Announcing Fall 2024 Editing Fellows in Partnership with PG&E

Announcing BAVC Media’s second cohort of Editing Fellows in partnership with PG&E: Mariam Coulibal, Anh Le and Rose Hoang.  Award-winning professional editors and filmmakers, Jessica Jones and Kristina Motwani, are returning as mentors for Fellows in this second cohort of the fellowship. A unique opportunity to build the postproduction workforce in San Francisco, the Fellowship aims to impart industry knowledge from seasoned professionals assist in Fellows’ development in becoming an assistant editor and facilitate the addition of professional work samples to each Fellow’s portfolio.

Through this Fellowship, BAVC Media is providing aspiring editors from underrepresented communities the opportunity to receive  4 months of mentorship from two professional editors.

Participants in the Fellowship also receive $5,000, formal classroom training, professional development site visits and networking opportunities, all while supporting PG&E’s social impact storytelling and content creation.

Learn more about the Fellows and mentors below: 

Fellows: 

Mariam Coulibaly

Mariam is a fourth-year college student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Cinema with a minor in Journalism from San Francisco State University. She’s looking forward to a career in the media industry, specifically in the exciting field of post-production. 

Anh Le

Anh is a talented filmmaker based in the Bay Area, with a portfolio that includes multiple short films as a director, producer, and writer. Currently serving as a sales manager at Pinnacle Live, an event AV company, she is eager to enhance her storytelling skills through this editing fellowship, focusing on the use of negative space inspired by the artistry of Studio Ghibli and Pixar. Anh’s ultimate aspiration is to direct and write a feature film for Pixar, blending her passion for film with innovative narrative techniques.

Rose Hoang:

Rose is a Bay Area-rooted creative and community organizer.  She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a B.A. in Global Studies and Asian American Studies. After graduating, she worked closely with the Asian American community in San Francisco, focusing on media, youth development, and housing. Seeking a creative break, she briefly worked as an Events Coordinator for Sundance Institute, organizing volunteers for their annual Film Festival. Currently, she hosts events to bring creatives together in San Francisco and enjoys creating content on social media. She is excited to hone her editing skills to transcribe creative ideas into nuanced stories through film. She hopes to gain a supportive community in her creative journey through the fellowship.

Mentors:

Kristina Motwani

Kristina Motwani is an award-winning film editor, producer, writer, and story consultant working in San Francisco.

With Homeroom (2021), Home is a Hotel (2023), Fruits of Labor (2021), First Vote (2020), Midnight Traveler (2019) and After Tiller (2013) Motwani’s verité documentary style strives to give intimate portraits of real people. These films were honored with Peabody, Emmy and festival awards.

Other personal recognitions include the 2021 Sundance Jonathan Oppenheim Edit Award, 2021 IFF Boston Karen Schmeer Excellence in Documentary Editing, 2023 Karen Schmeer Fellowship mentor, 2019 DOCNYC 40 under 40 honoree, 2018 SFFilm FilmHouse Resident and a 2017 BAVC National MediaMaker Fellow. Her work has screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca, SXSW, SFFilm festival and has been seen on PBS, Netflix, Hulu and the World Channel.

Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones is an Emmy® (CA-regional)-nominated documentary filmmaker and editor. Her work often focuses on community, cultural representation, and racial equity through character-driven narratives. She served as an assistant editor for A FRAGILE TRUST, A NEW COLOR, and an associate editor for VOICES RISING: THE MUSIC BEHIND WAKANDA FOREVER. She has edited numerous short documentaries, which have appeared on The New York Times, BBC, KQED, among other publications. In 2021, she completed a short film ON THE PULSE OF LIFE, which screened at the Smithsonian FUTURES exhibit. In 2023, she co-edited her first feature, BORN FOR THIS: a feature documentary addressing Black maternal health and birth equity. Currently, she is a 2023-24 Sundance Documentary Contributing Editor Fellow and 2024 SFFILM House Resident. She is directing a short documentary called WOMEN WHO RIDE, about Oakland’s first Black all-female motorcycle club, and editing COACH EMILY, an upcoming feature documentary.