Producers' Post August 2018
The Producers' Post is a regular update intended to keep producers informed on announcements, upcoming deadlines and events and anything else of interest. To be notified when a new post is up, please subscribe to the PIC newsletter. Included in this month's post.
Annoucements
Film Festivals
Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Resources
Announcements
Pacific Heartbeat Call for Submissions - September 28 by 5 p.m. HST
We are now seeking submissions for our Pacific Heartbeat season eight to be broadcast in May 2019. If you have a finished film (or close to finished) that you'd like us to consider please submit your film.
Film Festivals
Jukebox International Film Festival - August 23-24
North Bend Film Festival - August 23-26
Funding & Film Opportunities
The IDA Enterprise Doc Fund provides production and development funds to feature-length documentary films taking on in-depth explorations of original, contemporary stories and integrating journalistic practice into the filmmaking process. In addition to funds, grantees will receive additional resources and expertise tailored to the needs of the project.
IDA Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund
The Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund supports full-length documentary films that reflect the spirit and nature of legendary documentary filmmaker Pare Lorentz's work.
The Fund provides annual production grants totaling $95,000 to be used in the creation of original, independent documentary films that illuminate pressing issues in the United States and focus on one of Pare Lorentz's central concerns—the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all or the illumination of pressing social problems.
2019 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition - November 14
HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries is a short film competition sponsored by HBO that provides emerging directors of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent the opportunity to showcase their work.
Judged by a panel of HBO executives, industry leaders, and fellow APA filmmakers, the competition seeks to identify cinematic storytellers who offer unique perspectives of the Asian Pacific American experience.
Cross Currents Doc Funds - September 28
There are two funding streams:
CrossCurrents Canada Doc Fund, supported by Netflix: For emerging and sophomore Canadian storytellers who are Indigenous, Francophone, Deaf, with disability, or who are artists of colour.
International funding: For emerging international storytellers whose perspectives have been historically underrepresented. Short/interactive projects are supported by the R&M Lang Foundation, which initiated the Fund in 2013; feature-length project support is underwritten by the Panicaro Foundation.
Job Opportunities
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Professional Development
Resources
POV Fellowships, Residencies and Labs
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