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IDA Field-Building Fund Grantee

Conceived by Academy-award nominated filmmakers Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, the Himalayan Story Lab is an incubation space dedicated for indigenous and tribal filmmakers from the eight states that comprise the North-East of India, who are working on their debut feature documentary films.
WEGx is a film industry-centered event that aims as its mission to elevate, celebrate and provoke in-depth discussion about South Florida’s contribution to positively disrupting the state of the modern film industry both regionally and nationally.
iACT’s community-led storytelling project will be called 'AMPLIFi.' With the help of the International Documentary Association, we are building out a curriculum that will enable those living in hard-to-reach communities to tell their stories in powerful ways. We will train and resource them with the knowledge and equipment needed to record and share their stories — from cell phones, to tripods, to microphones — so the world can hear their voices.
Synopsis BIPOC Editors Database Initiative The current lack of inclusion and access in documentary production is a systemic problem. The documentary
Synopsis Best of Intentions Workshop Our curriculum will be designed to look at both personal and systematic racism within the film/documentary
Synopsis AXS Film Fund was founded to support documentary filmmakers and non-fiction new media creators of color with disabilities. 2020 very clearly
Synopsis Bahía Colectiva is a community of filmmakers who collaborate in cinematic practice and curation. In collectivity, we share our learnings, our
Synopsis The Freetown Media Centre’s mission is to promote freedom of expression through the development of the creative industries in Sierra Leone