The Points North Fellowship invites six teams of early and mid-career filmmakers to Maine to accelerate the development of their feature documentary, culminating in the public presentation of works-in-progress at the Points North Pitch. The Fellowship begins during the week leading up to the annual Camden International Film Festival.

The 2022 Points North Fellowship will take place in person in Maine. Anticipated dates are currently September 14-19, followed by virtual 1:1 industry meetings from October 4-7.

Deadline to apply is March 28th. Learn more here.

The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship is a year-long group mentorship program for assistant, associate, and emerging documentary film editors from historically underrepresented backgrounds and experiences. Now entering its second decade, the fellowship was created to honor the memory of an incredible editor, mentor and friend - Karen Schmeer.

Deadline to apply is March 20th. Learn more here.

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) is now accepting applications for the LIFT - Early Career Support for Native Artists program, a one-year award and early career support program for emerging Native artists to develop and realize new projects. The program's focus is to provide financial support and professional development to artists whose work aims to uplift communities and advance positive social change. Eligible applicants must be individual Native artists who are enrolled members or citizens of a federally-recognized or state-recognized American Indian tribe or Alaska Native corporation, or of Native Hawaiian ancestry.

Deadline to apply is March 16th. Learn more and apply here.

In celebration of their upcoming 25th anniversary, Creative Capital is pleased to announce "Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact" - the one-time theme for their next grant cycle in 2023/2024. They invite artists to propose experimental, risk-taking projects in the performing arts, technology, literature, visual arts, and moving image, which push boundaries formally and thematically, and/or venture into wild, out-there, never-before-seen concepts and future universes real or imagined. Ultimately they seek proposals for groundbreaking new work - including, but not limited to, work that attends to the many relationships between social, economic and environmental justice, and advances the global dialogue around critical issues impacting the sustainability of artists, our communities, our planet, and beyond.

Deadline for LOIs is April 1st. Learn more here.

ASCENSION, directed by Jessica Kingdon and produced by Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell, has been nominated for the Academy Award for "Best Documentary Feature." Read the full list of nominees here.

ASCENSION is an impressionistic portrait of China's industrial supply chain that reveals the country's growing class divide through staggering observations of labor, consumerism and wealth.

Watch the Academy Awards on March 27th at 8pm ET.

The Jewish Film Institute has welcomed eight Filmmakers in Residence to its 2022 cohort, who will develop and strengthen their in-progress film projects through collaborative workshops, trainings, and pitch forums over the course of the yearlong program. The eight filmmakers include CID filmmakers Marisa Fox and Annie Berman.

Now in its eighth year, the JFI Filmmaker in Residence Program is a competitive artist development initiative for emerging and established filmmakers in the US whose projects explore and expand consideration of Jewish history, life, culture and identity.

CHILDREN OF THE VINE, a film by Brian Lilla, will have its premiere at the Sonoma International Film Festival. Check out screening dates/times here.

Why is glyphosate filtering into so many facets of our daily lives? And why are countries banning glyphosate while the United States uses more of it than any other country in the world? Children of the Vine will peel back the curtain on the flawed regulatory practices that are causing more harm than good to public health while also revealing the scary science behind toxic farming practices. In the end, this solution driven documentary will highlight more sustainable large scale farming practices capable of feeding the world. Visit the website and watch the trailer here.

STRANGERS TO PEACE a film directed by Laura Angel and Noah DeBonis, will be having its premiere at the Miami Film Festival March 4th through 13th in competition for the Documentary Achievement Award. Use code MFFDOCS at checkout to receive $3 off your purchase of the film.

After a lifetime of battle, nearly 10,000 FARC combatants are preparing to leave their jungle strongholds and return to Colombian society, but will a war-weary Colombia accept them? Strangers to Peace chronicles the challenges of reintegrating rebel fighters into a society that views them as terrorists.

THE KEY MAN, Greg Mallozzi's film on "the hardest swinging jazz pianist of all time" and Rhode Island native, Dave McKenna, will be streaming worldwide on Quincy Jones' Qwest.tv as of March 29th. Local New England screenings are in the works.

As part of a $500,000 funding initiative aimed at expanding media coverage and public awareness of health-related issues, the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation has awarded a grant to support the Outreach

and Engagement Campaign for CURED. The NIHCM funds will be used to make possible a screening tour of medical schools in 2022.

CURED, a film by Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer, premiered on PBS’ Independent Lens series in October and tells the story of the activists who persuaded the American Psychiatric Association to remove the diagnosis of homosexuality from its manual of mental disorders in 1973. In addition to the medical school screening tour, the film is being used by a number of organizations that are working to combat so-called “conversion therapy,” a discredited practice that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity but which remains legal in 30 states. Visit www.cureddocumentary.com to learn more about the film and https://nihcm.org/grants/journalism-grants to

learn more about NIHCM’s journalism grants.

UNRAVELING, directed by Stacey Ravel Abarbanel, is screening February 22nd through March 7th in the Virtual Jewish Film Festival from the Jacob Burns Film Center. Stacey's research for the film was also the focus of an article in Smithsonian Magazine.

In UnRaveling, delve into memory, history and contemporary life in Columbus, New Mexico - famed for being raided by Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution - as the filmmaker explores a rumor that Villa invaded the town seeking revenge on her grandfather.

Gabrielle Ewing has been selected to be a part of Docshop, a documentary workshop group that is an offshoot of Filmshop. Filmshop is a nonprofit collective of independent filmmakers committed to developing new work through peer support and collaboration. Chapters in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Los Angeles and New Orleans meet weekly to workshop projects, offer constructive critique, and incubate new ideas.

Gabrielle is currently directing her first feature length documentary, CREDIBLE FEAR, about the US asylum system.

A DECENT HOME, directed by Sara Terry, will be screening at the Fargo Film Festival from March 15th through March 19th.

There are 46,500 mobile home parks throughout the United States. These communities have provided affordable housing for residents, but that reality is changing. A Decent Home sheds light on how as private equity firms and wealthy investors but entire parks, homeowners are left in an impossible position.

THE FAITHFUL screened in person at Emerson College as part of Bright Lights Series on March 3rd. The filmmaker, Annie Berman, was in attendance for a Q&A. The screening was co-presented by the Boston Women's Film Festival, Boston Jewish Film Festival, and the DocYard.

A lollipop officially licensed by the Vatican sparks filmmaker Annie Berman's 20 year exploration of fandom, memorabilia, memory and legacy within the orbits of three of the biggest cultural icons of our time: Pope John Paul II, Elvis Presley, and Diana, Princess of Wales.

An update from 76 DAYS director, Joe Wein:

With immense gratitude to the wonderful community of St. Croix, we are wrapped! The support to share Steven's story was overwhelming. Joe Wein, Steven Callahan and Roger Hatfield set out on a boat generously provided by Rich and Carol at Gold Coast Yachts. 

It was a tight schedule with a lot of moving parts, but we got it all in. Thank you to the incredible people of St. Croix for sharing your talents and your dinner tables. We will keep you updated! For more, read the article from The St. Croix Source.

In celebration of International Women's Day in March you're invited for a special DAWNLAND & BOUNTY screening including an all-star panel on Wednesday, March 9th at 7pm ET. Eastern Woodlands Rematriation co-founder and Upstander Academy faculty member Alivia Moore (Penobscot), BOUNTY co-director Dawn Neptune Adams (Penobscot), and Upstander Project learning director Dr. Mishy Lesser will be in conversation with endawnis Spears (Diné, Ojibwe, Chickasaw, Choctaw) of the Akomawt Educational Initiative after the films. Register for free now (donations accepted.)

Osmosis Films is premiering their upcoming documentary The Quest For Sleep under a new release model. The film, which is narrated by Academy Award-winner, Octavia Spencer, follows real characters whose struggles with sleep threaten to unravel their waking lives. It will digitally premiere on March 16th, on Facebook Live, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn, where viewers across the world can tune in to watch the film and a directors panel for free. The digital premiere stream will be shared simultaneously by mission-aligned sleep and insomnia organizations, influencers, and affinity groups, which together, will generate an impactful moment for the film online, that is not limited to the confines and capacity of a movie theater or film festival. You can watch the trailer here, and find out more information on the film, and when to tune in to the premiere.  

THIS IS JESSICA has taken home an Honourable Mention Award from the Louisiana LGBT Film Festival. Directed by Andrea Meyerson, the film tells the story of Jessica Bair's impossible choice between the life into which she was born and the one she was born to live.

Hibernian Media's Mike Houlihan is bringing three of his favorite films to the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago on Saturday, March 12th. The films include GOIN EAST ON ASHLAND, OUR IRISH COUSINS, and IN SEARCH OF WEEPING JIM. Order your tickets here.

SheridanWorks is offering a comprehensive set of courses on documentary filmmaking in Boston, MA:

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

Project Mentoring Group – 5 weeks, Starting 3/10

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