Cinereach
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Cinereach is a nonprofit film funding organization in New York, NY, founded in 2006, which provides grants, awards, and an annual fellowship "to films from underrepresented perspectives." The organization also has partnerships with other film development organizations such as the Sundance Institute
and other film funding organizations such as the Skoll Foundation
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The Cinereach annual Reach Film Fellowship promotes and awards funds to documentary and narrative "socially relevant" films. In 2008, Reach Fellowship grants were awarded to four recipients, producing three documentaries and one narrative film, in the amount $5000 each.
In 2009, Cinereach funded $1.5 million of Sundance Film Festival grants over three years. The funding supports a minimum of twelve feature and documentary films developed at Sundance. In June 2011, four grants each were given for post-production and development for feature films, and for documentaries, one development and two production grants were made.
The organization provides direct annual grants to fund development, production, and post-production in documentary and feature film categories. Each year, "over $500,000" in funding is disbursed. Cinereach supports feature-length nonfiction and fiction films through two grant cycles (Summer and Winter).}
Grant amounts can range from $5,000 – $50,000 per project and can be awarded to support any stage of production, including research and development, production and post-production. Within each cycle, between five and fifteen projects are selected to receive support. They support films that are at the intersection of engaging storytelling, visual artistry and vital subject matter. Cinereach-supported films favor story over message, character over agenda and complexity over duality. Cinereach has supported such films in recent years: Return
, Donor Unknown
, The Forgiveness of Blood
, Pariah (2011 film)
, Entre nos
, The Bully Project
, The Boy Mir
, Kinyarwanda (film)
, and Circumstance (film)
.
Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981 that actively advances the work of filmmakers and storytellers worldwide...
and other film funding organizations such as the Skoll Foundation
Skoll Foundation
The Skoll Foundation is a social entrepreneurship foundation based in Silicon Valley, California, with a mission to drive large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing problems...
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The Cinereach annual Reach Film Fellowship promotes and awards funds to documentary and narrative "socially relevant" films. In 2008, Reach Fellowship grants were awarded to four recipients, producing three documentaries and one narrative film, in the amount $5000 each.
In 2009, Cinereach funded $1.5 million of Sundance Film Festival grants over three years. The funding supports a minimum of twelve feature and documentary films developed at Sundance. In June 2011, four grants each were given for post-production and development for feature films, and for documentaries, one development and two production grants were made.
The organization provides direct annual grants to fund development, production, and post-production in documentary and feature film categories. Each year, "over $500,000" in funding is disbursed. Cinereach supports feature-length nonfiction and fiction films through two grant cycles (Summer and Winter).}
Grant amounts can range from $5,000 – $50,000 per project and can be awarded to support any stage of production, including research and development, production and post-production. Within each cycle, between five and fifteen projects are selected to receive support. They support films that are at the intersection of engaging storytelling, visual artistry and vital subject matter. Cinereach-supported films favor story over message, character over agenda and complexity over duality. Cinereach has supported such films in recent years: Return
Return (2011 film)
Return is a 2011 independent film about an American reservist, wife and mother returning home from her tour of duty in the Middle East. The film was written and directed by Liza Johnson, and stars Linda Cardellini, Michael Shannon and John Slattery...
, Donor Unknown
Donor Unknown
Donor Unknown is a 2010 documentary film directed by Jerry Rothwell and produced by Al Morrow and Hilary Durman. A 21st century tale of identity and genetic inheritance, this film tells the story of a sperm donor and the children who want to meet him...
, The Forgiveness of Blood
The Forgiveness of Blood
The Forgiveness of Blood is 2011 Albanian-American drama film directed by Joshua Marston. The film premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear...
, Pariah (2011 film)
Pariah (2011 film)
Pariah is a 2011 contemporary drama film written and directed by Dee Rees. It tells the story of Alike , a 17-year old African–American teenager embracing her identity as a lesbian....
, Entre nos
Entre nos
Entre Nos is a 2009 drama film starring Paola Mendoza. The film, which was co-written and co-directed by Mendoza with Gloria LaMorte, explores the life of Mariana, a Colombian immigrant attempting to survive on the streets of New York City with her two children...
, The Bully Project
The Bully Project
The Bully Project is a 2011 documentary film about bullying in US schools. Directed by Lee Hirsch, the film follows the lives of five students who face bullying on a daily basis. The Bully Project premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival...
, The Boy Mir
The Boy Mir
The Boy Mir was made after an international hit film The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan by a British film maker Phil Grabsky....
, Kinyarwanda (film)
Kinyarwanda (film)
Kinyarwanda tells the story of hope, redemption and religious tolerance in the midst of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It premiered at the 27th Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award. The film marks Brown's directorial debut.-Cast:* Edouard...
, and Circumstance (film)
Circumstance (2011 film)
Circumstance is a 2011 dramatic film written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz. It explores homosexuality in modern Iran.-Plot:Atafeh is the teenage daughter of a well-to-do Iranian family in Tehran...
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