With support from the Nancy P. & Richard K. Robbins Family Foundation and Resonance Philanthropies, DocPitch 2024 has awarded five independent documentary filmmakers cash awards totaling $100,000 to help them complete their feature documentary film projects currently in development or post-production.
“With DocPitch 2024, we’re incredibly honored to again be in the position of supporting independent filmmakers in such a tangible way,” said DocLands Director of Programming Joni Cooper. “Thanks to our generous donors, we’re able to help move these passionate storytellers closer to the goal of seeing their projects reach the finish line — and into the public realm. Each project underscores the importance of DocPitch to bring a wide range of timely and significant topics to the public including the industry professional eye, and in turn enriches essential discussions through the process itself.”
DocPitch Award Recipients and their projects:
The Co-Op: The Kids of Dorie Miller – Audience Award $45,000
Director/Producer Paulina...
“With DocPitch 2024, we’re incredibly honored to again be in the position of supporting independent filmmakers in such a tangible way,” said DocLands Director of Programming Joni Cooper. “Thanks to our generous donors, we’re able to help move these passionate storytellers closer to the goal of seeing their projects reach the finish line — and into the public realm. Each project underscores the importance of DocPitch to bring a wide range of timely and significant topics to the public including the industry professional eye, and in turn enriches essential discussions through the process itself.”
DocPitch Award Recipients and their projects:
The Co-Op: The Kids of Dorie Miller – Audience Award $45,000
Director/Producer Paulina...
- 5/10/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bavc Media has named the latest group of nonfiction filmmakers to take part in its prestigious documentary film fellowship program. The octet announced today will receive $10,000 each in “unrestricted funding, mentorship, industry access, feedback sessions, and workshops during an immersive 9-month experience.”
The Bavc MediaMaker Fellowship was established in 1991 to support emerging filmmakers and diverse projects. This year’s cohort includes Ademola (Ellas Vinieron de Las Nubes / They Came From the Clouds); Chelsi Bullard (Unfiltered); Caron Creighton (Wood Street); Julia Hunter (This is Me Loving You); Patrick G. Lee (Untitled Kqt Project); Ivan MacDonald (When They Were Here); Khai Thu Nguyen (The Full Thao), and Pallavi Somusetty (Coach Emily). [Scroll for more about the filmmakers and their projects].
The fellowship provides “two intensive convenings in San Francisco, a slate of virtual workshops throughout the year, and all-access travel to the International Documentary Association’s biennial Getting Real conference in Los Angeles and the Camden International Film Festival in midcoast Maine.
The Bavc MediaMaker Fellowship was established in 1991 to support emerging filmmakers and diverse projects. This year’s cohort includes Ademola (Ellas Vinieron de Las Nubes / They Came From the Clouds); Chelsi Bullard (Unfiltered); Caron Creighton (Wood Street); Julia Hunter (This is Me Loving You); Patrick G. Lee (Untitled Kqt Project); Ivan MacDonald (When They Were Here); Khai Thu Nguyen (The Full Thao), and Pallavi Somusetty (Coach Emily). [Scroll for more about the filmmakers and their projects].
The fellowship provides “two intensive convenings in San Francisco, a slate of virtual workshops throughout the year, and all-access travel to the International Documentary Association’s biennial Getting Real conference in Los Angeles and the Camden International Film Festival in midcoast Maine.
- 4/2/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
NEW YORK -- Jesse L. Martin, Damon Dash, Adam Beach and Joy Bryant are among 10 jurors who will participate in the fifth annual Tribeca All Access program.
A record 37 narrative and documentary features from new minority filmmakers were selected from more than 550 entries. All directors and screenwriters will participate in workshops and meetings with more than 100 potential investors, development executives, producers and agents.
The filmmakers will compete for $44,500 in prizes at the 2008 Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards, presented April 25 during the Tribeca Film Festival.
This year the program will add Tribeca All Access on Track, which will provide year-round filmmaking equipment and support to TAA alumni. there are three films from TAA alumni -- Engi Wassef's Marina of the Zabbaleen, Dawn Valadez and Kristi Guevara-Flanagan's Going on 13, and Makoto Sasa's Fire Under the Snow -- premiering in this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
The program is a collaboration between the Tribeca Film Institute, U.K.
A record 37 narrative and documentary features from new minority filmmakers were selected from more than 550 entries. All directors and screenwriters will participate in workshops and meetings with more than 100 potential investors, development executives, producers and agents.
The filmmakers will compete for $44,500 in prizes at the 2008 Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards, presented April 25 during the Tribeca Film Festival.
This year the program will add Tribeca All Access on Track, which will provide year-round filmmaking equipment and support to TAA alumni. there are three films from TAA alumni -- Engi Wassef's Marina of the Zabbaleen, Dawn Valadez and Kristi Guevara-Flanagan's Going on 13, and Makoto Sasa's Fire Under the Snow -- premiering in this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
The program is a collaboration between the Tribeca Film Institute, U.K.
- 3/23/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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