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Netflix Funds Transgender Film Lab, Grants $15K to Ten Fellows

6/24/2026

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Netflix funds the Transgender Film Center’s second-year Career Development Lab, which gives each of the ten 2025-26 fellows a $15,000 honorarium.
The Lab combined twelve in-person sessions in Los Angeles with eight workshops led by professionals such as Lilly Wachowski and Mark Duplass.
Fellows received Tribeca Film Festival behind-the-scenes access, a 90-day career roadmap, and a plan that Sav Rodgers says aims to build transgender creator careers for wider audiences.

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Netflix funds the Transgender Film Center’s second-year Career Development Lab, which gives each of the ten 2025-26 fellows a $15,000 honorarium.
The Lab combined twelve in-person sessions in Los Angeles with eight workshops led by professionals such as Lilly Wachowski and Mark Duplass.
Fellows received Tribeca Film Festival behind-the-scenes access, a 90-day career roadmap, and a plan that Sav Rodgers says aims to build transgender creator careers for wider audiences.