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Independent
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Industry News & Opportunities
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LEF NEW ENGLAND'S MOVING IMAGE FUND NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS
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LEF New England's Moving Image Fund is now accepting submissions! The next LEF Moving Image Fund
deadline will be Friday, January 24, 2020 at 11:59pm (midnight)
for Production and Post-Production letters of inquiry.
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IMPACT KICKSTART FROM WORKING FILMS
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Working Films will be giving four films an Impact Kickstart in 2020! This award recognizes documentaries by underrepresented artists with great potential to make an impact on critical social and environmental issues. Each selected film will receive a national strategy summit that brings together key stakeholders in a day of strategizing to solidify plans and partnerships for their impact campaigns.
Find out more and apply here.
Deadline is February 27, 2020.
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JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE
ACQUIRED BY PARTICIPANT AND MAGNOLIA
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JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, a documentary about the life and career of Rep. John Lewis, has been acquired by Participant and Magnolia Pictures. The film, directed by Dawn Porter ("Trapped", "Gideon's Army"), was executive produced and financed by CNN Films, AGC Studios, and TIME Studios. The theatrical release is set for spring 2020.
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DAWNLAND
WINS "BEST FILM" AT THE MEDIA FOR A JUST SOCIETY AWARDS
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DAWNLAND
has won best film at the Media for a Just Society awards presented by the National Council On Crime And Delinquency (NCCD)! The national award recognizes media whose work furthers public understanding of criminal justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and adult protection issues.
Read the full announcement
here
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Schools, Nations, and communities can order DAWNLAND
here
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PERFECT STRANGERS
AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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PERFECT STRANGERS
will be screened at
Stanford University on January 30
. It will be followed by a conversation with Jan Krawitz, the filmmaker, a father-daughter donor-recipient pair, and a Stanford student who, in early December,
donated this kidney as a “non-directed” donor — to someone he doesn’t know.
More details on the screening
here.
The National Kidney Foundation will distribute DVD copies of the film to all of its chapters around the country — for use in outreach and education.
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DIGITAL RESTORATION OF
THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD
SCREENING IN NEW YORK
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The stunning new 4K digital restoration of THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD, directed by Nancy Kelly, produced by Kenji Yamamoto and written by Anne Makepeace, will screen at
The Moviehouse in Millerton, NY on Sat. Jan. 12 at 1PM and Sat. Jan. 18 at 7PM
. Anne Makepeace will do q&a after both screenings. More details and purchase tickets
here
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BORDERLAND
IS IN POST-PRODUCTION
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BCN Productions is in post-production for the documentary
BORDERLAND: THE LIFE & TIMES OF BLANCHE AMES
, which chronicles the remarkable life of Blanche Ames (1878-1969), an artist, political cartoonist and activist who led the women’s suffrage movement in Massachusetts and co-founded the Birth Control League of Massachusetts. The premiere is scheduled for February 2020. For more details, visit
www.borderlandthedocumentary.com
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Docs Without Borders Film Festival, Rehoboth Beach, DE
WRPN Women’s International Film Festival, WV
Changing Face International Film Festival, Australia
Polish International Film Festival, Warsaw
and on January 25, 2020 scheduled to screen at Flathead Lake International Cinema Fest in Polson, MT
EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
University of New Mexico/Comprehensive Cancer Center Conference in Albuquereque
Beaumont Health/Gilda’s Club Metro Detroit
Todd Memorial Cancer Center in Long Beach
Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls, MT
University of North Texas, Denton
AWARDS
BEST IN SHOW, Docs Without Borders
BEST IN SHOW, Women’s International Film Festival
FINALIST, Polish International Film Festival
FINALIST, Changing Face International Film Festival
FINALIST, FLIC
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THE EARTHKEEPERS
PREMIERE
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THE EARTHKEEPERS
, a short film directed by Mitchell Teplitsky
about a community composting start-up in Southern Indiana that hires ex-offenders, will premiere in mid-January as part of a 10-city
state tour
organized by Indiana Humanities. Screenings also planned at environmental film fests and conferences in other states.
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Oliver Becker, a filmmaker with The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, will begin to direct a three to five minute promotional film which will be used to create awareness of Protect Our Past as a macro organization dedicated to the importance of saving historic properties on Cape Cod and around the nation. "Once Lost, Gone Forever" is the theme. We are wiping away the remains of this nation’s young history and the social ramifications include the erasing of our culture. This short film will be used to raise the needed funds for the full length documentary which looks forward to the success “One Big Home” has had in changing the attitude and By-Laws of towns all across America, including Honolulu. Thomas Bena, its director (TMVFF), and Nick Fitzhugh (redfitz productions) will join Oliver Becker in producing and directing this documentary. We will keep you posted on our progress. In the meantime, please go to
www.protectourpast.org
to learn more. Any and all donations for this film will be most appreciated.
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UPCOMING SCREENING OF
EXILE AND COMMUNITY: THE LIFE OF CAROLA DOMAR
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EXILE AND COMMUNITY: THE LIFE OF CAROLA DOMAR
(run time 60 minutes) will be screening at the
Trinity Episcopal Church (81 Elm Street, Concord, MA 01742) on January 19th, 2020 at 2pm
. The screening is presented by Concord After 60 and will be open to the public.
This film is a story of reconciliation, chronicling a young Jew’s experience in Nazi Germany, her escape from fascism, and her search for community. Domar’s story has particular relevance in the context of current mass migration and anti-semitism.
A discussion will follow with Carola Domar’s daughters, Alice Domar and Erica Banderob, along with the producer, Susan Orleans Rieder.
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CID Sponsored Film Of The Month
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"THE IMPERMANENCE OF EVERYTHING"
Directed by
Michele Meek
The upcoming documentary
The Impermanence of Everything
portrays the work and joy that accompanies the creation of art—and its corresponding impermanence. Director Michele Meek’s inspiration derives from observing street artists in Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany where many spend hours, often all day, creating intricate works of legal graffiti art on remnants of the Berlin Wall—only for their piece to be painted over by another artist within hours or minutes after completion. Their work calls into question everything we often assume about art—that it should be precious, influential, and permanent.
The
Impermanence of Everything
broaches the difficult and important subject of the fleeting nature of all things through the metaphor of creating beautiful and elaborate works not intended to last.
Read more and contribute to the film
here.
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Featured Resource Of The Month
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"A Massive List of Winter 2020 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About"
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A comprehensive list of grants organized by deadline from December through February.
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We are grateful for the generous support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and the Boston Cultural Council, a local agency which is funded by the Mass Cultural Council, and administered by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.
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