I almost forgot to post about this, but thanks to The Documentary Channel newsletter, I was reminded. “The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio) has announced a call for entries for its celebrated Art of the Documentary Pitch Workshop. In this workshop/competition–now in its fourth year–a panel of television executives […]

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Are you from Texas and making a film? If so, you might be eligble to apply to Austin Film Society’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund for a project grant! The postmark deadline is June 2 so check out the guidelines now, and AFS’s Director of Artistic Services Bryan Poyser will be hitting cities around the state […]

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In what seems like a movie within a movie, filmmaker Benjamin Zeitlin was on his way to his premiere screening at last week’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX when he was rear-ended and suffered severe injuries in a car accident. His film, Glory at Sea, took home the SXSW Wholphin Award, though he wasn’t able to attend.
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Cinereach is a non-profit based in NYC dedicated to promoting socially conscious filmmaking. To that end, they have a grant program and a small fellowship program, The Reach Film Fellowship. Four young filmmakers received $5,000 and mentoring from top documentarians Albert Maysles (Salesman), Sandi Dubowski (Trembling Before G-d), Rachel Grady (Jesus Camp) and Afia Nathaniel, an acclaimed independent […]

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