Genres Video, Film & Radio

Trolley Park: Midway Memories

Cabin Nine Films LLC

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

Trolley Park: Midway Memories visits one of the oldest trolley parks in the country. These parks helped usher in the golden age of amusement parks. In the early 1900s there were more than a thousand trolley parks. Now only a dozen remain. Read More

Te Mana o Teao (The Strength of the World)

Calderon, Producer, Maria Jose

Year Grant Awarded: 2025

After losing a leg in an accident, José Teao, an underwater hunter, finds strength and healing in the ocean. Te Mana o Teao explores his journey of resilience and self-discovery, highlighting the power of the sea as a space for personal renewal on the remote island of Rapa Nui. Read More

THE INCREDIBLE PAULK

Christoph Gelfand, Caroline Losneck &

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

Visually impaired surfer Aaron Paulk is used to uncertainty, but his latest life challenge may be the most difficult to overcome. But for Aaron, surfing isn’t only about winning gold medals + competitions. The ocean is a source of strength and healing, and a way to foster resilience and community. Read More

Singing for Justice

Estelle Freedman , Christie Herring &

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

A 60 Minute Documentary about the life of Faith Petric - a joyous performer who united folk music and activism across nearly a century, singing to change the world – and herself. Read More

The Women of Terrell Homes

Green Diebboll, Isaac

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

A feature length non-fiction film about a multi-generational matriarchy who has been fighting for 12 years to protect their home, a 275 unit public housing complex in the Ironbound Neighborhood of Newark, NJ, which has been slated for demolition. Read More

The Anger Project

Hass, Jo

Year Grant Awarded: 2025

The Anger Project is a body-based, socially-responsive artistic practice rooted in community and creativity. Through workshops, performances, and films, we create space for people to move through anger. Read More

In the Stillness of the Night

Kelin, II, Daniel A.

Year Grant Awarded: 2024

In Hawai'i's shrinking rainforests, a lone 'ōpe'ape'a (hoary bat) fights for its life. This multimedia fable plunges you into the unseen battle of the islands' only endemic land mammal. Its struggle against extinction symbolizes the wider threats to indigeneity—environmental, cultural, and human. Read More

Si La Isla Quiere (Island Willing)

King, Cece

Year Grant Awarded: 2025

Award-winning short film about Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island. Home to a higher percentage of endemic species than the Galápagos, and where the storied sailor once washed ashore, the film follows the community confronting mounting outside pressures, with the island as setting and protagonist. Read More

“Journey of the Invader Spirit”

Morrison , Mandy

Year Grant Awarded: 2023

"Journey of the Invader Spirit" is a fictive narrative that weaves dark humor and fantasy, with the dilemma of post-consumer waste. The link is a 5-min excerpt. Total running time is 15:47 Read More

Bears in Hot Tubs

Musser, Claire

Year Grant Awarded: 2025

Bears in Hot Tubs is a tender short documentary co-created with Maddie Bear and her wild kin, inviting communities to see urban bears not as problems, but as neighbors in a shared landscape where co-thriving is possible. Read More