Itvs today announced the appointment of Carrie Lozano as the organization’s new president and CEO, succeeding longtime chief Sally Jo Fifer.
Lozano, an Emmy and Peabody-winning documentary filmmaker, joins Itvs from the Sundance Institute, where she has served as director of Documentary Films and Artists Programs since 2020. Itvs, which is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, describes its mission as bringing “independently-produced, high-quality public broadcast and new media programs to local, national, and international audiences.”
In a statement, Itvs board chair Garry Denny said, “Carrie’s integrity as an investigative journalist, her leadership experience, and her fierce commitment to filmmakers and democracy will lift our field, partners and incredible staff for many years to come. The board is thrilled to welcome her to our team and to public media.”
As president and CEO, Lozano will be charged with continuing “to protect independent artists’ voices, editorial control and copyright...
Lozano, an Emmy and Peabody-winning documentary filmmaker, joins Itvs from the Sundance Institute, where she has served as director of Documentary Films and Artists Programs since 2020. Itvs, which is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, describes its mission as bringing “independently-produced, high-quality public broadcast and new media programs to local, national, and international audiences.”
In a statement, Itvs board chair Garry Denny said, “Carrie’s integrity as an investigative journalist, her leadership experience, and her fierce commitment to filmmakers and democracy will lift our field, partners and incredible staff for many years to come. The board is thrilled to welcome her to our team and to public media.”
As president and CEO, Lozano will be charged with continuing “to protect independent artists’ voices, editorial control and copyright...
- 6/7/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Independent Television Service (Itvs) has tapped Carrie Lozano as its president and CEO following the announcement of Sally Jo Fifer’s departure in January. The Itvs board selected Lozano after working with executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates.
Leading the organization, Lozano will work to “protect independent artists’ voices, editorial control and copyright while elevating nonfiction storytelling as an essential strategy for public media to reach new and diverse audiences.” She will enter the role on August 7. The Itvs board worked with the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates to recruit its fourth President & CEO since the organization’s founding.
Lozano joins Itvs after most recently serving as director of documentary film and artist programs at the Sundance Institute. There, she and her team created programs to provide funding, creative labs, fellowships, and intensive artist support, and forged partnerships with Gucci, the Asian American Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation.
Leading the organization, Lozano will work to “protect independent artists’ voices, editorial control and copyright while elevating nonfiction storytelling as an essential strategy for public media to reach new and diverse audiences.” She will enter the role on August 7. The Itvs board worked with the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates to recruit its fourth President & CEO since the organization’s founding.
Lozano joins Itvs after most recently serving as director of documentary film and artist programs at the Sundance Institute. There, she and her team created programs to provide funding, creative labs, fellowships, and intensive artist support, and forged partnerships with Gucci, the Asian American Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation.
- 6/7/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Carrie Lozano was named Itvs president and CEO Wednesday to succeed Sally Jo Fifer, who had held the position for 22 years.
Lozano joins from the Sundance Institute, where she previously served as director of documentary film and artist programs. At Itvs, she will continue to protect independent artists’ voices, editorial control and copyright, while elevating nonfiction storytelling as an essential strategy for public media to reach new and diverse audiences.
“Carrie’s integrity as an investigative journalist, her leadership experience, and her fierce commitment to filmmakers and democracy will lift our field, partners and incredible staff for many years to come,” said Itvs board chair Garry Denny. “The board is thrilled to welcome her to our team and to public media.”
While at Sundance, beginning in October 2020, Lozano and her team created programs to supply funding, creative labs, fellowships and support. She helped forge partnerships with Gucci, the Asian American...
Lozano joins from the Sundance Institute, where she previously served as director of documentary film and artist programs. At Itvs, she will continue to protect independent artists’ voices, editorial control and copyright, while elevating nonfiction storytelling as an essential strategy for public media to reach new and diverse audiences.
“Carrie’s integrity as an investigative journalist, her leadership experience, and her fierce commitment to filmmakers and democracy will lift our field, partners and incredible staff for many years to come,” said Itvs board chair Garry Denny. “The board is thrilled to welcome her to our team and to public media.”
While at Sundance, beginning in October 2020, Lozano and her team created programs to supply funding, creative labs, fellowships and support. She helped forge partnerships with Gucci, the Asian American...
- 6/7/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Retrenchment by many distribution platforms has made for “highly turbulent times” in the documentary industry, the Sundance Institute acknowledges, but with help from a major foundation it is injecting some much-needed positive news into a field beset by anxiety.
The nonprofit institute announced today that under a three-year partnership with the John Templeton Foundation the size of the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund will swell by $500,000 a year, allowing it to double the size of grants “across the board, from development to post-production.” The current open call for applications – which closes Monday, April 17 – will “award selected projects at the development stage grants of up to $40,000 and Production and Post-Production grants of up to $100,000.”
“Given what is happening in the field, it just seems incredibly urgent to me and to many others that the nonprofit ecosystem kick in,” Carrie Lozano, the Sundance Institute’s director of documentary film program and artist programs,...
The nonprofit institute announced today that under a three-year partnership with the John Templeton Foundation the size of the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund will swell by $500,000 a year, allowing it to double the size of grants “across the board, from development to post-production.” The current open call for applications – which closes Monday, April 17 – will “award selected projects at the development stage grants of up to $40,000 and Production and Post-Production grants of up to $100,000.”
“Given what is happening in the field, it just seems incredibly urgent to me and to many others that the nonprofit ecosystem kick in,” Carrie Lozano, the Sundance Institute’s director of documentary film program and artist programs,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Peabody Awards are officially headed west.
The prestigious honors, recognizing excellence in storytelling across broadcast and digital media, will be celebrated at a Los Angeles event for the first time later this year.
The University of Georgia-based program originally planned to move its prestigious annual awards show to Los Angeles in early 2020. But the Covid-19 pandemic meant that the winners for 2020, 2021 and 2022 had to be celebrated virtually.
Now the Peabody Awards are ready to move forward with the L.A. move and Peabody’s first in-person awards ceremony since 2019.
The Peabody Awards have taken place in New York every year except its 50th anniversary, when the ceremony was held in Atlanta.
The awards are presented in the categories of arts, children’s and youth, documentary, entertainment, immersive and interactive media, news, podcast/radio and public service programming. With the in-person event this year, the digital and interactive storytelling category,...
The prestigious honors, recognizing excellence in storytelling across broadcast and digital media, will be celebrated at a Los Angeles event for the first time later this year.
The University of Georgia-based program originally planned to move its prestigious annual awards show to Los Angeles in early 2020. But the Covid-19 pandemic meant that the winners for 2020, 2021 and 2022 had to be celebrated virtually.
Now the Peabody Awards are ready to move forward with the L.A. move and Peabody’s first in-person awards ceremony since 2019.
The Peabody Awards have taken place in New York every year except its 50th anniversary, when the ceremony was held in Atlanta.
The awards are presented in the categories of arts, children’s and youth, documentary, entertainment, immersive and interactive media, news, podcast/radio and public service programming. With the in-person event this year, the digital and interactive storytelling category,...
- 1/26/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Peabody Awards are officially moving their annual awards ceremony to Los Angeles, three years after originally announcing the plan that was eventually sidelined by the Covid pandemic.
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The organization said Thursday it will honor its winners June 11, 2023 at the Beverly Wilshire. It will mark the first time the honors, bestowed annually by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, will be held in L.A.
For the past few events the ceremony was held in person at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. This year will mark the first in-person event since 2019 for the awards, which honor the year’s stories that best “powerfully reflect the pressing social issues and...
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The organization said Thursday it will honor its winners June 11, 2023 at the Beverly Wilshire. It will mark the first time the honors, bestowed annually by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, will be held in L.A.
For the past few events the ceremony was held in person at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. This year will mark the first in-person event since 2019 for the awards, which honor the year’s stories that best “powerfully reflect the pressing social issues and...
- 1/26/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Hard hitting social issue documentaries are getting more difficult to make and sell with each passing year. But despite the market’s fondness for true crime and celebrity-driven nonfiction content, the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program (Dfp) isn’t wavering when it comes to its support of docu filmmakers telling stories dealing with social impact topics including human rights, racial justice, gender equity, democracy, LGBTQ rights, environmental sustainability, freedom of expression, and civic empowerment.
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the Dfp, which was established by the late Diane Weyermann in October 2002. In the last two decades the Dfp has supported more than 1,000 projects from all over the world via the fund and/or its Edit, Story, and Producers labs. Docus that have received financial and instructional support from the Dfp include Garrett Bradley’s “Time,” Roger Ross Williams’ “God Loves Uganda,” Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” Bing Liu’s “Minding the Gap,...
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the Dfp, which was established by the late Diane Weyermann in October 2002. In the last two decades the Dfp has supported more than 1,000 projects from all over the world via the fund and/or its Edit, Story, and Producers labs. Docus that have received financial and instructional support from the Dfp include Garrett Bradley’s “Time,” Roger Ross Williams’ “God Loves Uganda,” Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” Bing Liu’s “Minding the Gap,...
- 10/28/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Institute has announced this year’s grantees for the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, with a total of 1,396,500 in unrestricted grant support bestowed upon 35 projects.
“As we celebrate the Dfp’s 20th anniversary, it’s an exceptional achievement that Sundance has been able to provide documentary filmmakers robust and sustained financial support, from development through post-production, for two decades,” said Carrie Lozano, director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. “Thanks to our incredible funders, supporters, staff, and external reviewers, the Documentary Fund has been able to realize its top priorities during a tumultuous time: supporting underrepresented stories, directors and producers; providing much needed resources to urgent international projects; and elevating human rights and social, civic and environmental justice, all while foregrounding bold and artistic approaches. I am constantly amazed by the breadth and depth of our grantees.”
This year’s grant recipients have roots in 31 countries, with...
“As we celebrate the Dfp’s 20th anniversary, it’s an exceptional achievement that Sundance has been able to provide documentary filmmakers robust and sustained financial support, from development through post-production, for two decades,” said Carrie Lozano, director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. “Thanks to our incredible funders, supporters, staff, and external reviewers, the Documentary Fund has been able to realize its top priorities during a tumultuous time: supporting underrepresented stories, directors and producers; providing much needed resources to urgent international projects; and elevating human rights and social, civic and environmental justice, all while foregrounding bold and artistic approaches. I am constantly amazed by the breadth and depth of our grantees.”
This year’s grant recipients have roots in 31 countries, with...
- 10/6/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
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The Sundance Institute’s Documentary Fund is readying to hand out nearly 1.4 million in 2022 grants ahead of the 20th anniversary of Sundance’s Documentary Film Program.
The 1,396,500 in unrestricted grant money is going to 35 projects in various stages of production. Recipients come from 31 countries, and of the 14 U.S. films, all are helmed by at least one Bipoc or have a Bipoc lead producer (or both). Two of these projects are directed by Indigenous filmmakers.
The Open Society Foundations, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Kendeda Fund, and Luminate are behind the grants. Gucci has also joined this grant cycle with Sundance Institute|Gucci Fund, which seeks to support projects from underrepresented voices that are in development, production, and postproduction.
Past project recipients of the Doc Fund grants include Oscar winner American Factory, Crip Camp, Fire of Love, The Territory and Time.
The Sundance Institute’s Documentary Fund is readying to hand out nearly 1.4 million in 2022 grants ahead of the 20th anniversary of Sundance’s Documentary Film Program.
The 1,396,500 in unrestricted grant money is going to 35 projects in various stages of production. Recipients come from 31 countries, and of the 14 U.S. films, all are helmed by at least one Bipoc or have a Bipoc lead producer (or both). Two of these projects are directed by Indigenous filmmakers.
The Open Society Foundations, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Kendeda Fund, and Luminate are behind the grants. Gucci has also joined this grant cycle with Sundance Institute|Gucci Fund, which seeks to support projects from underrepresented voices that are in development, production, and postproduction.
Past project recipients of the Doc Fund grants include Oscar winner American Factory, Crip Camp, Fire of Love, The Territory and Time.
- 10/4/2022
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s just over three months to go before the 2023 Sundance Film Festival kicks off, but for nearly three dozen films the festivities have already begun.
The Sundance Institute today announced 35 projects that are the recipients of 1.39 million in grants from the 2022 Documentary Fund. From Brazil’s increasingly decimated Rainforest, the preservation of Palestinian history, the short life of Kalief Browder to lead poisoning in Oakland, and the battle by some Jewish leaders and groups to stop the overturning of abortion rights in America, this year’s grantees once again represent the breadth and scope of Sundance’s ambition and support for unscripted work (see the full list below).
Drawing on filmmakers from the United States and 30 other countries, this year’s docu crop currently has five projects in development, 15 in production, 10 in post-production, and five “actively pursuing audience engagement and social impact campaigns,” according to Sundance. The grant funds...
The Sundance Institute today announced 35 projects that are the recipients of 1.39 million in grants from the 2022 Documentary Fund. From Brazil’s increasingly decimated Rainforest, the preservation of Palestinian history, the short life of Kalief Browder to lead poisoning in Oakland, and the battle by some Jewish leaders and groups to stop the overturning of abortion rights in America, this year’s grantees once again represent the breadth and scope of Sundance’s ambition and support for unscripted work (see the full list below).
Drawing on filmmakers from the United States and 30 other countries, this year’s docu crop currently has five projects in development, 15 in production, 10 in post-production, and five “actively pursuing audience engagement and social impact campaigns,” according to Sundance. The grant funds...
- 10/4/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Sundance Institute, the organization behind the yearly film festival in Park City, has partnered with the Asian American Foundation to create a fellowship and scholarship, which will be granted to 12 recipients a year. The goal, the groups say, is to provide Asian American and Pacific Islander artists with creative and tactical support to develop their professional skills, as well as improve Aapi representation in film and television industries.
The fellowship will offer six Aapi artists per year a 12-month learning experience to advance their professional development in the arts. Through the fellowship, each person will receive a 20,000 unrestricted grant to support their individual projects, as well as customized support from the Sundance Institute based on their goals.
The Asian American Foundation’s support will also fund the Sundance scholarships for six emerging Aapi creatives each year. Scholarship recipients will be able to enroll in a live online course focused on their discipline of choice,...
The fellowship will offer six Aapi artists per year a 12-month learning experience to advance their professional development in the arts. Through the fellowship, each person will receive a 20,000 unrestricted grant to support their individual projects, as well as customized support from the Sundance Institute based on their goals.
The Asian American Foundation’s support will also fund the Sundance scholarships for six emerging Aapi creatives each year. Scholarship recipients will be able to enroll in a live online course focused on their discipline of choice,...
- 8/3/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Institute and The Asian American Foundation (Taaf) are partnering to launch the Sundance Institute/Asian American Foundation Fellowship and Collab Scholarship in support of rising Aapi filmmakers. The program is geared towards increasing Aapi representation in film and TV by investing in talent and spotlighting their stories.
Six participants will be chosen for the programs each year. On the fellowship side, artists will receive a 20,000 unrestricted grant in support of their individual projects and year-round educational opportunities. Scholarship recipients will participate in live online classes of their choosing, gain access to Sundance master classes online, attend exclusive networking events and receive project guidance from the Sundance Collab Advisors.
The first cohort of fellows includes Vera Brunner-Sung (“Bitterroot”), Desdemona Chiang (“Made in USA”), Shayok Misha Chowdhury (“Rheology”), Tadashi Nakamura (“Third Act”), Neo Sora (“Earthquake”) and Sean Wang (“Dìdi (弟弟)”).
The scholarship recipients are Georgia Fu (“Approximate Joy”), Leomax (Ziyuan...
Six participants will be chosen for the programs each year. On the fellowship side, artists will receive a 20,000 unrestricted grant in support of their individual projects and year-round educational opportunities. Scholarship recipients will participate in live online classes of their choosing, gain access to Sundance master classes online, attend exclusive networking events and receive project guidance from the Sundance Collab Advisors.
The first cohort of fellows includes Vera Brunner-Sung (“Bitterroot”), Desdemona Chiang (“Made in USA”), Shayok Misha Chowdhury (“Rheology”), Tadashi Nakamura (“Third Act”), Neo Sora (“Earthquake”) and Sean Wang (“Dìdi (弟弟)”).
The scholarship recipients are Georgia Fu (“Approximate Joy”), Leomax (Ziyuan...
- 8/3/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
The Sundance Institute has partnered with The Asian American Foundation to launch a new fellowship and scholarship, which will look to improve Aapi representation in the film and television industries over the long term by providing up-and-coming Aapi artists with the creative and tactical support necessary to grow professionally.
The Sundance Institute | The Asian American Foundation Fellowship and Collab Scholarship are made possible by support from Taaf, through a 400,000 grant provided by its Aapi Giving Challenge partner Panda Express, as well as The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which will contribute 140,000. The funding will provide artists with grants and resources to support their work in the program over the course of the next two years.
Sundance and Taaf’s Fellowship will offer six Aapi artists per year a year-round learning experience to advance their professional development. Each fellow selected will receive a 20,000 unrestricted grant to support their individual projects,...
The Sundance Institute | The Asian American Foundation Fellowship and Collab Scholarship are made possible by support from Taaf, through a 400,000 grant provided by its Aapi Giving Challenge partner Panda Express, as well as The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which will contribute 140,000. The funding will provide artists with grants and resources to support their work in the program over the course of the next two years.
Sundance and Taaf’s Fellowship will offer six Aapi artists per year a year-round learning experience to advance their professional development. Each fellow selected will receive a 20,000 unrestricted grant to support their individual projects,...
- 8/3/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Sundance Institute is adding two new programs, focused on developing Latino and Asian American Pacific Islander artists, to its ongoing suite of initiatives aimed at diversifying independent media.
Both new programs include a fellowship and a scholarship component, with a different cohort selected for each. The Sundance Institute Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship is supported this year by board of trustees members Lyn Lear and Cindy Horn at the leadership funding level, and additionally by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Meanwhile, the Sundance Institute | The Asian American Foundation Fellowship and Collab Scholarship has been funded for the next two years by Taaf, a nonprofit founded in May 2021, through a 400,000 grant from its Aapi Giving Challenge partner Panda Express and an additional 140,000 from the MacArthur Foundation.
“It is our hope that by creating opportunities with these two program strands, we...
The Sundance Institute is adding two new programs, focused on developing Latino and Asian American Pacific Islander artists, to its ongoing suite of initiatives aimed at diversifying independent media.
Both new programs include a fellowship and a scholarship component, with a different cohort selected for each. The Sundance Institute Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship is supported this year by board of trustees members Lyn Lear and Cindy Horn at the leadership funding level, and additionally by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Meanwhile, the Sundance Institute | The Asian American Foundation Fellowship and Collab Scholarship has been funded for the next two years by Taaf, a nonprofit founded in May 2021, through a 400,000 grant from its Aapi Giving Challenge partner Panda Express and an additional 140,000 from the MacArthur Foundation.
“It is our hope that by creating opportunities with these two program strands, we...
- 8/3/2022
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Sundance Institute launched a new program Monday called the Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship, which will provide fellowships and scholarships to 11 emerging Latino artists, as well as career development opportunities and chances to connect with other mentors and filmmakers.
The non-profit Sundance Institute Latine Fellowship will provide six emerging Latino artists who have been previously supported by the Institute with a year-long, multi-disciplinary fellowship experience that begins this month, offering creative and tactical support along with unrestricted non-recoupable grants of 10,000.
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The remaining five artists have no prior engagement to Sundance Institute and will receive a scholarship to attend a live online course with the non-profit’s learning platform Sundance Collab, as well as feedback on their projects and networking opportunities.
The institute also unveiled the 11 names of the individuals who will receive the grants, as well as their selected projects,...
The non-profit Sundance Institute Latine Fellowship will provide six emerging Latino artists who have been previously supported by the Institute with a year-long, multi-disciplinary fellowship experience that begins this month, offering creative and tactical support along with unrestricted non-recoupable grants of 10,000.
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The remaining five artists have no prior engagement to Sundance Institute and will receive a scholarship to attend a live online course with the non-profit’s learning platform Sundance Collab, as well as feedback on their projects and networking opportunities.
The institute also unveiled the 11 names of the individuals who will receive the grants, as well as their selected projects,...
- 8/1/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The Sundance Institute today announced the launch of the Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship—a new program intended to bolster Latinx representation in independent media.
The program will provide fellowships and scholarships to emerging Latinx artists, also offering professional development opportunities, virtual gatherings to connect with like-minded artists and Creator+ memberships to Sundance Collab, Sundance Institute’s digital learning space for artists from around the world.
The Latine Fellowship will provide six emerging Latinx artists who have previously been supported by the Institute with a year-long, multi-disciplinary fellowship experience beginning in August, offering bespoke creative and tactical support along with unrestricted, non-recoupable grants of 10,000.
The second component of the Sundance Institute’s latest program is the Latine Scholarship, designed for five early-career Latinx artists with no prior engagement with the Institute to receive, so that they can attend a live, online course on Sundance Collab. Scholarship recipients will be offered...
The program will provide fellowships and scholarships to emerging Latinx artists, also offering professional development opportunities, virtual gatherings to connect with like-minded artists and Creator+ memberships to Sundance Collab, Sundance Institute’s digital learning space for artists from around the world.
The Latine Fellowship will provide six emerging Latinx artists who have previously been supported by the Institute with a year-long, multi-disciplinary fellowship experience beginning in August, offering bespoke creative and tactical support along with unrestricted, non-recoupable grants of 10,000.
The second component of the Sundance Institute’s latest program is the Latine Scholarship, designed for five early-career Latinx artists with no prior engagement with the Institute to receive, so that they can attend a live, online course on Sundance Collab. Scholarship recipients will be offered...
- 8/1/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Sundance Institute has set the participants and projects for its Documentary Edit and Story Lab, which this year returns to Utah’s Sundance Resort after a two-year hiatus. The list consists of filmmaking partners Jude Chehab and Fahd Ahmed (Q), Jalena Keane-Lee and Diana Diroy (Standing Above the Clouds), Alessandra Sanguinetti and Soledad Salfate (The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer) and Edwin Martinez and Inés Vogelfang (The Monster and the Storm). The Institute also today named Diroy, Stephanie Andreou, Julie Gaynin, Alma Herrera-Pazmino and Luna X. Moya as the artists selected for the second edition of its Art of Editing Fellowship.
Designed to provide time and space to go deep into the language, form and meaning of indie nonfiction features, the Lab combines director and editor teams in the later stages of post-production with experienced documentary filmmakers, for the process of reimagining or reconceiving dramatic structures, exploring character and story development,...
Designed to provide time and space to go deep into the language, form and meaning of indie nonfiction features, the Lab combines director and editor teams in the later stages of post-production with experienced documentary filmmakers, for the process of reimagining or reconceiving dramatic structures, exploring character and story development,...
- 6/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Six feature documentaries currently in post-production are selected.
Film Independent has revealed the 12 filmmakers and six projects selected for its 2022 Documentary Lab, with subjects including Baltimore police law, young women in Egypt and the legacy of a Lakota family.
The lab is designed for filmmakers currently in post-production on their feature-length documentary films and provides creative feedback from film professionals.
This year’s lead creative mentors are Chris Shellen, Jeff Malmberg and Anayansi Prado. Mentors and guest speakers include Oscar nominee Jessica Kingdon, Emmy winner Ali Johnes and Sundance Institute’s Carrie Lozano.
Projects supported by the Documentary Lab in...
Film Independent has revealed the 12 filmmakers and six projects selected for its 2022 Documentary Lab, with subjects including Baltimore police law, young women in Egypt and the legacy of a Lakota family.
The lab is designed for filmmakers currently in post-production on their feature-length documentary films and provides creative feedback from film professionals.
This year’s lead creative mentors are Chris Shellen, Jeff Malmberg and Anayansi Prado. Mentors and guest speakers include Oscar nominee Jessica Kingdon, Emmy winner Ali Johnes and Sundance Institute’s Carrie Lozano.
Projects supported by the Documentary Lab in...
- 5/24/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Film Independent has set the filmmakers and projects for its 2022 Documentary Lab. The list includes Alissa Figueroa, Shalon Buskirk and Drew Swedberg, Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir (Land of Women), Kit Vincent and Ed Owles, Alix Blair, Lauren Kushner and Elise McCave (Untitled Helen Project) and Jonathan Olshefski and Elizabeth Day (Without Arrows).
The Lab is an intensive program that provides creative feedback to filmmakers currently in post on feature-length docs, advancing the careers of its Fellows by introducing them to professionals who can advise on both the craft and business of documentary filmmaking. Chris Shellen and Jeff Malmberg (Marwencol) and Anayansi Prado (Maid in America) will this year serve as its Lead Creative Mentors, with additional Lab Mentors and Guest Speakers to include Sara Dosa and Shane Boris (Fire of Love), Academy Award nominee...
The Lab is an intensive program that provides creative feedback to filmmakers currently in post on feature-length docs, advancing the careers of its Fellows by introducing them to professionals who can advise on both the craft and business of documentary filmmaking. Chris Shellen and Jeff Malmberg (Marwencol) and Anayansi Prado (Maid in America) will this year serve as its Lead Creative Mentors, with additional Lab Mentors and Guest Speakers to include Sara Dosa and Shane Boris (Fire of Love), Academy Award nominee...
- 5/24/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Some 20 nonfiction mediamakers will receive a fellowship stipend worth 60,000 in installments over the next year after being named a Humanities Sustainability Fellow by the nonprofit Sundance Institute.
The year-long program is for US-based and under-resourced mediamakers. They were selected because their work and livelihood have been grossly affected by the pandemic. The direct stipends will be unrestricted supplements to their income and are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (Neh).
Funding for the Humanities Sustainability Fellowships has been provided by Neh through the American Rescue Plan, which is providing economic relief to a wide swath of Americans. Firelight Media and the Independent Television Service are also launching parallel initiatives that will expand the nonfiction field’s humanities-based work.
In addition to the funding, the fellows will be supported with advice from paid humanities advisors who will guide them through the granting term (April 2022–March 2023) with mentorship, project advice,...
The year-long program is for US-based and under-resourced mediamakers. They were selected because their work and livelihood have been grossly affected by the pandemic. The direct stipends will be unrestricted supplements to their income and are funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (Neh).
Funding for the Humanities Sustainability Fellowships has been provided by Neh through the American Rescue Plan, which is providing economic relief to a wide swath of Americans. Firelight Media and the Independent Television Service are also launching parallel initiatives that will expand the nonfiction field’s humanities-based work.
In addition to the funding, the fellows will be supported with advice from paid humanities advisors who will guide them through the granting term (April 2022–March 2023) with mentorship, project advice,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
IndieWire turns 25 this year. To mark the occasion, we’re running a series of essays about the future of everything we cover.
Remember when documentaries were deeply honorable but commercially unviable? “Knock Down the House” shattered Sundance records in 2019 when Netflix bought it for $10 million; Apple and A24 broke that record the next year with the $12 million acquisition of “Boys State.” Apple paid a reported $25 million for “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,” while studios like Concordia, Participant, Radical, and Xtr pump millions into the non-fiction genre.
Today, everyone loves documentaries. Streamers are hailed as giving the genre a new lease on life. However, the streaming business is not dedicated to speaking truth to power, as documentaries often do; streamers amass subscribers and create shareholder value.
So, what does that mean for the future of documentaries? If the risk-averse, franchise-dominated movie business is any example, we should expect more documentaries about famous people,...
Remember when documentaries were deeply honorable but commercially unviable? “Knock Down the House” shattered Sundance records in 2019 when Netflix bought it for $10 million; Apple and A24 broke that record the next year with the $12 million acquisition of “Boys State.” Apple paid a reported $25 million for “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,” while studios like Concordia, Participant, Radical, and Xtr pump millions into the non-fiction genre.
Today, everyone loves documentaries. Streamers are hailed as giving the genre a new lease on life. However, the streaming business is not dedicated to speaking truth to power, as documentaries often do; streamers amass subscribers and create shareholder value.
So, what does that mean for the future of documentaries? If the risk-averse, franchise-dominated movie business is any example, we should expect more documentaries about famous people,...
- 12/11/2021
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program has set its latest cohort of 20 films receiving Documentary Fund Grants, doling out a total of $600,000 in unrestricted support to projects in varying stages of production and distribution, including eight in development, eight in production, three in post-production, and one in post-production and impact.
Grantees currently at the development stage include Aída Bueno Sarduy’s Anna Borges do Sacramento, Ricardo Ruales’ The Broken R, Damon Davis’ Chain of Rocks, Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig’s Colors of White Rock, Gerardo del Valle’s The Past is Waiting Up Ahead, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo’s unseen, and Farid Ahmad’s Waiting For Winter.
Recipients at the production stage include Pascale Appora-Gnekindy and Ningyi Sun’s Eat Bitter, Chan Hau Chun and Chui Chi Yin’s Heatroom, Basel Al Adarra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Balal, and Rachel Shor’s No Other Land, Kit Vincent’s Red Herring (working title), Weichao Xu...
Grantees currently at the development stage include Aída Bueno Sarduy’s Anna Borges do Sacramento, Ricardo Ruales’ The Broken R, Damon Davis’ Chain of Rocks, Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig’s Colors of White Rock, Gerardo del Valle’s The Past is Waiting Up Ahead, Set Hernandez Rongkilyo’s unseen, and Farid Ahmad’s Waiting For Winter.
Recipients at the production stage include Pascale Appora-Gnekindy and Ningyi Sun’s Eat Bitter, Chan Hau Chun and Chui Chi Yin’s Heatroom, Basel Al Adarra, Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Balal, and Rachel Shor’s No Other Land, Kit Vincent’s Red Herring (working title), Weichao Xu...
- 10/27/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A diverse group of nonfiction filmmakers, many just starting their careers, is joining the distinguished list of Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grantees.
The institute today announced $590,000 in “unrestricted grant support” to 18 projects at various stages of production, almost three quarters of which are helmed by women directors [full list below]. The projects originate from 20 countries and territories stretching across five continents. Of the U.S.-based films honored with grants, all “are helmed by at least one Bipoc director,” according to the institute.
“Granting focused on projects by artists from historically underrepresented communities, ensuring that these stories are being told from within the communities,” the institute noted. “Additionally, 72-percent of grantees are early career filmmakers, working on their first or second feature film. These statistics reflect the Fund’s commitment to emerging artists whose voices have been historically marginalized in hegemonic Western societies.”
Past recipients of Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grants include four...
The institute today announced $590,000 in “unrestricted grant support” to 18 projects at various stages of production, almost three quarters of which are helmed by women directors [full list below]. The projects originate from 20 countries and territories stretching across five continents. Of the U.S.-based films honored with grants, all “are helmed by at least one Bipoc director,” according to the institute.
“Granting focused on projects by artists from historically underrepresented communities, ensuring that these stories are being told from within the communities,” the institute noted. “Additionally, 72-percent of grantees are early career filmmakers, working on their first or second feature film. These statistics reflect the Fund’s commitment to emerging artists whose voices have been historically marginalized in hegemonic Western societies.”
Past recipients of Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grants include four...
- 6/8/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
A year marked by the coronavirus pandemic, economic turbulence, and widespread protest has given increased urgency to conversations about racism, social justice, and inequality. That, in turn, is forcing the documentary world to rethink the traditional ways of doing business, according to industry leaders.
“You can’t completely blow everything up, I don’t think. We have to keep moving,” said Sundance Documentary Film Program director Carrie Lozano. “But it is a time to really look back at ourselves and say, ‘Why are we doing it this way? Does this make any sense anymore?’”
Lozano appeared at a virtual fireside chat at Hot Docs on Monday with IDFA artistic director Orwa Nyrabia to discuss how the documentary community can respond to a year of almost unprecedented changes and challenges. The session, which is available on-demand to festival attendees, was moderated by Hot Docs industry programs director Lisa Valencia-Svensson.
In their...
“You can’t completely blow everything up, I don’t think. We have to keep moving,” said Sundance Documentary Film Program director Carrie Lozano. “But it is a time to really look back at ourselves and say, ‘Why are we doing it this way? Does this make any sense anymore?’”
Lozano appeared at a virtual fireside chat at Hot Docs on Monday with IDFA artistic director Orwa Nyrabia to discuss how the documentary community can respond to a year of almost unprecedented changes and challenges. The session, which is available on-demand to festival attendees, was moderated by Hot Docs industry programs director Lisa Valencia-Svensson.
In their...
- 5/4/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Poh Si Teng, producer of Oscar-nominated documentary short “St. Louis Superman,” has joined the International Documentary Association (IDA) as the new director of the IDA Funds and Enterprise program.
Poh will oversee and build IDA’s grants portfolio and serve as a key liaison with the documentary field in the U.S. and globally, working with IDA’s program officer Dana Merwin.
Poh succeeds Carrie Lozano who joined the Sundance Institute as director of the documentary film program in fall 2020.
Prior to joining IDA, Poh oversaw the U.S., Canada and Latin America as documentary commissioner and senior producer for Al Jazeera English’s flagship documentary strand, “Witness.” She was previously a journalist with The New York Times, where she received an Emmy nomination and other awards from the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Nppa for her work.
Originally from Penang, Malaysia, Poh has also...
Poh will oversee and build IDA’s grants portfolio and serve as a key liaison with the documentary field in the U.S. and globally, working with IDA’s program officer Dana Merwin.
Poh succeeds Carrie Lozano who joined the Sundance Institute as director of the documentary film program in fall 2020.
Prior to joining IDA, Poh oversaw the U.S., Canada and Latin America as documentary commissioner and senior producer for Al Jazeera English’s flagship documentary strand, “Witness.” She was previously a journalist with The New York Times, where she received an Emmy nomination and other awards from the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Nppa for her work.
Originally from Penang, Malaysia, Poh has also...
- 1/29/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Twenty-three projects hailing from 21 countries will receive support from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. Announced today, the projects will receive $540,000 in unrestricted grant support with funds made possible by The Open Society Foundations and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. “During a time of shared crisis, it is essential that Sundance continue its steadfast support of artists across the globe,” said Documentary Film Program Director Carrie Lozano in a press release. “These films creatively assert our common quests, conditions and resilience as they interrogate notions of individual and collective power.” “Creative support for nonfiction storytellers feels […]
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- 10/30/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Twenty-three projects hailing from 21 countries will receive support from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. Announced today, the projects will receive $540,000 in unrestricted grant support with funds made possible by The Open Society Foundations and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. “During a time of shared crisis, it is essential that Sundance continue its steadfast support of artists across the globe,” said Documentary Film Program Director Carrie Lozano in a press release. “These films creatively assert our common quests, conditions and resilience as they interrogate notions of individual and collective power.” “Creative support for nonfiction storytellers feels […]
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- 10/30/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The International Documentary Association has unveiled 13 films receiving $850,000 in funds as part of its Enterprise Documentary Fund production grants.
The titles, announced Monday at the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival in Washington, D.C. are “After Sherman,” “Aftershock,” “Body Parts,” “Driver,” “Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard,” “Hossain,” “Magic & Monsters,” “Razing Liberty Square,” “Riotsville, USA,” “Testament,” “Untitled Amazon Documentary,” “Untitled Free Speech Project” and “Untitled Stasi.”
Nausheen Dadabhoy and Jialing Zhang were named as recipients of the Logan Elevate Grants of $25,000 each. Supported by The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, the Logan Elevate Grants support emerging women filmmakers of color.
“With unique vision and voice, these grantees confront us with complicated truths about our pasts, presents and futures, recalling for me Maya Angelou’s famous quote: Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better,” said Carrie Lozano, who was director of the Ida Enterprise Documentary Fund...
The titles, announced Monday at the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival in Washington, D.C. are “After Sherman,” “Aftershock,” “Body Parts,” “Driver,” “Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard,” “Hossain,” “Magic & Monsters,” “Razing Liberty Square,” “Riotsville, USA,” “Testament,” “Untitled Amazon Documentary,” “Untitled Free Speech Project” and “Untitled Stasi.”
Nausheen Dadabhoy and Jialing Zhang were named as recipients of the Logan Elevate Grants of $25,000 each. Supported by The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, the Logan Elevate Grants support emerging women filmmakers of color.
“With unique vision and voice, these grantees confront us with complicated truths about our pasts, presents and futures, recalling for me Maya Angelou’s famous quote: Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better,” said Carrie Lozano, who was director of the Ida Enterprise Documentary Fund...
- 10/19/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance Institute today announced that Gina Duncan will join the Sundance Film Festival team in the newly-created role of producing director, reporting to festival director Tabitha Jackson and working closely with programming director Kim Yutani. Duncan is the latest big hire for the Utah festival which, earlier this month, tapped Carrie Lozano to head their documentary film program.
Per Sundance, as producing director, Duncan “will integrate the artistic vision of the festival with its practical, audience-facing elements. She’ll work with the programming team as they curate works for exhibition, and serve as a leader for creating strategic vision and decision-making on both the Sundance Film Festival and year-round public programs.” Further key duties for Duncan include “continuing to build policies and plans to develop and increase the inclusivity of the festival more broadly, and managing year-round engagement among the industry and artist communities.”
“Gina’s experience across the arts,...
Per Sundance, as producing director, Duncan “will integrate the artistic vision of the festival with its practical, audience-facing elements. She’ll work with the programming team as they curate works for exhibition, and serve as a leader for creating strategic vision and decision-making on both the Sundance Film Festival and year-round public programs.” Further key duties for Duncan include “continuing to build policies and plans to develop and increase the inclusivity of the festival more broadly, and managing year-round engagement among the industry and artist communities.”
“Gina’s experience across the arts,...
- 9/25/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Carrie Lozano — award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, lecturer and co-founder of the International Documentary Association’s Enterprise Documentary Fund — was announced today as the new Director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. She succeeds interim director Kristin Feeley and prior director Tabitha Jackson, who became the head of the Sundance Film Festival this past January. From the press release: As Documentary Film Program Director, Lozano will elevate and support nonfiction filmmakers worldwide at all stages of creating and distributing new cinematic work. She will also work to advance and elevate the health of the independent nonfiction field, ensuring that […]...
- 9/10/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Carrie Lozano — award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, lecturer and co-founder of the International Documentary Association’s Enterprise Documentary Fund — was announced today as the new Director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. She succeeds interim director Kristin Feeley and prior director Tabitha Jackson, who became the head of the Sundance Film Festival this past January. From the press release: As Documentary Film Program Director, Lozano will elevate and support nonfiction filmmakers worldwide at all stages of creating and distributing new cinematic work. She will also work to advance and elevate the health of the independent nonfiction field, ensuring that […]...
- 9/10/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist and U.C. Berkeley lecturer Carrie Lozano will now be the Sundance Institute’s newest Documentary Film Program Director. Sundance’s Keri Putnam announced Wednesday that Lozano will succeed director Tabitha Jackson.
“I am thrilled to welcome Carrie to this critical role at Sundance. As a filmmaker and field leader, she is a fierce advocate for independent voices, a thoughtful contributor to solving the most urgent challenges facing nonfiction artists, and deeply committed to the values of justice and equity. Her experience and perspective will be invaluable to the Documentary Film Program and the Institute’s Leadership Team,” Putnam said.
Lozano, who joins the Sundance Institute after Kristin Feeley held the spot interim, will work to further the film institution’s documentary programming, from elevating support to documentarians to distributing their titles. Helming the Documentary Films division, Lozano will also work to advance diverse stories in the nonfiction field.
“I am thrilled to welcome Carrie to this critical role at Sundance. As a filmmaker and field leader, she is a fierce advocate for independent voices, a thoughtful contributor to solving the most urgent challenges facing nonfiction artists, and deeply committed to the values of justice and equity. Her experience and perspective will be invaluable to the Documentary Film Program and the Institute’s Leadership Team,” Putnam said.
Lozano, who joins the Sundance Institute after Kristin Feeley held the spot interim, will work to further the film institution’s documentary programming, from elevating support to documentarians to distributing their titles. Helming the Documentary Films division, Lozano will also work to advance diverse stories in the nonfiction field.
- 9/9/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Sundance Institute has named award-winning filmmaker Carrie Lozano the new director of its Documentary Film Program, succeeding interim director Kristin Feeley and prior director Tabitha Jackson.
Lozano will support nonfiction filmmakers during all stages of the creative and developmental process and work to advance the independent nonfiction genre by ensuring that diverse viewpoints and participants are represented. Lozano will be the leader of the Documentary Film Program’s team, which includes labs director Feeley and film fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, and will report to Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam.
“I am thrilled to welcome Carrie to this critical role at Sundance. As a filmmaker and field leader, she is a fierce advocate for independent voices, a thoughtful contributor to solving the most urgent challenges facing nonfiction artists, and deeply committed to the values of justice and equity,” Putnam said in a press release. “Her experience and perspective will be...
Lozano will support nonfiction filmmakers during all stages of the creative and developmental process and work to advance the independent nonfiction genre by ensuring that diverse viewpoints and participants are represented. Lozano will be the leader of the Documentary Film Program’s team, which includes labs director Feeley and film fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, and will report to Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam.
“I am thrilled to welcome Carrie to this critical role at Sundance. As a filmmaker and field leader, she is a fierce advocate for independent voices, a thoughtful contributor to solving the most urgent challenges facing nonfiction artists, and deeply committed to the values of justice and equity,” Putnam said in a press release. “Her experience and perspective will be...
- 9/9/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Sundance Institute today announced that Carrie Lozano will helm its Documentary Film Program, succeeding interim Director Kristin Feeley and prior Director Tabitha Jackson, who recently became festival director of the entire Sundance Film Festival. As documentary film program director, Lozano is tasked with “elevating and supporting nonfiction filmmakers worldwide at all stages of creating and distributing new cinematic work.”
She will also lead the Documentary Film Program’s team, including labs director Feeley and film fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs. She will report to the Institute’s executive director, Keri Putnam.
Lozano is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, and lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. She joins the Institute from the International Documentary Association’s Enterprise Documentary Fund; she co-founded and oversaw the program, which supported dozens of filmmakers over the last four years, with an emphasis on journalistic rigor, diversity, and inclusion.
“I...
She will also lead the Documentary Film Program’s team, including labs director Feeley and film fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs. She will report to the Institute’s executive director, Keri Putnam.
Lozano is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, and lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. She joins the Institute from the International Documentary Association’s Enterprise Documentary Fund; she co-founded and oversaw the program, which supported dozens of filmmakers over the last four years, with an emphasis on journalistic rigor, diversity, and inclusion.
“I...
- 9/9/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Carrie Lozano stars on October 1 and succeeds interim director Kristin Feeley
Sundance Institute said on Wednesday (September 9) that Carrie Lozano has joined from the International Documentary Association (Ida) and will lead the Institute’s Documentary Film Program.
Lozano stars on October 1 and succeeds interim director Kristin Feeley and prior director Tabitha Jackson, now Sundance Film Festival director.
She will support non-fiction filmmakers worldwide at all stages of creating and distributing new work, and will also lead the Documentary Film Program’s team, including Labs director Kristin Feeley and Film Fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs.
“As a filmmaker and field leader, [Lozano] is...
Sundance Institute said on Wednesday (September 9) that Carrie Lozano has joined from the International Documentary Association (Ida) and will lead the Institute’s Documentary Film Program.
Lozano stars on October 1 and succeeds interim director Kristin Feeley and prior director Tabitha Jackson, now Sundance Film Festival director.
She will support non-fiction filmmakers worldwide at all stages of creating and distributing new work, and will also lead the Documentary Film Program’s team, including Labs director Kristin Feeley and Film Fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs.
“As a filmmaker and field leader, [Lozano] is...
- 9/9/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Veteran filmmaker and lecturer Carrie Lozano has been tapped as Sundance’s new documentary film program director.
Lozano will replace interim director Kristin Feeley, who took over the position when prior director Tabitha Jackson, who ran the program for six years, was named the new director of the Sundance Film Festival.
In her new role, Lozano will also oversee nonfiction-focused Sundance Institute Labs, global and national partnerships, and film funds, leading the documentary film program’s team, including Labs director Feeley and film fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs.
The director joins the Sundance Institute from the International Documentary Association’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, where she co-founded ...
Lozano will replace interim director Kristin Feeley, who took over the position when prior director Tabitha Jackson, who ran the program for six years, was named the new director of the Sundance Film Festival.
In her new role, Lozano will also oversee nonfiction-focused Sundance Institute Labs, global and national partnerships, and film funds, leading the documentary film program’s team, including Labs director Feeley and film fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs.
The director joins the Sundance Institute from the International Documentary Association’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, where she co-founded ...
Veteran filmmaker and lecturer Carrie Lozano has been tapped as Sundance’s new documentary film program director.
Lozano will replace interim director Kristin Feeley, who took over the position when prior director Tabitha Jackson, who ran the program for six years, was named the new director of the Sundance Film Festival.
In her new role, Lozano will also oversee nonfiction-focused Sundance Institute Labs, global and national partnerships, and film funds, leading the documentary film program’s team, including Labs director Feeley and film fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs.
The director joins the Sundance Institute from the International Documentary Association’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, where she co-founded ...
Lozano will replace interim director Kristin Feeley, who took over the position when prior director Tabitha Jackson, who ran the program for six years, was named the new director of the Sundance Film Festival.
In her new role, Lozano will also oversee nonfiction-focused Sundance Institute Labs, global and national partnerships, and film funds, leading the documentary film program’s team, including Labs director Feeley and film fund director Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs.
The director joins the Sundance Institute from the International Documentary Association’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, where she co-founded ...
The International Documentary Association on Friday announced its latest round of grant funding. It’s providing a total of $245,000 out of two funds for 15 films, many of which are investigative works. The organization also announced its first class of Documentary magazine editorial fellows for a program meant to enhance opportunities for writers from underserved and underrepresented communities.
This year, 10 projects are set to receive $15,000 each from the Ida Enterprise Documentary Fund, which supports in-depth explorations of contemporary stories that into journalistic practice into filmmaking. The fund is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
Among them is “11 Questions,” the working title of the project from director-producer Cassandra Herrman, which is also getting funding from “Frontline.” This marks the first-ever joint-funding collaboration between Ida and the prestigious PBS series.
Herrman has been nominated for three News & Documentary Emmy Awards, most recently for...
This year, 10 projects are set to receive $15,000 each from the Ida Enterprise Documentary Fund, which supports in-depth explorations of contemporary stories that into journalistic practice into filmmaking. The fund is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
Among them is “11 Questions,” the working title of the project from director-producer Cassandra Herrman, which is also getting funding from “Frontline.” This marks the first-ever joint-funding collaboration between Ida and the prestigious PBS series.
Herrman has been nominated for three News & Documentary Emmy Awards, most recently for...
- 2/21/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Body to offer $245,000 in support.
The International Documentary Association (Ida) announced on Thursday (28) 16 grants totalling $245,000 to films through its Enterprise Documentary Fund and Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund.
Eleven feature-length documentary projects have been selected as development grantees of the Enterprise Documentary Fund with awards totalling $150,000. The Fund aims to support projects that reframe contemporary and historical events.
A further five projects will receive $95,000 in support through the Pare Lorentz Doc Fund, which supports production and post production for films that illuminate issues in the Us. This year’s themes centre on land and water.
The 11 Enterprise Documentary Fund grantees are:...
The International Documentary Association (Ida) announced on Thursday (28) 16 grants totalling $245,000 to films through its Enterprise Documentary Fund and Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund.
Eleven feature-length documentary projects have been selected as development grantees of the Enterprise Documentary Fund with awards totalling $150,000. The Fund aims to support projects that reframe contemporary and historical events.
A further five projects will receive $95,000 in support through the Pare Lorentz Doc Fund, which supports production and post production for films that illuminate issues in the Us. This year’s themes centre on land and water.
The 11 Enterprise Documentary Fund grantees are:...
- 2/28/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Panelists emphasise importance of diverse voices on Cannes panel.
The non-fiction community isn’t stuck in a “liberal bubble,” said Kathy Im, director journalism & media, The MacArthur Foundation, during a Cannes Doc Day panel of documentary experts discussing the challenges and opportunities of making non-fiction films in the “post-truth” era.
“I don’t think that we should apologise that we care about human rights, we care about health care, we think climate change is real,” Im said. “These things are universal. If we look carefully at some of the documentaries that are being made in the Us, if you look at the body of work supported by liberal foundations or public television, there is quite a bit of diversity.”
Diversity of voices and reaching a diverse audience is important, added Carrie Lozano, director of Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund. “I want to urge filmmakers that you can be creative to be more universal. We can tell...
The non-fiction community isn’t stuck in a “liberal bubble,” said Kathy Im, director journalism & media, The MacArthur Foundation, during a Cannes Doc Day panel of documentary experts discussing the challenges and opportunities of making non-fiction films in the “post-truth” era.
“I don’t think that we should apologise that we care about human rights, we care about health care, we think climate change is real,” Im said. “These things are universal. If we look carefully at some of the documentaries that are being made in the Us, if you look at the body of work supported by liberal foundations or public television, there is quite a bit of diversity.”
Diversity of voices and reaching a diverse audience is important, added Carrie Lozano, director of Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund. “I want to urge filmmakers that you can be creative to be more universal. We can tell...
- 5/25/2017
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Barbet Schroeder, Amos Gitaï, post-truth era panel among May 23 highlights.
The Doc Day returns to Cannes on May 23 for its second year with the overarching goal of exploring how the non-fiction form creates impact and can bring peace to disrupted societies.
The Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (Cnc) will introduce the morning session at the Plage du Gray d’Albion when Amos Gitaï will discuss his Directors’ Fortnight selection West Of The Jordan River (Field Diary Revisited) with critic Jean-Michel Frodon.
The session will include the round table ‘Documentaries in the Post-Truth Era’ moderated by Screen International and featuring Kathleen Lingo of the New York Times’ Op-Docs platform, investigative correspondent Laurent Richard from Premières Lignes Télévision, Ida Enterprise Documentary Fund director Carrie Lozano, Kathy Im, director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Journalism and Media Program, and Gonzalo Lamela, director of Films For Transparency.
“In a world...
The Doc Day returns to Cannes on May 23 for its second year with the overarching goal of exploring how the non-fiction form creates impact and can bring peace to disrupted societies.
The Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (Cnc) will introduce the morning session at the Plage du Gray d’Albion when Amos Gitaï will discuss his Directors’ Fortnight selection West Of The Jordan River (Field Diary Revisited) with critic Jean-Michel Frodon.
The session will include the round table ‘Documentaries in the Post-Truth Era’ moderated by Screen International and featuring Kathleen Lingo of the New York Times’ Op-Docs platform, investigative correspondent Laurent Richard from Premières Lignes Télévision, Ida Enterprise Documentary Fund director Carrie Lozano, Kathy Im, director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Journalism and Media Program, and Gonzalo Lamela, director of Films For Transparency.
“In a world...
- 5/5/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The second annual Doc Day at the Cannes Film Festival will bring filmmakers and documentary professionals together to discuss the various ways non-fiction storytellers can help tackle the many challenges facing the world’s “disrupted societies.” The full day event taking place on May 23 will focus on the theme of how to use documentaries as a tool to promote awareness and togetherness around the world.
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“In a world evolving from a society of facts to one of the big data, with fake news and populism invading the spheres of social networks, politics and press, documentary filmmakers are an essential voice to bring independent analysis through storytelling that helps to inform, engage and inspire us all to think critically and deeply about the challenges facing democracy in this Post-Truth Era,” Julie Bergeron, head of industry programs at the Marché du Film,...
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“In a world evolving from a society of facts to one of the big data, with fake news and populism invading the spheres of social networks, politics and press, documentary filmmakers are an essential voice to bring independent analysis through storytelling that helps to inform, engage and inspire us all to think critically and deeply about the challenges facing democracy in this Post-Truth Era,” Julie Bergeron, head of industry programs at the Marché du Film,...
- 5/5/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Money to be administered via Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund.
The International Documentary Association and the Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press (Rcfp) are teaming up to support filmmakers.
The $1m grant will be administered by the Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The Fund champions documentaries that tackle contemporary stories through a journalistic lens and the Rcfp will provide expertise to funded projects on newsgathering and First Amendment issues.
“Independent documentarians are increasingly investigating complex and essential current affairs stories – covering issues that need considerable time and resources to develop,” Carrie Lozano, director of Ida’s Enterprise Fund, said.
“The partnership between Ida and Rcfp will provide much needed legal support for filmmakers who are often working without this necessary expertise.”
“The MacArthur Foundation has long supported work at the intersection of journalism and documentary projects,” Kathy Im, director of the journalism and media programme at MacArthur...
The International Documentary Association and the Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press (Rcfp) are teaming up to support filmmakers.
The $1m grant will be administered by the Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The Fund champions documentaries that tackle contemporary stories through a journalistic lens and the Rcfp will provide expertise to funded projects on newsgathering and First Amendment issues.
“Independent documentarians are increasingly investigating complex and essential current affairs stories – covering issues that need considerable time and resources to develop,” Carrie Lozano, director of Ida’s Enterprise Fund, said.
“The partnership between Ida and Rcfp will provide much needed legal support for filmmakers who are often working without this necessary expertise.”
“The MacArthur Foundation has long supported work at the intersection of journalism and documentary projects,” Kathy Im, director of the journalism and media programme at MacArthur...
- 3/30/2017
- ScreenDaily
Money to be administered via Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund.
The International Documentary Association and the Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press (Rcfp) are teaming up to support filmmakers.
The $1m grant will be administered by the Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The Fund champions documentaries that tackle contemporary stories through a journalistic lens and the Rcfp will provide expertise to funded projects on newsgathering and First Amendment issues.
“Independent documentarians are increasingly investigating complex and essential current affairs stories – covering issues that need considerable time and resources to develop,” Carrie Lozano, director of Ida’s Enterprise Fund, said.
“The partnership between Ida and Rcfp will provide much needed legal support for filmmakers who are often working without this necessary expertise.”
“The MacArthur Foundation has long supported work at the intersection of journalism and documentary projects,” Kathy Im, director of the journalism and media programme at MacArthur...
The International Documentary Association and the Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press (Rcfp) are teaming up to support filmmakers.
The $1m grant will be administered by the Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The Fund champions documentaries that tackle contemporary stories through a journalistic lens and the Rcfp will provide expertise to funded projects on newsgathering and First Amendment issues.
“Independent documentarians are increasingly investigating complex and essential current affairs stories – covering issues that need considerable time and resources to develop,” Carrie Lozano, director of Ida’s Enterprise Fund, said.
“The partnership between Ida and Rcfp will provide much needed legal support for filmmakers who are often working without this necessary expertise.”
“The MacArthur Foundation has long supported work at the intersection of journalism and documentary projects,” Kathy Im, director of the journalism and media programme at MacArthur...
- 3/30/2017
- ScreenDaily
Money to be administered via Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund.
The International Documentary Association and the Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press (Rcfp) are teaming up to support filmmakers.
The $1m grant will be administered by the Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The Fund champions documentaries that tackle contemporary stories through a journalistic lens and the Rcfp will provide expertise to funded projects on newsgathering and First Amendment issues.
“Independent documentarians are increasingly investigating complex and essential current affairs stories – covering issues that need considerable time and resources to develop,” Carrie Lozano, director of Ida’s Enterprise Fund, said.
“The partnership between Ida and Rcfp will provide much needed legal support for filmmakers who are often working without this necessary expertise.”
“The MacArthur Foundation has long supported work at the intersection of journalism and documentary projects,” Kathy Im, director of the journalism and media programme at MacArthur...
The International Documentary Association and the Reporters Committee For Freedom Of The Press (Rcfp) are teaming up to support filmmakers.
The $1m grant will be administered by the Ida’s Enterprise Documentary Fund, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
The Fund champions documentaries that tackle contemporary stories through a journalistic lens and the Rcfp will provide expertise to funded projects on newsgathering and First Amendment issues.
“Independent documentarians are increasingly investigating complex and essential current affairs stories – covering issues that need considerable time and resources to develop,” Carrie Lozano, director of Ida’s Enterprise Fund, said.
“The partnership between Ida and Rcfp will provide much needed legal support for filmmakers who are often working without this necessary expertise.”
“The MacArthur Foundation has long supported work at the intersection of journalism and documentary projects,” Kathy Im, director of the journalism and media programme at MacArthur...
- 3/30/2017
- ScreenDaily
In a two-year commitment with the Sundance Institute unveiled in Park City on Monday, The Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation will support the Institute’s Screenwriters Intensive and year-round work with diverse independent filmmakers and artists.
The Screenwriters Intensive is part of the Institute’s Feature Film Program and provides ten emerging screenwriters from underrepresented communities the opportunity to participate in a two-day workshop focused on the creative process.
The Initiative encompasses efforts to reach new communities of storytellers and artists across regions, genres, ethnicities, genders and orientations.
“Sundance is proud to work with storytellers from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, both at the festival and in our artist development programmes,” said Keri Putnam, executive director of Sundance Institute. “We are so grateful for the generous support of The Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation. Together, we will build momentum and awareness about the need to create a film and media landscape that reflects the full...
The Screenwriters Intensive is part of the Institute’s Feature Film Program and provides ten emerging screenwriters from underrepresented communities the opportunity to participate in a two-day workshop focused on the creative process.
The Initiative encompasses efforts to reach new communities of storytellers and artists across regions, genres, ethnicities, genders and orientations.
“Sundance is proud to work with storytellers from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, both at the festival and in our artist development programmes,” said Keri Putnam, executive director of Sundance Institute. “We are so grateful for the generous support of The Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation. Together, we will build momentum and awareness about the need to create a film and media landscape that reflects the full...
- 1/23/2017
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the glitzy awards world with our weekly Awards Roundup column.
– Annette Bening will be honored with the Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement at the Annual Artios Awards, presented by the Casting Society of America in Los Angeles on January 19, 2017. Bening is a four-time Academy Award nominee for “The Kids Are All Right,” “Being Julia,” “American Beauty” and “The Grifters.” She is a two-time Golden Globe winner for “Being Julia” and “The Kids Are All Right,” a BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award winner for best actress in “American Beauty” and a 2006 Emmy Award nominee for her role in “Mrs. Harris.”
“Annette has taken on roles which have changed cultural conversations,” Richard Hicks, president of Csa, said in a statement. “She is an actress of great bravery and passion, and her work shows what’s possible when a remarkable actress meets the right opportunity.” This year,...
– Annette Bening will be honored with the Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement at the Annual Artios Awards, presented by the Casting Society of America in Los Angeles on January 19, 2017. Bening is a four-time Academy Award nominee for “The Kids Are All Right,” “Being Julia,” “American Beauty” and “The Grifters.” She is a two-time Golden Globe winner for “Being Julia” and “The Kids Are All Right,” a BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award winner for best actress in “American Beauty” and a 2006 Emmy Award nominee for her role in “Mrs. Harris.”
“Annette has taken on roles which have changed cultural conversations,” Richard Hicks, president of Csa, said in a statement. “She is an actress of great bravery and passion, and her work shows what’s possible when a remarkable actress meets the right opportunity.” This year,...
- 12/2/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Rating: 2.5/5
Directors: Sam Green, Dave Cerf
Producers: Sam Green, Carrie Lozano, Jasmine Dellal
Live music by: The Quavers (Dennis Cronin, T. Griffin, Catherine McCrae)
The idea of having a film play with a live soundtrack sounded incredibly intriguing to me as I was looking through what the La Film Festival had on the schedule for this year. Sam Green’s documentary on the ideas of utopia was to feature a live band, the Quavers, performing while Green himself also performed live by narrating the film as it played. Playing on this idea of film with music, rather than being described as having four scenes, the piece would be told in four movements (as the title indicates).
Read more on Laff 2010 Review: Utopia In Four Movements…...
Directors: Sam Green, Dave Cerf
Producers: Sam Green, Carrie Lozano, Jasmine Dellal
Live music by: The Quavers (Dennis Cronin, T. Griffin, Catherine McCrae)
The idea of having a film play with a live soundtrack sounded incredibly intriguing to me as I was looking through what the La Film Festival had on the schedule for this year. Sam Green’s documentary on the ideas of utopia was to feature a live band, the Quavers, performing while Green himself also performed live by narrating the film as it played. Playing on this idea of film with music, rather than being described as having four scenes, the piece would be told in four movements (as the title indicates).
Read more on Laff 2010 Review: Utopia In Four Movements…...
- 6/23/2010
- by Allison Loring
- GordonandtheWhale
Skhizein by Jeremy Clapin (top); Utopia, Part 3: The World’s Largest Shopping Mall by Sam Green, Carrie Lozano (middle); Nora by Alla Kovgan, David Hinton (bottom) The Los Angeles Filmforum will present Program 2 of the Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. As per the La Filmforum’s press release, the Ann Arbor Film Festival is "the original and longest-running independent film festival in the United States, recognized as a premiere showcase for risk-taking, pioneering and art driven cinema." Program 2 explores "themes of a changing globalized world through personal, existential journeys." The screening films are: Cattle Call (Mike Maryniuk & Matthew Rankin, 4 min) Utopia Part 3: [...]...
- 11/12/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
- Quick Links Iraq In Fragments An Inconvenient Truth God Grew Tired of Us The International Documentary Assn (a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to supporting the efforts of nonfiction film and video makers throughout the United States and the world, and who also publish a monthly mag) choose James Longley's Iraq In Fragments as the best feature-length documentary of the year. The other final noms in the same category were Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, Deliver Us From Evil, Showbusiness: A Season to Remember and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars. Other winners were: Best short documentary: Marcelo Bukin - Angel's Fire (Fuego de Angel) Pare Lorentz Award (recognizing a documentary filmmaker who represents both an activist spirit and a lyrical vision): Davis Guggenheim's An Inconvenient Truth Courage Under Fire Award: Andrew Berends - The Blood of My Brother The Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award:
- 12/10/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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