This year’s cross-country Award Selection Committee was comprised of Kris Rey (Chicago), Kristen Lopez (Los Angeles), and Clyde Petersen (Guemes Island, WA). It means so much to have such a strong group of human beings rooting for me.” I am beyond appreciative to the granting committee and to Lynn’s family, friends, and colleagues who have made this opportunity possible.
That was over thirty years ago, and I’m still holding onto my dream of making my first feature film. All of the neighborhood kids quickly deemed me the ‘bossy girl’ as I corralled them into the backyard to perform my plays in front of the camera. “This is where I picked up my first camera, an old beat-up VHS camcorder that my mother bought me at the Goodwill. “It is apt to be accepting this award while visiting my childhood home,” Tremblay explains. It champions a U.S.-based female, non-binary, intersex, and/or transgender filmmaker – age 39 or older – in the process of developing and directing their first narrative feature. FANCY DANCE is ultimately my love letter to that community and the women and queer folks who hold it together.”Ĭo-founded by Duplass Brothers Productions and NWFF, and with ongoing support from a number of community members, the Lynn Shelton “Of A Certain Age” Grant is now in its second year. “For centuries, Native families have been fractured by corrupt systems and yet a vibrant and beautiful community still withstands. “Building off of my own experiences as an Indigenous and queer woman, and drawing from the true stories of my relatives who live in the wake of genocide and colonization, FANCY DANCE offers a spotlight on the matriarchal bonds that hold my community together,” explains Tremblay. Tremblay will receive an unrestricted cash award of $25,000 to support her first narrative feature film, FANCY DANCE. Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) is proud to announce Erica Tremblay, an award-winning writer and director from the Seneca-Cayuga Nation, as the 2021 recipient of the Lynn Shelton “Of A Certain Age” Grant.
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