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
Exclusive: Oscar and Emmy Award-nominated Pov Shorts, from American Documentary, is set to premiere its fourth season via PBS and streaming at Pov.org on Sept. 6. This season will feature 13 new diverse, short nonfiction films across 7 episodes tackling the complexities of family, identity, and community.
“This is a deeply affecting group of films, particularly given the challenges of the past year,” said Pov Shorts producer Opal H. Bennett. “We see reunion and redemption, grace and compassion, and displays of inimitable human spirit. Our fourth season aims to bring you stories that will linger long after their screening.”
Find a breakdown of each episode below.
Episode 1: Where I’m From — Stories on home and how it shapes us. Broadcast Date: September 6, 2021 A Broken House, dir. Jimmy Goldblum Mohamad Hafez received a one-way ticket to the United States. Missing his homeland, he decided to create a stand-in. A story of love,...
“This is a deeply affecting group of films, particularly given the challenges of the past year,” said Pov Shorts producer Opal H. Bennett. “We see reunion and redemption, grace and compassion, and displays of inimitable human spirit. Our fourth season aims to bring you stories that will linger long after their screening.”
Find a breakdown of each episode below.
Episode 1: Where I’m From — Stories on home and how it shapes us. Broadcast Date: September 6, 2021 A Broken House, dir. Jimmy Goldblum Mohamad Hafez received a one-way ticket to the United States. Missing his homeland, he decided to create a stand-in. A story of love,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
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
It’s almost time to get your Q on, St. Louis!!
The 10h Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis, runs March 29th – April 2nd at the .Zack (3224 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo 63103)
The St. Louis-based Lgbtq film festival, QFest will present an eclectic slate of films from filmmakers that represent a wide variety of voices in contemporary queer world cinema. The mission of the film festival is to use the art of contemporary gay cinema to illustrate the diversity of the Lgbtq community and to explore the complexities of living an alternative lifestyle.
All screenings at the .Zack (3224 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo 63103). Individual tickets are $13 for general admission, $10 for students and Cinema St. Louis members with valid and current photo IDs.
Advance tickets may be purchased at the Hi-Pointe Backlot box office or website. For more info, visit the Cinema St. Louis site Here
http://www.
The 10h Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis, runs March 29th – April 2nd at the .Zack (3224 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo 63103)
The St. Louis-based Lgbtq film festival, QFest will present an eclectic slate of films from filmmakers that represent a wide variety of voices in contemporary queer world cinema. The mission of the film festival is to use the art of contemporary gay cinema to illustrate the diversity of the Lgbtq community and to explore the complexities of living an alternative lifestyle.
All screenings at the .Zack (3224 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo 63103). Individual tickets are $13 for general admission, $10 for students and Cinema St. Louis members with valid and current photo IDs.
Advance tickets may be purchased at the Hi-Pointe Backlot box office or website. For more info, visit the Cinema St. Louis site Here
http://www.
- 3/16/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
Film Independent has unveiled a year-round partnership with Netflix to support documentary filmmakers.
The move makes the streaming giant the official supporter of all Film Independent’s documentary initiatives including the annual Documentary Lab, the Documentary Competition at the Los Angeles Film Festival and all the documentary elements in Film Independent’s educational programmes.
The body also announced the six projects and related film-makers selected for the five-week 2015 Documentary Lab.
“We are so appreciative of Netflix’s deep and generous support of our programmes that are geared to documentary filmmakers,” said Film Independent president Josh Welsh. “Documentary film is incredibly exciting today and I can’t think of a better company to partner with in this space.”
The 2015 Documentary Lab projects and Fellows are:
Becoming April March (dir, Craig Jackson); My Country, No More (dirs, Rita Baghdadi, Jeremiah Hammerling); Real Boy (dir, Shaleece Haas); Soledad (dir, Cassidy Friedman); The Peacemaker (dir, James Demo); What...
The move makes the streaming giant the official supporter of all Film Independent’s documentary initiatives including the annual Documentary Lab, the Documentary Competition at the Los Angeles Film Festival and all the documentary elements in Film Independent’s educational programmes.
The body also announced the six projects and related film-makers selected for the five-week 2015 Documentary Lab.
“We are so appreciative of Netflix’s deep and generous support of our programmes that are geared to documentary filmmakers,” said Film Independent president Josh Welsh. “Documentary film is incredibly exciting today and I can’t think of a better company to partner with in this space.”
The 2015 Documentary Lab projects and Fellows are:
Becoming April March (dir, Craig Jackson); My Country, No More (dirs, Rita Baghdadi, Jeremiah Hammerling); Real Boy (dir, Shaleece Haas); Soledad (dir, Cassidy Friedman); The Peacemaker (dir, James Demo); What...
- 3/31/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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