"A South Florida-based collective of emerging artists creating films and community.
White Elephant Group (WEG) is a team of 20+ award-winning film and digital media artists working across various artistic avenues including: cinema, XR, mixed-multimedia and more to artistically address and elaborate upon the voices and experiences we've had coming from minority and underserved communities in South Florida.
WEG films have been distributed nationally both online and through cable television, and screened at festivals across the globe.
Our work has premiered at numerous Academy Award-qualifying film festivals around the world including Tribeca, Slamdance, IDFA (Amsterdam), Leeds International, Short Shorts Tokyo, Florida Film Festival, the New Orleans Film Festival and HBO New York Latino Film Festivals to name a few.
WEG has also debuted work with galleries and arts institutions throughout the country including the New World Symphony, MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), the Norton Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference.
Our ethos is rooted in creating community and mentorship. Our goal is to create films that not only support the careers of our artists, but also lift and inspire South Florida and its emerging artists.
WEG is partnered with ASFI, a local non-profit that brings renowned industry professionals into under-serviced inner-city schools to provide budding young artists with unique opportunities to explore and create the crafts involved in the filmmaking process under the supervision of celebrated industry mentors.
Together, WEG + ASFI have received grants from the Knight Foundation, Comcast NBCUniversal, the NEA Grants for Arts Projects program, and several other generous funders in support of the work we seek to do building careers with emerging and established professional artists in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe Counties.
Year:
2020
Field:
Branding
Creative Direction
Animation
Client:
Helias Olis
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Enjoy WEG's virtual cinema where you can watch films from WEG contributing artists on demand.
Sit back and enjoy.
WEG Weekend is a three-day event celebrating South Florida’s unique cinematic voices and traditions.
Featuring special screenings, technologically reimagined panels, gamified networking opportunities, and sponsored parties throughout.
WEG Weekend is made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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Watching this movie makes me realize we go through moments in our daily lives that have consequence and yet we don’t see their importance until you stack them all together.
The WEG Short Film lab is a hybrid film and media incubator and community arts program servicing emerging filmmakers and underserved communities. In 2022 The lab commissioned over $70,000 in films.
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