Genres Video, Film & Radio

Lost Town

Year Grant Awarded: 2011

“Lost Town” tells the story of one man's obsessive search to get closer to his deceased father by uncovering the story of his family's town of Trochenbrod. First made famous by Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Everything Is Illuminated', Trochenbrod was the o Read More

When We Were Young/There Was A War

Goudvis, Patricia

Year Grant Awarded: 2015

Through poignant then and now footage of Central Americans, this bilingual website explores the impact of war and its aftermath. Videos, photos and text highlight the ongoing connections between the history and people of Central America and the US. Read More

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

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

A Gathering of Strangers: the Making of The Merchant of Venice

Hardin, Ted

Year Grant Awarded: 2019

A Gathering of Strangers—the Making of the Merchant in Venice chronicles the creation of and historical circumstances behind Compagnia de’ Colombari’s 2016 production of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice in the Venetian Ghetto where the word originated and where Shakespeare set the play's story. Read More

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

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

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

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