlz!! Join us for our December edition of Film Girlz Brunch Chicago!! We are partnering once again with one of the coziest spots in Chicago, The Drawing Room! There are a few spots left so snag yours today<3