Nicole Conn is a renowned author, screenwriter, director, producer, and film editor known for her films, including Claire of the Moon, More Beautiful For Having Been Broken, Elena Undone, A Perfect Ending and little man. Her screenplays are intelligent, powerful, and intimate, resonate with women of all ages. Conn’s first film, Claire of the Moon” is a Cult-Classic in its 33rd year of release and paved the way for lesbian-themed cinema. She has produced nine films since, most recently More Beautiful for Having Been Broken, which won over 32 Best Awards. Conn’s work has been recognized for its sensitivity and concern for current issues.
Nicole Conn is a renowned filmmaker known for her award-winning films, including Elena Undone, Cynara: Poetry in Motion, and little man. Her short film Cynara: Poetry in Motion won four Best Feature awards and was a finalist in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. Conn’s personal film, little man, was released in 2005 and won 12 Best Documentary awards. She also provided emotional support to overwhelmed parents and collaborated with Preemie Magazine founder Deborah Discenza to create The Preemie Parent’s NICU Survival Guide. Conn’s writing talent has led to a three-book deal with Simon & Schuster, and she has written novelizations of three of her films. She has also sponsored the Claire of the Moon Scholarship and conceived Nicole Conn Films Global (NCFG), a community dedicated to financing quality projects for LBGTQ+ filmmakers. Conn is a mother of two and is currently writing the script for her next feature, do we not grieve, and her epic tome, Descending Thirds.
Our Mission
Nicole Conn Films Global was created in response to witnessing the massive deterioration in the film festivals as well as our LGBTQ+ stories becoming token in the mainstream. We wanted integration and we got it – but it may come at the high cost of OUR Authentic digital content creation. Our mission is to continue to grow our Library – by adopting the old adage which is even more true today – We are Stronger Together! And Together we will create product FOR us, BY us, AND now for ALL OF YOU!
This is more than just a site, tho. It’s a community. The members are Family in the truest since of the word. We have bi-monthly zoom chats with our family to keep everyone abreast of the projects, but also to involve our members in the creative endeavors they wish to pursue. So many women we hear from want to be involved in something creative and this gives them that opportunity.
We also give Members all the info no one else gets about projects, inside scoop, access to our Pitches, etc.
The women’s programming of Festivals has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with women attending theaters more often than attending mainstream films. To address this issue, the festival is partnering with other women’s production companies and creating the IMDB for Lesbians, a central spot for all Lesbian TV shows, films, series, and web-series. Filmmakers have had to learn to do everything for nothing, including developing, funding, crowdsourcing, shooting, fixing, and marketing their films. However, there is no financial return on labor-intensive work until the film is sold or licensed, and distributors often take all expenses against putting the film out there. To address this, the festival offers a new way for the community to be involved in their film library, providing them with ownership and quality films. Conn, a mother of two with a son and daughter, is currently writing the script for her next feature, do we not grieve.
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Conn’s venture, little man, is a documentary she wrote, directed, and produced about her premature son born 100 days early and weighing one pound. The feature documentary won 12 Best Documentary Awards, along with the prestigious Cedar Sinai’s Courageous Beginnings Award and Family Pride’s Family Tree Award. The film made three Top Ten Lists of 2005.
Showtime picked up the feature and ran an Emmy campaign on this hard-hitting story about Conn’s son’s premature birth and subsequent 6-month hospital stay in a Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit.
Conn’s 8th film, More Beautiful for Having Been Broken, has won 32 Best Awards from the 2019/20 Festival Circuit. The Advocate calls it “her most personal film yet,” released worldwide through Vision Films.
Among Conn’s Four for 2024: Blue Love Dance is a tapestry of interviews, never-before-seen footage, BTS, as we go into Conn’s favorite sequence in her decades long career – the love scene dance sequence in More Beautiful…. She calls it “MOMENTS on Steroids!”
Descending Thirds is Conn’s ultimate novel – what she refers to as “my epic tome and best work, ever,” to be published late 2024.
do we not grieve is slated to shoot in Spring 2025. Conn is noted for her extremely personal films, writing strong and complex female characters, her ability to put money on the screen and for her “chemistry casting.”
Conn lives in Los Angeles with her son, Nicholas, 22, who remains medically fragile and was the basis and inspiration for More Beautiful For Having Been Broken. Her daughter, Gabrielle, a theater/education major now living in NY, also makes her film debut.
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The women’s programming of Festivals has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with women attending theaters more often than attending mainstream films. To address this issue, the festival is partnering with other women’s production companies and creating the IMDB for Lesbians, a central spot for all Lesbian TV shows, films, series, and web-series. Filmmakers have had to learn to do everything for nothing, including developing, funding, crowdsourcing, shooting, fixing, and marketing their films. However, there is no financial return on labor-intensive work until the film is sold or licensed, and distributors often take all expenses against putting the film out there. To address this, the festival offers a new way for the community to be involved in their film library, providing them with ownership and quality films. Conn, a mother of two with a son and daughter, is currently writing the script for her next feature, do we not grieve.
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