Open Jar Documentary wins Best Documentary at Cannes Film Festival

June 4, 2022

THE SHOW MUST GO ON documentary about The Broadway Relief Project at Open Jar Studios wins BEST DOCUMENTARY at The American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival.

Directed by Paul Grant and Nathan Crane Cohen.

At the height of COVID-19 pandemic the Broadway community rallied together to transform the Open Jar Studios into a PPE

Broadway Relief Project, is a coalition of Broadway designers and stitchers that normally build costumes for Broadway hit musicals. Headquartered in Times Square at Open Jar Studios, this team was enlisted and approved by the City of New York and the NYC/EDC to be part of their team creating over 2 million medical gowns for NYC public hospitals.

In 59 days, the project, headquartered at Open Jar Studios, built over 51,000 gowns, which went directly to the public hospitals of NYC to assist the fight against COVID-19.

In addition to creating PPE for hospitals, the project has also designed and currently manufactures masks for singers, The Singer’s Mask, being used by over 100,000 music makers worldwide.