• LEF announces the Pre-Production grantees for Summer 2010: 4 awards totaling $20,000. Full list and press release »
•  LEF New England has launched a blog for discussion of ideas, films and events related to the Moving Image Fund and its mission - check it out here » 
•  Congratulations to LEF Grantee Verena Paravel and her fantastic film FOREIGN PARTS for winning both a Special Jury Prize and the "Best First Feature" awards at the Locarno Film Festival! 
• LEF grantees Sara Giustini and PJ Raval are the recipients of a 2010 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund grant for their film Gay Retiree Project. Funded films » 

 June 2010

• The DocYard starts tonight! The DocYard is a bi-weekly film and discussion series, taking place every other Monday at the Brattle Theatre through Summer 2010. First film - CLEANFLIX on June 7th at 8pm. Check out the full schedule here.
• LEF announces the Production and Post-Production grantees for Spring 2010: 9 awards totalling $165,000. full list and press release »
• Get those proposals ready! The LEF New England deadline for Pre-Production Proposals is June 18th, in the office by 5pm. Find all the information you need to apply here. Contact Program Manager Sara Archambault at sara@lef-foundation.org to discuss your project.
• The next DocYard is MONDAY, July 5th at 7pm featuring the film PSTAR RISING with director Gabriel Noble attending for a Q&A. The Brattle Theatre is the place. Check out the full schedule here.      

• On Saturday, May 8th at 6 p.m (reception at 7 p.m.), don't miss a rough-cut screening of Verena Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki's Foreign Parts at a great location - Aladdin Auto Service, 162 Alewife Brook Parkway. Admission is free and an informal discussion with filmmaker Verena Paravel will follow the screening »
• Check out the RHODE ISLAND PBS WSBE-TV 36 BROADCAST PREMIERE of Claire Andre-Watkins' "SOME KIND OF FUNNY PORTO RICAN?: A Cape Verdean American Story," Saturday May 1, at 7:00PM and Sunday May 2, at 11:00PM
• Great article on Liz Canner's ORGASM, INC. in The Observer Magazine.  Hope you didn't miss the film at IFFB!
• Congratulations to Chico Colvard and FAMILY AFFAIR for receiving the Documentary Feature Jury Award at the Atlanta Film Festival. More information here »

April 2010

• Congratulations to Kathryn Ramey for winning a Jury's Choice Award at the Black Maria Film Festival for YANQUI WALKER & the OPTICAL REVOLUTION. Check out this wonderful, artful piece at the Tribeca Film Festival this week! Details here »
• Don't miss LEF's panel, "Duscussing the Documentary" at IFFB this Sunday, April 25th at 1pm at the Somerville Theater, with filmmakers Chico Colvard (Family Affair), Rebecca Richman Cohen (War Don Don) and Henry Corra (The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan)
• LEF is proud to announce the LEF New England Fellows for the 2010 Flaherty Film Seminar - congratulations to Cozette Carroll, Melissa Davenport, Ann Kim and Rhonda Moskowitz! This year's seminar will be held June 19 - 25 at Colgate University; it's not too late to register
• The Center for Social Media profiles LEF grantee Jennifer Maytorena Taylor's New Muslim Cool as an example of innovative media for public knowledge and action. Check out the full case study: Public Media 2.0 Field Report: New Muslim Cool: Engaging Stakeholders in the Filmmaking Process »
• Sweetgrass begins playing at the Kendall Sq. Cinema on Friday, 2 April, with filmmakers Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor In Person at 7:10pm on Friday and Satuday, April 2 and 3 - don't miss the chance to see it in theaters! Boston Globe Article »

March 2010

• The Conversation: The East Coast Version. On March 27th in NYC, pioneers at the forefront of change in cinema, video, digital media and technology are gathering again to share ideas, insights, and innovations. See more details here »
• LEF Program Manager Sara Archambault has a new article at The Public Humanist about TV's present and future. Read it here »
• LEF Grantee Jared Katsiane's newest film, “Before War” will have its US premiere on Friday, March 5th at 9:30pm as part of the 9th Annual Boston Cinema Census at the Brattle Theater - also playing is a film from LEF's Nellie Kluz
• Reminder - don't miss Monika Navarro's Lost Souls screening this coming Tuesday, March 23rd at 10pm on Independent Lens! LOST SOULS (ANIMAS PERDIDAS) | Documentary Film | Independent Lens | PBS »

February 2010

• LEF grantee Jeff Silva's Ivan and Ivana: Variations on Amerika screens on Monday, February 8, at 7:30pm at the Anthology Film Archives, as part of the Flahery NYC monthly screening series. Don't miss this very special work-in-progress screening.
• The 2010 Coolidge Awards are fast approaching - check for a schedule of events at the Coolidge’s website »

January 2010

• The Center for Independent Documentary is hosting a Filmmaker's Workshop on Thursday, January 21 for grant applicants. There will be peer reviewing of proposals and work samples. Don't forget to RSVP »
• Sweetgrass is now playing at Film Forum; read Manohla Dargis' NYT review »

December 2009

• Congratulations to Ry Russo Young, whose film You Won't Miss Me was a winner at last night's Gotham Awards, for "Best Film Not Playing in a Theater Near You!"
• LEF New England Program Manager Sara Archambault's article for MassHumanities blog The Public Humanist, "Doc Films and Social Impact: Outreach, Outreach." Full article »