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| TWN January News: 2015 Film Production Workshop, Film Grants & More!
Applications are now available for the 2015 TWN Production Workshop!
The acclaimed Third World Newsreel production training program is now accepting applications for 2015. Dedicated to the memory of our beloved long time director, Herman Lew, the 2015 program will be led by a team of film professionals and workshop alums.
The TWN Production Workshop provides 4 months of intensive "hands-on" media production training, and prioritizes students from communities with historically limited access to mainstream educational institutions and the industry. Its focus is the development of pre-production, production and post-production skills necessary to take a short HD video project from conception to completion.
The 2015 Production Workshop will meet every Thursday at 6:30 pm in the offices of Third World Newsreel and requires a high level of time commitment to meet the out-of-class demands of pre-production, production, and post-production. Prior film, video or related experience is helpful but not required; self-initiative, time and a progressive and collaborative spirit are.
The 2015 Production Workshop will be limited to 9 participants. An initial written application is required and a second round of applicants will be selected for interviews. The cost of the workshop is $650.
Application Deadline: Friday, January 30th, 2015
Workshop Begins: Thursday, March 5th, 2015
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Film screening framed and followed by a discussion with architectural and urban historians Jennifer Hock and Mariana Mogilevich on the city-facilitated transformation of the Upper West Side. Organized by Oksana Mironova, a researcher and writer focused on housing policy, urban development, and alternative economies.
BREAK AND ENTER details the takeover of buildings by Latino families in New York City slated for urban renewal. The film highlights the community's struggle against displacement and their determination to obtain equality and decent housing.
THE CASE AGAINST LINCOLN CENTER depicts the building of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, that displaced 20,000 Latino families. Juxtaposing the atmosphere of Lincoln Center with the vibrant street culture of a displaced neighborhood, the film correctly predicts the process by which the West Side was to be turned into a high-rent area for the upper middle class.
Sunday, January 25, 1pm
Queens Museum
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY 11368
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Electronic Media & Film Presentation Funds and Finishing Funds Grant Programs
Presentation Funds grants support New York State non-profit organizations for in-person presentations by independent media artists. The goal of this funding is to increase appreciation of electronic media and film through engagement between artists and audiences and to support programmatic initiatives within New York State's arts and cultural organizations. Finishing Funds grants support artists in the completion/post production of film, video, sound, new media, and Web-based work. Grants from $500 to $2,500 are awarded annually. Presentation Funds Deadline: January 9, 2015Finishing Funds Deadline: February 13, 2015more info------------------------------------------------------------
Independent Lens SubmissionsIndependent Lens is seeking submissions of completed or near completed programs for broadcast during the October 2015 - June 2016 season. Deadline: March 27, 2015more info------------------------------------------------------------ Ford Foundation
Ford's Social Issue Film Funding Initiative will provide approximately $16 million through an open-application process to filmmakers and media makers around the world who are creating documentaries that address urgent social issues.
Deadline: Open
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Jerome Foundation
Grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded to individual film and video artists living in New York City who work in the genres of experimental, narrative, animation, and documentary production.
Deadline: Open
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| TWN Thanks 
TWN is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Film Preservation Foundation, and the Peace Development Fund, as well as individual donors.
TWN is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the creation, appreciation, and dissemination of independent media by and about people of color. |
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