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Grants and Calls
The Film Fund
The Film Fund is offering a total of $50,000 in film funding, up to $10,000 per project as well as in-kind resources like post-production assistance and equipment rental. They are seeking short films with a strong premise. Participants will submit a single sentence describing the premise of their film and how the funding will aid in its completion. Judges will then choose the winners based upon the participants one sentence statements.
Deadline: February 8
Sundance Offering Two Film Production Labs
Both Documentary and Feature Film producers are invited to apply for Sundance’s Creative Producing Labs. The Producing Labs will be a year-long mentorship program, where participants will receive guidance from a range of industry professionals and Sundance staff. "The program is designed to hone emerging producers' creative instincts and evolve their communication and problem-solving skills at all stages of productions.”
Deadline: February 10
Film Independent Episodic Lab
This coming July 6-8 writers will have the opportunity to participate in the Film Independent Episodic Lab. The lab will provide industry veteran mentorship to Fellows to hone their skills in writing episodic content. One participant in the lab will be receive $10,000 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Prospective grant recipient’s proposed work should highlight the Foundations mission to “support high quality, impartial scientific research.”
Deadline: February 11
SFFIL Rainin Filmmaking Grant
Filmmakers producing work that addresses pressing social justice issues are invited to submit to the SFFIL Rainin Grant program. Awards include Development grants of up to $25,000 and Post-Production grants of up to $40,000
Deadline: February 25th
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Workshops, Festivals, Convenings
Sundance, Park City, UT – January 20th - 30th
Slamdance, Park City, UT – January 21st - February 6th
Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany – February 10-20
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival , February 18th – February 27th
Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival , Hollywood, CA – February 12th - 28th
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School board meeting in Noblesville, Indiana
Media Policy Watch
As concerns around educational institutions using so-called “critical race theory” to indoctrinate young people mount, lawmakers nationally have introduced a total of 71 bills limiting curriculum material in the last three weeks as tracked by PEN America. PEN America has kept an updated index of what author Jeffrey Sachs terms “educational gag orders,” which currently total 122 introduced since January 2021, and 88 currently live. Strong ideological condemnations are included in some of the recent bills, such as HB 1040 in Indiana which warns that “students must be instructed that if any of [Socialist] systems were to replace the current form of government, the government of the United States would be overthrown and existing freedoms under the Constitution of the United States would no longer exist.” The bill however does not provide evidence for how limiting curriculum related to racial equity would prevent such an insurrection from taking place.
On January 12th, with bipartisan support from around the country, the Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy (CREATE) Act was introduced. The bill seeks to provide federal support to the arts by expanding the Microloan program qualifications to include the creative economy, allow the Small Businesses Administration (SBA) to "develop procedures on evaluating the business proposals and plans of non-employer business and small business concerns that focus on varying aspects with regard to the creative economy," utilize the SBA to create a technical assistance program to benefit artists, and create a demonstration program to provide grants to arts agencies and nonprofits. Supporter of the bill, Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, spoke at length about how the bill could help Michigan artists thrive saying "This legislation invests in our workforce and creative industries, while ensuring artists have the resources to grow their business and share their artwork so we can continue to attract visitors to our state and create jobs."
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Job Bank
Director, IDA Funds and Enterprise Program, IDA, Los Angeles, CA (Currently Remote)
IDA Funds and Enterprise Program Coordinator, IDA, Los Angeles, CA (Currently Remote)
Director, Artist Programs, IDA, Los Angeles, CA (Currently Remote)
Director of individual Giving, Pennsylvania Horticulture Society, Philadelphia, PA
Programmer, CIFF and Artist Programs, Points North Institute, Remote
Production Manager, Points North Institute, Maine
Temporary Bilingual Facilitator, Mobile Tour, StoryCorps
Temporary Facilitator, Mobile Tour, StoryCorps
Engineer, CreaTV, San Jose, CA
Development Officer, Jewish Story Partners, Los Angeles, CA
Program and Operations Coordinator, Jewish Story Partners, Los Angeles, CA
more jobs on the Job Bank
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