Exclusive: The 44th annual Mountainfilm festival has announced its first wave of film titles and festival highlights. Festival-goers can look forward to more than 120 films as the festival takes over Telluride’s majestic box canyon Memorial Day weekend, May 26-30, 2022. The festival will include 31 features and nearly 100 shorts.
Mountainfilm 2022 will highlight 80+ North American, US, and Colorado premieres. Also celebrating world premieres are the highly-anticipated documentary, The Holly, based on the seven-year investigation into the high-profile shooting in Denver’s Holly neighborhood (film subject Terrance Roberts in attendance), and Chasing, a gripping tale of a 3,000-mile rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean (film subject Jason Caldwell in attendance).
The festival also boasts 18 world premiere short films traversing some of the most pertinent issues of the day — from the climate crisis to inclusion to border walls — while also providing film-goers with a dose of the adrenaline-packed, edge-of-your-seat excitement they crave from Mountainfilm.
Mountainfilm 2022 will highlight 80+ North American, US, and Colorado premieres. Also celebrating world premieres are the highly-anticipated documentary, The Holly, based on the seven-year investigation into the high-profile shooting in Denver’s Holly neighborhood (film subject Terrance Roberts in attendance), and Chasing, a gripping tale of a 3,000-mile rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean (film subject Jason Caldwell in attendance).
The festival also boasts 18 world premiere short films traversing some of the most pertinent issues of the day — from the climate crisis to inclusion to border walls — while also providing film-goers with a dose of the adrenaline-packed, edge-of-your-seat excitement they crave from Mountainfilm.
- 4/19/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Toronto – Just weeks after the Sundance premiere of “The Infiltrators,” Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera’s documentary about conditions inside a Florida immigration detention center, one of the film’s subjects, Claudio Rojas, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents and deported back to his native Argentina.
Rojas, who spent 19 years living in the U.S., had been an inside source for a documentary that exposed abuses inside the Broward Transitional Center, a for-profit institution that has detained hundreds of immigrants without trial. His ordeal served as a timely reminder of the countless lives still imperiled by the recent migrant crisis — a historical event that’s offered raw material for a number of documentaries screening at the Hot Docs Canadian Intl. Film Festival this year.
“It’s an ongoing theme that’s more important than ever,” said Shane Smith, Hot Docs director of programming. “Filmmakers are...
Rojas, who spent 19 years living in the U.S., had been an inside source for a documentary that exposed abuses inside the Broward Transitional Center, a for-profit institution that has detained hundreds of immigrants without trial. His ordeal served as a timely reminder of the countless lives still imperiled by the recent migrant crisis — a historical event that’s offered raw material for a number of documentaries screening at the Hot Docs Canadian Intl. Film Festival this year.
“It’s an ongoing theme that’s more important than ever,” said Shane Smith, Hot Docs director of programming. “Filmmakers are...
- 5/2/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
This year, the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (Nalac) is awarding $328,000 in grants to 50 artists and organizations through three different grant programs: Nalac Fund for the Arts (Nfa), Transnational Cultural Remittances Program (Tcr) and Diverse Art Spaces (Das). This marks the largest single distribution of program awards in the organization's 26-year history.
"Nalac is committed to supporting artists and organizations in all creative disciplines throughout our country and internationally," says María López De León, Nalac Executive Director, "Each awardee represents a tremendous impact on our communities, placing Latina/o artistic and cultural expression on a path towards a more just, more equitable, and more unifying world today."
After a competitive and rigorous process, Nalac awards grants in the Us, Mexico and Central America: 20 Us based Latino artists and ensembles and 11 Latino arts organizations in multiple disciplines, as well as 12 cultural exchanges in 24 communities between the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala and Panama. Seven organizations received Diverse Art Spaces awards to present or commission work by Latino artists.
Nalac Grants are designed to spur the arts field and the economy by providing financial support to Latino arts and cultural organizations and exemplary work by Latino artists. In the past ten years, Nalac has distributed more than $2 Million to the Latino arts field via 420 grants.
Nalac Fund for the Arts (Nfa), established as a two-year pilot with support from Ford Foundation, continues to be the only national fund that provides a variety of grants to support U.S. based Latino artists and arts organizations in the development, creation, presentation and sustainability of artistic excellence, as well as the opportunity to participate in activities that contribute to professional and organizational growth. The 2015 Nfa cycle was funded by the Ford Foundation, The Surdna Foundation, Southwest Airlines, and the City of San Antonio Department for Culture and Creative Development.
Transnational Cultural Remittances (Tcr) funding, launched in 2008, supports exemplary cultural exchanges that promote grassroots artistic collaboration and strengthen social networks between the United States, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Since its inception, Tcr has provided $456,761 dollars to 59 grantees, reaching over 100 communities. The 2015 Tcr cycle was funded by the Ford Foundation and Southwest Airlines.
Diverse Art Spaces is a funding initiative open to Ford Foundation Diverse Arts Spaces organizations and to Linc Space for Change Planning and Pre-Development grantees for the presentation or commissioning of work by Latino artists and ensembles in dance, music, performance, theater or visual arts. The 2015 Das cycle was funded by the Ford Foundation.
2015 Nalac Grantees The awardees of the Nalac Fund for the Arts Master Artist Grant are: Judith Baca , Visual Arts | Venice, CA Mentee: Carlos Rogel Jesús Manuel Cepeda Brenes , Music | San Juan, PR Mentee: Denise Solis John Jota Leaños , Media Arts | San Francisco, CA Mentee: Crystal Gonzalez
The awardees of the Nalac Fund for the Arts Artist/Ensemble Grant are:
Tanya Aguiñiga , Crafts | Los Angeles, CA Cecilia Aldarondo , Media Arts | Brooklyn, NY Suzan Beraza , Media Arts | Telluride, Co Alberto Borea , Visual Arts | Brooklyn, NY Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas , Theatre | New York, NY Paul S. Flores , Theatre | San Francisco, CA Alixa Garcia , Visual Arts | Brooklyn, NY Xandra Ibarra , Multidisciplinary | Oakland, CA Cristina Molina , Visual Arts | New Orleans, La Felipe Salles Group , Music | Florence, Ma Rada Film Group (Michèle Stephenson), Media Arts | Brooklyn, NY Alexey Taran / Bistoury Inc. , Dance | Miami, Fl
The awardees of the Nalac Fund for the Arts San Antonio Artist Grant are:
Federico Chávez-Blanco , Music | San Antonio, TX Anna De Luna , Theatre | San Antonio, TX Jenelle Esparza , Visual Arts | San Antonio, TX Anel I. Flores , Literature | San Antonio, TX Adriana Maria Garcia , Visual Arts | San Antonio, TX
The awardees of the Nalac Fund for the Arts Organization Grant are:
Antiheroes Project, Inc. , Theatre | Miami, Fl Arca Images, Inc. , Theatre | Miami, Fl Centro Cultural de Mexico , Multidisciplinary | Santa Ana, CA Cinema Tropical , Media Arts | New York, NY Conjunto Heritage Taller , Arts Education | San Antonio, TX Creative Kids , Arts Education | El Paso, TX Gala Hispanic Theatre , Arts Education | Washington, DC Intake Organization, Inc. , Arts Education | Stamford, Ct Pregones Theater + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater , Theatre | Bronx, NY San Anto Cultural Arts , Arts Education | San Antonio, TX Self Help Graphics & Art , Visual Arts | Los Angeles, CA
The awardees of the Nalac Transnational Cultural Remittances Grant are:
El Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil , Folk/Traditional Arts | Flint, Mi Partner: Ixtac Chichimeca Pam, San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mx ElevArte Community Studio , Visual Arts | Chicago, Il Partner: Martanoemi Noriega | Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá Habitajes Centro de Estudios y Acciones Sobre el Espacio Público | Mexico Df Partner: Michelle Angela Ortiz | Philadelphia, Pa International Sonoran Desert Alliance , Multidisciplinary | Ajo, Az Partner: Medio Ambiente y Comunidad Cedo, AC - Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans | Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mx Justice for My Sister Collective (Program of Community Partners), Media Arts | Pasadena, CA Partner: Colectivo Justicia para mi Hermana (EducArte) | Guatemala La Pocha Nostra , Multidisciplinary | San Francisco, CA Partner: La Rendija | Mérida, Yucatán, Mx Latino Theater Company , Theatre | Los Angeles, CA Partner: Rosino Serrano | México, Df Nameless Sound , Music | Houston, TX Partner: Centro de Experimentación y Producción de Música Contemporánea (Cepromusic) | México, Df Self Help Graphics & Art , Folk/Traditional Arts | Los Angeles, CA Partner: Mexicali Rose Media/Arts Center | Mexicali, Baja California, Mx Southwest Folklife Alliance , Folk/Traditional Arts | Tucson, Az Partner: Vicam Yaqui Pueblo | Rio Yaqui, Sonora, Mx The Bisbee Radio Project, Inc. (Kbrp) , Media Arts | Bisbee, Az Partner: Radio Cultural Naco Sonora | Naco, Sonora, Mx Workers Interfaith Network , Visual Arts | Memphis, Tn Partner: Antonio Leal Bejarano | Ciudad de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mx The awardees of the Nalac Diverse Arts Spaces Grant are: Arab American National Museum , Music | Dearborn, Mi Partner: Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet Ballet Hispanico , Dance | New York, NY Partner: Stephanie Martinez Columbia Film Society (d.b.a. The Nickelodeon), Visual Arts | Columbia, Sc Partner: Favianna Rodriguez Hi-arts , Music and Visual Arts | New York, NY Partner: Izzy Sanabria MacLa/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana , Theatre | San Jose, CA Partner: Ricardo Salinas Miami Light Project, Inc. , Multidisciplinary | Miami, Fl Partner: Carla Forte, Natalia Lassalle Morillo, Charo Oquet and Sandra Portal-Andreu Pregones Theater + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater , Music and Theatre | Bronx, NY Partner: Producciones En Equipo...
"Nalac is committed to supporting artists and organizations in all creative disciplines throughout our country and internationally," says María López De León, Nalac Executive Director, "Each awardee represents a tremendous impact on our communities, placing Latina/o artistic and cultural expression on a path towards a more just, more equitable, and more unifying world today."
After a competitive and rigorous process, Nalac awards grants in the Us, Mexico and Central America: 20 Us based Latino artists and ensembles and 11 Latino arts organizations in multiple disciplines, as well as 12 cultural exchanges in 24 communities between the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala and Panama. Seven organizations received Diverse Art Spaces awards to present or commission work by Latino artists.
Nalac Grants are designed to spur the arts field and the economy by providing financial support to Latino arts and cultural organizations and exemplary work by Latino artists. In the past ten years, Nalac has distributed more than $2 Million to the Latino arts field via 420 grants.
Nalac Fund for the Arts (Nfa), established as a two-year pilot with support from Ford Foundation, continues to be the only national fund that provides a variety of grants to support U.S. based Latino artists and arts organizations in the development, creation, presentation and sustainability of artistic excellence, as well as the opportunity to participate in activities that contribute to professional and organizational growth. The 2015 Nfa cycle was funded by the Ford Foundation, The Surdna Foundation, Southwest Airlines, and the City of San Antonio Department for Culture and Creative Development.
Transnational Cultural Remittances (Tcr) funding, launched in 2008, supports exemplary cultural exchanges that promote grassroots artistic collaboration and strengthen social networks between the United States, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Since its inception, Tcr has provided $456,761 dollars to 59 grantees, reaching over 100 communities. The 2015 Tcr cycle was funded by the Ford Foundation and Southwest Airlines.
Diverse Art Spaces is a funding initiative open to Ford Foundation Diverse Arts Spaces organizations and to Linc Space for Change Planning and Pre-Development grantees for the presentation or commissioning of work by Latino artists and ensembles in dance, music, performance, theater or visual arts. The 2015 Das cycle was funded by the Ford Foundation.
2015 Nalac Grantees The awardees of the Nalac Fund for the Arts Master Artist Grant are: Judith Baca , Visual Arts | Venice, CA Mentee: Carlos Rogel Jesús Manuel Cepeda Brenes , Music | San Juan, PR Mentee: Denise Solis John Jota Leaños , Media Arts | San Francisco, CA Mentee: Crystal Gonzalez
The awardees of the Nalac Fund for the Arts Artist/Ensemble Grant are:
Tanya Aguiñiga , Crafts | Los Angeles, CA Cecilia Aldarondo , Media Arts | Brooklyn, NY Suzan Beraza , Media Arts | Telluride, Co Alberto Borea , Visual Arts | Brooklyn, NY Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas , Theatre | New York, NY Paul S. Flores , Theatre | San Francisco, CA Alixa Garcia , Visual Arts | Brooklyn, NY Xandra Ibarra , Multidisciplinary | Oakland, CA Cristina Molina , Visual Arts | New Orleans, La Felipe Salles Group , Music | Florence, Ma Rada Film Group (Michèle Stephenson), Media Arts | Brooklyn, NY Alexey Taran / Bistoury Inc. , Dance | Miami, Fl
The awardees of the Nalac Fund for the Arts San Antonio Artist Grant are:
Federico Chávez-Blanco , Music | San Antonio, TX Anna De Luna , Theatre | San Antonio, TX Jenelle Esparza , Visual Arts | San Antonio, TX Anel I. Flores , Literature | San Antonio, TX Adriana Maria Garcia , Visual Arts | San Antonio, TX
The awardees of the Nalac Fund for the Arts Organization Grant are:
Antiheroes Project, Inc. , Theatre | Miami, Fl Arca Images, Inc. , Theatre | Miami, Fl Centro Cultural de Mexico , Multidisciplinary | Santa Ana, CA Cinema Tropical , Media Arts | New York, NY Conjunto Heritage Taller , Arts Education | San Antonio, TX Creative Kids , Arts Education | El Paso, TX Gala Hispanic Theatre , Arts Education | Washington, DC Intake Organization, Inc. , Arts Education | Stamford, Ct Pregones Theater + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater , Theatre | Bronx, NY San Anto Cultural Arts , Arts Education | San Antonio, TX Self Help Graphics & Art , Visual Arts | Los Angeles, CA
The awardees of the Nalac Transnational Cultural Remittances Grant are:
El Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil , Folk/Traditional Arts | Flint, Mi Partner: Ixtac Chichimeca Pam, San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mx ElevArte Community Studio , Visual Arts | Chicago, Il Partner: Martanoemi Noriega | Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá Habitajes Centro de Estudios y Acciones Sobre el Espacio Público | Mexico Df Partner: Michelle Angela Ortiz | Philadelphia, Pa International Sonoran Desert Alliance , Multidisciplinary | Ajo, Az Partner: Medio Ambiente y Comunidad Cedo, AC - Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans | Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mx Justice for My Sister Collective (Program of Community Partners), Media Arts | Pasadena, CA Partner: Colectivo Justicia para mi Hermana (EducArte) | Guatemala La Pocha Nostra , Multidisciplinary | San Francisco, CA Partner: La Rendija | Mérida, Yucatán, Mx Latino Theater Company , Theatre | Los Angeles, CA Partner: Rosino Serrano | México, Df Nameless Sound , Music | Houston, TX Partner: Centro de Experimentación y Producción de Música Contemporánea (Cepromusic) | México, Df Self Help Graphics & Art , Folk/Traditional Arts | Los Angeles, CA Partner: Mexicali Rose Media/Arts Center | Mexicali, Baja California, Mx Southwest Folklife Alliance , Folk/Traditional Arts | Tucson, Az Partner: Vicam Yaqui Pueblo | Rio Yaqui, Sonora, Mx The Bisbee Radio Project, Inc. (Kbrp) , Media Arts | Bisbee, Az Partner: Radio Cultural Naco Sonora | Naco, Sonora, Mx Workers Interfaith Network , Visual Arts | Memphis, Tn Partner: Antonio Leal Bejarano | Ciudad de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mx The awardees of the Nalac Diverse Arts Spaces Grant are: Arab American National Museum , Music | Dearborn, Mi Partner: Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet Ballet Hispanico , Dance | New York, NY Partner: Stephanie Martinez Columbia Film Society (d.b.a. The Nickelodeon), Visual Arts | Columbia, Sc Partner: Favianna Rodriguez Hi-arts , Music and Visual Arts | New York, NY Partner: Izzy Sanabria MacLa/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana , Theatre | San Jose, CA Partner: Ricardo Salinas Miami Light Project, Inc. , Multidisciplinary | Miami, Fl Partner: Carla Forte, Natalia Lassalle Morillo, Charo Oquet and Sandra Portal-Andreu Pregones Theater + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater , Music and Theatre | Bronx, NY Partner: Producciones En Equipo...
- 3/24/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
The 2013 St. Louis International Film Festival concluded Sunday night with a party at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. Sliff announced the audience-choice and juried-competition awards.
Now in its 22nd year, the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival is one of the largest international film festivals in the Midwest. This year’s festival was held Nov. 14-24, 2013.
2013 Sliff Film Awards
Best of Fest Audience Choice Awards
Best Documentary Feature: “Harlem Street Singer” directed by Simeon Hutner
Best International Narrative Feature: “Philomena” directed by Stephen Frears
Best Narrative Feature: “One Chance” directed by David Frankel
New Filmmakers Forum Award
“This Is Where We Live” directed by Marc Menchaca and Josh Barrett ($500 cash prize)
St. Louis Film Critics Association Joe Pollack Awards Best Documentary Feature: “Blood Brother” directed by Steve Hoover Special Jury Mention, Documentary Feature: “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step” directed by David Lewis
Best Narrative Feature: “Key...
Now in its 22nd year, the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival is one of the largest international film festivals in the Midwest. This year’s festival was held Nov. 14-24, 2013.
2013 Sliff Film Awards
Best of Fest Audience Choice Awards
Best Documentary Feature: “Harlem Street Singer” directed by Simeon Hutner
Best International Narrative Feature: “Philomena” directed by Stephen Frears
Best Narrative Feature: “One Chance” directed by David Frankel
New Filmmakers Forum Award
“This Is Where We Live” directed by Marc Menchaca and Josh Barrett ($500 cash prize)
St. Louis Film Critics Association Joe Pollack Awards Best Documentary Feature: “Blood Brother” directed by Steve Hoover Special Jury Mention, Documentary Feature: “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step” directed by David Lewis
Best Narrative Feature: “Key...
- 11/25/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Want to make a film, send a funny message that might just change the world? These people have.
Suzan Beraza and Michelle Hill have created 'Bag It', the third film in the shortlist for this year's Puma Creative Impact Award, which recognises - with a prize of E50,000 - the documentary deemed to have made the most social impact in the past twelve months.
Bag It asks... where do all the bags go?
HuffPost UK is the editorial partner for this year's award and are featuring each of the shortlist's five films in turn... this week, 'Bag It'.
The brains behind the film were inspired by a competition in their home town of Telluride, Colorado to reduce the number of disposable bags being used. Suzan explains, "As soon as we started investigating plastic and its impact on the environment and on health, we realized there was...
Suzan Beraza and Michelle Hill have created 'Bag It', the third film in the shortlist for this year's Puma Creative Impact Award, which recognises - with a prize of E50,000 - the documentary deemed to have made the most social impact in the past twelve months.
Bag It asks... where do all the bags go?
HuffPost UK is the editorial partner for this year's award and are featuring each of the shortlist's five films in turn... this week, 'Bag It'.
The brains behind the film were inspired by a competition in their home town of Telluride, Colorado to reduce the number of disposable bags being used. Suzan explains, "As soon as we started investigating plastic and its impact on the environment and on health, we realized there was...
- 11/1/2012
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
The 8th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is all set to run for ten days this Feb. 11-20 in Missoula, Montana. This year, the fest will have a whopping 140 film programs, a growth that necessitates an expansion from its regular home at the Historic Wilma Theatre — where it will occupy two screens — to also feature screenings at the former Pipestone Mountaineering store.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
- 1/15/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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