Genres Video, Film & Radio

LOTS – a 16mm documentary film
Hanley, Sean
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
LOTS is a film-portrait of the landscape of Brooklyn during the millennia from the last Ice Age to the present. The film examines the area’s vacant lots, urban farms, brownfields, and public spaces in order to witness how land transforms over time. Read More
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- Website: http://www.lotsfilm.com

The Canol Doc Project
Hannah Johnston
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
In July 2017, five women set out on a twelve-day bikepacking trip to document the historic significance and environmental impact of the Canol Road and Pipeline in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Read More
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- Website: https://canoldoc.wordpress.com/

Water, Water Everywhere, Paean to a Vanishing Resource
Heath, Jennifer
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
A traveling new-media art exhibition and/or film festival comprised of diverse short films by artists worldwide, and designed to be a platform for regional discussion of water issues in throughout the planet and in whatever area the show is featured. Read More
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- Website: http://waterwatereverywhere-artshow.com/

Squirrel Hill Falls
Hilary Brashear
Year Grant Awarded: 2019
The tale of a magical abandoned park, its local history, and a new neighbor curious to get inside. This quirky, DIY documentary, uses playfulness and fantasy to tell the story of a Philadelphia neighborhood mystery. Read More

Ovum
Hue, Cidney
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
In the near future, a woman must make a life changing decision after a mind bending procedure. Read More
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- Website: http://ovumshort.com

Inside the Walls, Three Judges
Idle Wild Films Inc.
Year Grant Awarded: 2013
The purpose of the photography exhibit “Inside the Walls” and the documentary film “Three Judges” is to address American misperceptions of Islam, life in the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and depictions of Arab and Muslim women. Read More
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- Website: http://threejudgesfilm.com

Two and Twenty Troubles
Ilyukhin Victor
Year Grant Awarded: 2015
A documentary about performers with disabilities trying to make it in New York City. Read More
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- Website: http://www.22troublesfilm.com

Truth or Consequences
Jayanti, Hannah
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
Truth or Consequences is a speculative documentary about time and how we weave the past into the present and our possible future. Set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, NM, the film is subtly set in a near future when commercial space travel has begun. Read More
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- Website: www.hannahjayanti.com, www.torcfilm.com

Say Grace Before Drowning
Jusu, Nikyatu
Year Grant Awarded: 2010
SGBD 17 mins, HD. After meeting her African Refugee mother for the first time in six years, 8 year old Hawa is forced to coexist with a woman teetering on the brink of insanity. Read More
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- Website: http://saygrace.nikyatu.com

Oleander
Kate Hackett
Year Grant Awarded: 2017
"Oleander" is a short film about a sex-positive teenage YouTuber who starts a social media war against her abstinence program. It stars Emily Robinson (Eighth Grade), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), and Jennifer Lafleur (Room 104). It premiered in 2019 at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. Read More
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- Website: https://www.oleandershortfilm.com/