Funder FAQ: Astraea National Lesbian Foundation
…country. Explain your funding cycle and deadlines. We have an annual postmark deadline of November 1. Applications can be downloaded from our website. Are there time frame restrictions within which…
…country. Explain your funding cycle and deadlines. We have an annual postmark deadline of November 1. Applications can be downloaded from our website. Are there time frame restrictions within which…
Peter Nicks is on our 10 filmmaker to watch list in 2017 for his film, The Force, a cinema vérité look into the Oakland Police Department from 2014-2016. Nicks had hoped to capture the department emerging out from federal oversight, only to document another scandal. The film is part of a thematic trilogy about institutions and communities in Oakland, California.
Whose Streets, a documentary from filmmakers Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis currently in post-production, chronicles the lives of activists in Ferguson, Missouri and the surrounding St. Louis area following the controversial killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014. Folayan and Davis focus on the aftermath of the incident and the evolving social movement surrounding it. Their hope is to bring awareness and clarity to this racially-charged, constantly unfolding narrative. The directing duo make our 10 filmmakers to watch list for 2016.
…they contain a more complete and finely drawn world than most screenplays offer. Studios, of course, Hoover up all the “sure things”: the Harry Potters, Seabiscuits, and Da Vinci Codes….
Ted Koppel may be struggling to save ABC’s Nightline from the expanding late-night entertainment complex, but he is doing all he can to support Two Towns of Jasper, the documentary…
…year that production officially ended, the production company and (if it has one) the distributor, and the film’s website. If the film is not in English or contains other languages,…
The Indie Film Music Contest has just announced its winners for the Winter 2023 season. Focused on celebrating beginner and intermediate composers within the independent music niche, the contest helps…
…basically document his career. The result, My Father, The Genius, is a far more complex examination of her father’s aspirations and failures—coupled with his unabashed detachment—from his two families. Glen…
In this installment of Women in Film Portraits, Lauren Sowa profiles Alex Cirillo and Dani Faith Leonard, the producers and founders of Big Vision Empty Wallet. Cirillo and Leonard share their enthusiasm for producing and about interesting projects currently in the works. They also reflect on what it means to be female creative artists and entrepreneurs in the film industry at this time.