Filmmaking

Christopher McNabb, Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan work on "Whose Streets?" at the 2016 Documentary Editing Lab. © 2016 Sundance Institute | Photo by Jonathan Hickerson.

22 Documentary Filmmakers Win Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grants

Sundance Institute selected 22 independent nonfiction filmmakers and their projects for the latest Grantees of the Institute’s Documentary Fund totaling $520,000.

Filmmaker Jessica Sanders’ Picking Cotton Wins Sun Valley Film Festival Pitch Fest

Producer Jessica Sanders is the winner of the Sun Valley Film Festival $25,000 Ford Producers Grant prize for her project titled Picking Cotton.

“50 o Dos Ballenas se Encuentran en la Playa” directed by Jorge Cuchí

Mexican Film Wins Films Progress 37 Toulouse Awards + San Sebastian Festival Exits as Partner

The Mexican production “50 o Dos Ballenas se Encuentran en la Playa” was awarded the Films in Progress Award at the 2020 Films in Progress Toulouse.

American Documentary Gala 2019 via Facebook

American Documentary Re-opens Artist Emergency Fund for Indie Documentary Community Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

American Documentary, the organization behind the PBS series POV, is launching a COVID-19 Artist Emergency Fund to support the independent documentary community.

International Film Organizations Call for Freedom of Iranian Director Mohammad Rasoulof

Major international film organizations released statements expressing concern about “the imminent incarceration” of Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof.

Bentonville Film Festival Foundation and The Coca-Cola Foundation “See It, Be It Filmmaker Fellowship” | Top left to right: Jenna Laurenzo, Dawn Valadez, Amber McGinnis, Diane Paragas, Emily Ting, Fanny Veliz, McKenzie Chinn, Ursula Taherian. All images courtesy of the Bentonville Film Festival Foundation

Bentonville Film Festival Selects 8 Festival Alumni for ‘See It, Be It Filmmaker Fellowship’

The Bentonville Film Festival Foundation and The Coca-Cola Foundation announced the winners of the “See It, Be It Filmmaker Fellowship.”

POP AYE Director Kirsten Tan Wins 2020 SFFILM New American Fellowship

Filmmaker Kirsten Tan, whose debut feature Pop Aye premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, is the winner of the 2020 SFFILM New American Fellowship.

Filmmaker Angela Schanelec Gets Complete Retrospective at Film at Lincoln Center

Film at Lincoln Center will present Dreamed Paths: The Films of Angela Schanelec, a retrospective of the Berlin School filmmaker’s audacious body of work