CultivatedFilms

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Kiara C. Jones is a socially conscious director, writer, producer and the proprietor of Cultivated Films LLC. As a director, she champions diverse storytelling in support of elevating humanity and focuses on creating new narratives for women and people of color. The Directors Guild of America honored Kiara with the Grand Jury Award for directing her debut feature, CHRISTMAS WEDDING BABY (Netflix, VIACOM, BET, Urbanworld). She collaborated with Oscar-winning writer, Geoffrey Fletcher, as the U.S. winner for the Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series (TriBeCa). She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for producing Anja Marquardt’s, SHE’S LOST CONTROL (Berlinale, CICAE, SXSW) Kiara produced PREMATURE, directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green (Sundance, IFC, Independent Spirit Award Winner, Hulu). Kiara was selected for Sony Pictures Television Diverse Director’s Program and is a 2019 BRIO Award and Bronx Council of the Arts Grant recipient for screenwriting. She was a fellow in the inaugural WGA-E Inclusive Screenwriters Workshop under the mentorship of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Scott Frank and Kelly Carmichael of Freckle Films. Her latest film A WOMAN ON THE OUTSIDE premiered at SXSW in 2022.