Firelight Media's The Spark Fund offers support to established independent documentary filmmakers who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color, and whose work on humanities-themed projects was disrupted by the COVID-19 public health emergency. This one-time opportunity, which is underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will provide stipends rather than project support to selected filmmakers. The Spark Fund will provide 36 stipends of $50,000 to selected filmmakers over the period of one year.

Applications are due December 29th. Learn more here.

Chicken & Egg Pictures' Project: Hatched provides support to US-based women and gender nonconforming filmmakers who are nearing completion or have recently completed a feature or short documentary film and who have plans to strategize, build and launch an impact campaign. The program focuses on the lifecycle of documentary films in distribution with master classes on festivals, awards season, markets and impact campaigns. Six short, medium-length, and/or feature-length documentary projects will participate in a seven month program running from April to October 2022 and will receive a $30,000 grant with at least $15,000 to be allocated towards an impact campaign (up to $15,000 may be used for film completion, including expenses already incurred.)

The deadline to submit is Monday, January 17th at 10am ET. Learn more and apply here.

Camden International Film Festival 2022 is now accepting film submissions! Don't miss your chance to join the remarkable community of storytellers and film enthusiasts. Get your project in before their early bird deadline, February 28, 2022 for a reduced submissions fee.

For CIFF 2022, they will maintain their commitment to filmmaker support via a funding pool comprised of 50% of net proceeds from their virtual box office.

Earlybird deadline is February 28, 2022. Apply here.

The Documentary Film Program's Producers Lab and Fellowship is a yearlong program designed to nurture emerging producers with project-specific support, Producers Summit attendance, industry mentorship, and ongoing support from Sundance Institute staff. Documentary Film Producing Fellows each receive a grant that may be applied to personal expenses and unsupported costs for project advancement.

Deadline to apply is February 10th. Learn more here.

Osmosis Films is seeking submissions from filmmakers and producers for documentaries and

documentary series in the development or early stages of production. In collaboration with filmmakers, they will assist in creative development, provide production services, and take projects to market to secure further financing and distribution. In 2022, they will commit up to $100,000 to be invested across 2-3 projects they select.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until Feb. 28th. To submit, complete a brief questionnaire here.

THE FAITHFUL, a film by Annie Berman, is now playing in the Academy Screening Room for your consideration!

The film has also been held over for the sixth consecutive week at the Laemmle's Virtual Cinema and has made owner Greg Laemmle's "Greg's List" (along with CID sponsored film, ASCENSION!)

The Faithful explores the deep veneration and legacies of the Pope, the Princess, and the King. Over the course of 20 years, Berman profiles these figures’ biggest fans and makes numerous pilgrimages to Vatican City, Graceland, and Kensington Palace. As the years go by, the film itself becomes increasingly entwined with Berman’s daily life and identity, much like how these officially-licensed knick-knacks define the fans she filmed.

PatchWorks is incredibly honored to have two films included in The Hollywood Reporter's Oscar contenders lists! Both LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS, a film by Marcia Jarmel & Ken Schneider, and WHAT YOU'LL REMEMBER, directed by Erika Cohn and produced by Marcia Jarmel, were in roundups for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short respectively. Los Hermanos/The Brothers was also featured in the LA Times as one of the stand-out documentary feature contenders this year.  

The Hollywood Reporter and DOC NYC have included What You'll Remember in their lists of Oscar contenders! Through a raw love letter to their children, two young parents reframe their experience of homelessness in What You'll Remember —an achingly beautiful short portrait about home, family and security. The film is available via The New York Times.

WBCN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Bill Lichtenstein, has been airing on PBS and can be screened here. The book is also now available and you can read the Boston Globe's review here. Director/Author Bill Lichtenstein was recently featured on NPR's Here and Now with Robin Young.

CURED, a documentary by Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer, is an official nominee in the

2022 Realscreen Awards, which “recognize the best in unscripted and non-fiction programming

from around the world.” The award-winning film, which had its U.S. broadcast premiere in October as the season opener of PBS’ Independent Lens series, has been nominated in the “Non-Fiction – Archive-Based Program” category. They are honored to be nominated, especially among a group of such powerful documentaries. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in late January at the 2022 Realscreen Summit. This nomination is a tribute to the dedication and tenacity of the film’s archival producers, Mridu Chandra and Lewanne Jones, who worked tirelessly over several years to unearth a trove of archival material, much of it not seen in more than five decades. View the full list of nominees here.

ONE ANOTHER, directed by Amber Love and produced by Elivia Shaw, has received a grant from the Illinois Arts Council to continue development of the film, and to film with their Chicago-based participants.

Though friendship is often seen as secondary, for many, friendship forms the bedrock of our support system as people. What do the roles that our friends play in our lives tell us about our wants and needs as a society? Starting as a set of deliberately crafted stories, associations, and provocations, One Another unfolds as a timely investigation of how we can create healthier and more adaptable communities through friendship, one of the most ubiquitous and under-examined relationships we enter into.

DC Camera is supporting Women in Film & Video (WIFV) Members with equipment grants to micro-budget films by WIFV Members. Gabrielle Ewing has received a grant for her documentary CREDIBLE FEAR. The project will receive equipment support from existing inventory and technical support, courtesy of DC Camera.

The new 9-minute short, BOUNTY, a follow up to Dawnland premiered in November and is free to stream anytime online at bountyfilm.org!

"The bounty system wasn’t a brief tide in history that receded after the United States gained independence; financial gains to be had for scalping could be found well into the 19th century. Similarly, Bounty isn’t intended to be a static viewing experience, an “ah, so this is what happened in the past” realization to have before going about your daily life. The film’s creators intend it as an experience that leaves viewers reassessing their own relationship with history, and one that puts these stories and experiences back into the hands of those communities who have lived it." – James Bennett II, GBH News

5 BLOCKS, a film by Dan Goldes, will screen in the Czech Republic, presented by the Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP), part of the Prague Institute of Planning and Development.

GARBAGE & GREED: TRASHED IN NAPA VALLEY, directed and produced by Brian Lilla, now has a live website and trailer.

A feature length documentary, Garbage & Greed: Trashed in Napa Valley, pulls back the curtains on a community plagued by toxic waste, fires and the greed of one family unwilling to move their landfill.

Massachusetts Artist Fellowships. Her full-length documentary film, The Man in the

Cowboy Hat, screened at the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival and the Boston

Latino International Film Festival in 2017. Her first feature film, 48 Years Going on 50, a

Art Boston. Please reach out directly to Janice at Janice.rogovin@gmail.com.

Filmmaking Fundamentals – 10 week course, Starting 3/1/22

Storytelling Workshop – 6 Sessions, Starting 2/28/22

Camera and Sound Workshop – 6 Sessions 1/29/22

Editing Workshop – 6 Sessions 1/10/22

Project Mentoring Group – Starting 1/5/22

Questions? Please email Michael Sheridan at michael@csfilm.org.

The Alliance of Documentary Editors has released a Guide for Documentary Edit Schedules which lays out clearly, for the first time, what a realistic edit schedule looks like both for features and for episodic documentary. The Alliance's Guidelines were put together with input from hundreds of veteran documentary editors.

Check out the guide here.