Today, BAVC Media announces the 2025 cohort of its longstanding MediaMaker Fellowship, which is known for betting on emerging artists and early projects as a “first-in” supporter. Selected filmmakers will receive US$10,000 in unrestricted funding, mentorship, industry access, feedback sessions, and workshops over the next 9 months. The Fellowship kicks off with an in-person intensive convening in San Francisco in April before continuing at select film festivals across the U.S.
Fellowships & Grants
Today, Peace Is Loud and UFO announce the Peace is Loud x UFO Post/Impact Residency, which combines more traditional residency perks of a post-production workspace and support with impact strategizing. The pilot residency went to Wood Street, directed by Caron Creighton, which “follows members of Oakland’s Wood Street homeless encampment as they organize against dual evictions from both the city and state.”
Grants can be a sizable source of revenue, whether you are applying for film funding or on behalf of an organization. They often lend credibility in
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) announced today that documentary filmmaker and journalist Leila Abu-saada has been tapped to manage the
At this moment in our industry, when everyone is trying to find a solution to the distribution crisis, BAVC Media continues to adapt in order to
With a flurry of announcements in the last six months, the Doris Duke Foundation’s Building Bridges program has stepped squarely into the film funding space in a concerted effort to broaden the pipeline of Muslim-American filmmakers in media and entertainment. The program is partnering with a handful of film institutions, most notably the Islamic Scholarship Fund, the Center for Asian American Media, Sundance Institute, and the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau, on a series of public activations, funds, and fellowships. The programs have taken place in a variety of spaces, from Sundance festival to IDA’s own Getting Real. The activities caught our attention.
The Islamic Scholarship Fund (ISF) has received $500,000 from the Doris Duke Foundation’s Building Bridges Program to provide multi-year support
The Asian American Documentary Network, colloquially known as A-Doc, announces nine participants across two funding initiatives: the Our Stories, Our
American Documentary, the nonprofit organization behind POV, POV Shorts , and America ReFramed , announces the 12 selected Wyncote Fellows who will
Bitchitra Collective: Indian Women in Documentary announces the second cohort for the Bitchitra Collective Documentary Film & Media Fellowship. Each