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Friday, June 25th, 2010
The Sundance Institute announced its 12 Documentary Film Fellows and their five projects in the seventh Documentary Edit and Story Laboratory. Taking place from June 19-27 at a resort in Sundance, Utah, this Lab supports visionary filmmakers and their projects.
Fellows are selected from a pool of 60 active, Sundance-funded documentary projects.
Lab Fellows are:
Ra’anan Alexandrowicz (Directing Fellow), Michael Collins (Directing Fellow), Heather Courtney (Directing Fellow), Ramona Diaz (Directing Fellow), Ron Goldman (Editing Fellow), Kyle Henry (Editing Fellow), Stephen Maing (Directing Fellow), Leah Marino (Editing Fellow), Eric Daniel Metzgar (Editing Fellow), Jonathan Oppenheim (Editing Fellow), Trina Rodriquez (Editing Fellow), Marty Syjuco (Directing Fellow).
The 5 films selected for the 2010 Sundance Institute Documentary Editing and Story Lab are:
GIVE UP TOMORROW (U.S.)
After languishing for 12 years on death row in a Philippine prison, Paco Larrañaga finds hope when the international human rights community upholds his innocence and launches a grass-roots campaign that triggers the total abolishment of the death penalty.
HIGH TECH, LOW LIFE (U.S./China)
High Tech, Low Life follows the personal journey of two of China’s most well-known roving citizen reporters as they travel the country chronicling under-reported news and social issues stories.
THE LAW IN THESE PARTS (Israel / Palestinian Territories)
What happens to the rule of law when a democracy enforces military rule over a neighboring population in a territory one third of its size?
THE LEARNING (U.S.)
The Learning follows four Filipino teachers recruited to from the Philippines to teach in Baltimore City. Across the school year’s changing seasons, the film chronicles the sacrifices they make as they try to maintain a long-distance relationship with their children and families, and begin a new one with the mostly African-American students whose schooling is now entrusted to them.
WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM (U.S.)
Looking for money for college, a group of childhood friends join the National Guard when they graduate from their rural high school. Thus begins their 4-year-journey from teenagers stuck in their town, to soldiers looking for bombs in Afghanistan, to 23-year-old combat veterans trying to restart their civilian lives.… Read the rest
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Out of 390 applicants from 23 countries, the Tribeca Film Institute and Gucci announced yesterday the seven recipients of the 2010 Gucci Tribeca Documentary fund, whose projects highlight globally important social issues.
The projects that will receive a total of $100,000 in grant money are :
African Deep, Directed and Produced by Rachel Boynton. – (USA) African Deep is a riveting adventure about the heated quest for oil in the deep waters off West Africa’s coast. Shot over the course of four years, at a time of rising demand for energy and increasing competition for resources worldwide, the film takes you inside the gargantuan efforts and ambitions surrounding our planet’s most important resource.
Donor 150, Directed by Jerry Rothwell. Produced by Hilary Durman and Al Morrow. – (UK) Donor 150 is a twenty-first century tale of identity and genetic inheritance and perhaps the family of the future. For the first time in history a generation of children born through artificial insemination are old enough to search for their biological fathers. Donor 150 follows two young people as they first decide and then travel to meet their father for the first time, and as they navigate the increasingly complex maze of new and constantly evolving family relationships.
The Mosou Sisters Directed and Produced by Marlo Poras & Yu Ying Wu Chou. – (USA) The Mosou Sisters follows two spirited daughters from China’s last remaining matriarchal society who are thrust into the worldwide economic downturn when they lose the only jobs they’ve ever known.
MOVING WINDMILLS: The William Kamkwamba Story Directed by Tom Reilly. Produced by Ben W. Nabors. – (USA) MOVING WINDMILLS: The William Kamkwamba Story dates to 2001 when William Kamkwamba dropped out of school due to a devastating famine. Through self-education, he saw a picture of a windmill in a textbook. Using found materials, William built a windmill that powered his village and changed his life, using imagination and ingenuity to inspire a family, a village, and a nation.
The Redemption of General Butt Naked Directed and Produced by Daniele Anastasion and Eric Strauss. – (USA) The Redemption … Read the rest
Monday, March 7th, 2005
The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund announced its first round of grants for 2005. Fourteen feature-length documentary films will receive a total of $490,000.
“‘Ranging from depictions of the broad topic of globalization to very personal explorations of individual identity, the films in this slate reveal the human stories within larger events and forces that shape our world,’ said Diane Weyermann, Director of the Sundance Documentary Program. ‘Many of these filmmakers are expanding the art of documentary filmmaking by pushing cinematic boundaries, and the Sundance Documentary Fund is proud to support their new work.’”
The fourteen Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grant recipients are:
WORK IN PROGRESS GRANTS
Deborah Dickson, THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE HMONG (U.S.)
A touching portrayal of the large Hmong refugee communities in Thailand and the United States as a result of the “secret war” in Laos.
Mark and Nick Francis, BLACK GOLD (U.K.)
An exposition on the relationship between Western coffee consumption and the collapse of the Ethiopian coffee economy, leading to starvation for the farmers and a dependence on outside aid.
Victoria Funari and Dergio De La Torre, MAQUILOPOLIS (U.S.)
The story of globalization and the transformation of Tijuana through the eyes of Mexican women factory workers.
Maria Teresa Larrain, THE TRIAL OF PASCUAL PINCHUN (Canada/Chile)
Focuses on the conflict between landowners and Mapuches (Native people of Chile), when MININCO, a Canadian multinational forestry company, settles in Mapuche land.
Zach Niles and Banker White, THE REFUGEE ALL STARS (U.S.)
Via the Refugee All Star Band, six Sierra Leoneans, who have been living for years as refugees in Guinea, struggle to keep their hope and music alive.
Laura Poitras, THE WAR AFTER (U.S.)
A cinema verite film that explores US Military’s strategic planning and on-the-ground efforts to implement democratic elections in Iraq.
Juan Carlos Rulfo, IN THE PIT (Mexico)
A cinematic eye into the daily lives of construction workers building the Second Deck of Mexico City’s Periferico Freeway.
Rodrigo Vazquez, AN AMERICAN MARTYR (U.K.)
The story of Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist, crushed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in March of 2003.
DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
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Thursday, January 20th, 2005
From a press release rceived today: “National Video Resources (NVR) [has] announced that 16 film, video and media artists will be awarded grants to aid with the completion, transfer and marketing of their projects. Through its Program for Media Artists, NVR will provide 12 technical assistance grants of $1,500 each, two of which for the first time are being given to preserve and archive the projects of past Fellowship recipients that have passed on. Additionally, 4 artists will receive in-kind Web assistance grants for Web site development.
Technical Assistance Grants
Kelly Anderson/Tami Gold
$1,500 towards Spanish translation and subtitling of Every Mother’s Son, a documentary about an emerging movement of mothers in NYC whose sons have been victims of the police and who contest official accounts of what happened. The subtitling will help reach Spanish-speaking audiences as part of a community engagement project.
Carlos Avila
$1,500 toward the re-mastering and DVD authoring of Foto-Novelas, a series of short stories that use magical realism, science fiction and fantasy to show life in the Latino community. The preservation in DVD will allow the project to become part of the collection of media libraries across the country.
Seoungho Cho
$1,500 documentation of Desert Project/Death Valley, installation video works about California’s Death Valley. Proper documentation will enable the filmmaker to continue promoting the work among galleries, museums and other exhibit spaces in the U.S. and abroad.
Curtis Choy
$1,500 will go toward music composition and acquisition for the feature-length documentary What’s Wrong With Frank Chin?, about the controversial pioneer of Asian-American literature, theater and film.
Simin Farkondeh
$1,500 to finalize the postproduction of her narrative feature Who Gives Kisses Freely From Her Lips, a film that looks at temporary marriage in today’s Iran.
Thomas Allen Harris
$1,500 for promotion and marketing materials for Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela, a film based on the stories of the first twelve South African exiles who left their country in 1960 to keep the anti-apartheid movement alive, among them the filmmaker’s stepfather.
Mitko Panov
$1,500 to contribute to the creation of … Read the rest
Monday, November 1st, 2004
The Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film & Television is again seeking proposals for the funding of restoration and/or preservation of American films in which women have had significant creative positions. Individuals and not-for-profit organizations are eligible to apply for grants of up to $10,000. Deadline: December 15, 2004.
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