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Producer Newsletter Vol. 10  Issue 4
A list of opportunities for filmmakers to help increase the diversity of the media landscape.
Butch New Breast calls for horses on his ranch near Browning, Montana. He still searches for the bodies of his mother and sister, lost in a 1964 flood that decimated the Blackfeet Reservation. A digital project by Vision Maker Media, "Sixty Four Flood," recalls the tragedy. (Photo: Vision Maker Media)
Minority Service Hindered 
By 'Old Perceptions' of CPB, Consortia
Reprinted with permission from Current Magazine (April 11, 2016 | Vol. 35, No. 5)

Consultants to the Corporation for Public Broacasting (CPB) are recommending a reset in the corporation's relationship with the National Minority Consortia (NMC), which CPB funds to support public TV content by and about underserved audiences. Unless CPB and the consortia overcome their "old perceptions and patterns of behavior," the impact of the consortia's work with diverse producers and communities "will be stunted," according to the report.

"If collaboration is defined as working with another party to create or produce something together, then the relationship between CPB and NMC does not pass that test," the evaluation noted.

The 118-page report, more than a year in the making, was commissioned by CPB to evaluate the current operations of the five consortia members - Latino Public Broadcasting, the Center for Asian American Media, the National Black Programming Consortium, Pacific Islanders in Communications and Vision Maker Media - and to recommend specific goals for improving how members of the NMC carry out their work.
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Join Us for Filmmaker Training June 8-9
We're preparing for the 2016 Vision Maker Media filmmaker training in Oakland, California, an event that is a pre-conference workshop to ALLIANCE 2016, hosted by the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC). 

Register for the VMM filmmaker training for just $200 per person. Those registered for this training also can register for the ALLIANCE 2016 conference for a special price of $100. Take advantage of both workshops for $300 total.

With major funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, we are the premier distributor of work by and about American Indians and Alaska Natives to Public Broadcasting. Training is designed for project teams funded by Vision Maker Media, but anyone is welcome to attend. Contact Georgiana Lee for more details: [email protected]
Virtual Reality Toolkit Available
A set of free online and downloadable resources is available for creating virtual reality experiences. Whether you're new to coding or an expert developer, the POV virtual reality toolkit allows you to create shareable virtual reality projects quickly and use your creativity to build new environments and test new ideas. Start here.
Job Opportunities
Please see our website for a complete listing of job opportunities.


Nebraska
Deadline: April 22, 2016
Nebraska
Deadline: April 22, 2016
New York
Deadline: April 23, 2016
Regional Network Weaver
United States
Deadline: April 23, 2016
California
Deadline: April 24, 2016

Wyoming
Deadline: April 25, 2016

Hawaii
Deadline: April 26, 2016
Nebraska
Deadline: May 2, 2016
Minnesota
Deadline: May 5, 2016
Chief Operating Officer
New York
Deadline: May 8, 2016

Summer and Fall Interns
United States
Deadline: May 8, 2016



Film Festival Opportunities
Please see our website for a complete listing of film festival opportunities.

             



Film Festival
United States
Deadline: April 22, 2016
Canada
Deadline: 
April 28-May 8, 2016
United States
Deadline: May 2, 2016
United States
Deadline: May 2-24, 2016
Dok.fest
Germany
Deadline: May 5-15, 2016
Canada
Deadline: May 6, 2016
United States
Deadline: May 6, 2016
United States
Deadline: May 12, 2016
United States
Deadline: May 15, 2016
United States
Deadline: May 25-29, 2016
DOC NYC
United States
Deadline: June 3, 2016
Citizen Jane Film Festival
United States
Deadline: June 10, 2016
Native Spirit Festival
United Kingdom
Deadline: June 13, 2016
Movies That Matter
Netherlands
Deadline: June 17, 2016
Philadelphia Film Festival
United States
Deadline: June 24, 2016
New York Television Festival Independent Pilot Competition
United States
Deadline: June 30, 2016

Woodstock Film Festival
United States
Deadline: July 29, 2016
Santa Fe Independent
Film Festival

United States
Deadline: August 1, 2016

Training and Other Opportunities
Please see our website for a complete listing of training and other opportunities.

United States
April 23, 2016
United States
Deadline: April 23, 2016
Idyllwild ARTS Summer Program
United States
Deadline: April 25, 2016
United States
Deadline: April 27, 2016
France
Deadline: April 28, 2016
United States
Deadline: April 30, 2016
Women Make Films (WMM) Production Assistant
Program
Deadline: May 1, 2016
Design Workshop
United States
Deadline: May 23, 2016

United States
Deadline: May 23, 2016
United States
June 8-12, 2016
JustFilms Inquiry
United States
Deadline: Ongoing
  
Fellowship and Internship Opportunities
Please see our website for a complete listing of fellowship and internship opportunities.


Public Media Executive Fellowship Program
United States
Deadline: April 29, 2016

  
Funding Opportunities
Please see our website for a complete listing of funding opportunities.

2016 Austin Film Society Grant
United States
Deadline: June 2, 2016

Pare Lorentz
Documentary Fund

United States
Deadline: July 1, 2017