Funder Spotlight: TFI Documentary Fund
September 21, 2010
Tribeca Film Institute announces new fund for character-driven documentaries, presented by HBO…
M is for…
September 14, 2010
The consultation deadline for their November round is tomorrow, but check out the Mass Humanities Project Grants., at least for future reference.
Last DOCYARD: Last Train Home
September 7, 2010
It’s September already. If you haven’t had the chance to get to a Docyard screening at the Brattle this past summer, the last film is Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home on Monday, 13 September.
DVDs and Libraries
August 31, 2010
When you don’t have access to a TV, you miss out on a few things…
PRE – PRODUCTION DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 17
August 24, 2010
LEF’s next deadline is coming up – New England filmmakers put your best feet forward.
Prick Up Your Ears – The Third Coast International Audio Festival
August 23, 2010
Documentary work comes in all forms. At LEF, we focus on the long-format documentary film; however we appreciate the genre for all the ways artists help us to understand, capture, and question the real.
Points North Forum at the Camden International Film Festival
August 12, 2010
It’s already time to start thinking about the fall film festivals and your hit list of “must attends,” ESPECIALLY for New England filmmakers, should include the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) taking place Sept. 30th through Oct. 3rd!
THE WAY WE GET BY and WGBH Lab’s Filmmakers in Residence Program
August 5, 2010
Guest blogging on Ted Hope’s TRULY FREE FILM this week, filmmakers Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly talk about their experience creating and distributing their remarkable documentary film THE WAY WE GET BY.
With Subtitles
August 3, 2010
We had a good turnout for last night’s screening of Speaking in Tongues at the DocYard; I cried (little kids can get to you), and the film made a strong case for bilingual education.
Funder Spotlight: CINEREACH!
July 29, 2010
Among the many satisfying elements of working in the world of documentary funding is seeing a project that your foundation supports gain further recognition, grant support, and accolades from the industry broadly. At LEF, one name that we frequently see stand out in the crowd of funders is CINEREACH.
Hospitals on TV
July 27, 2010
Watching Fred Wiseman’s Hospital (1970) at the last Docyard screening, as patients at New York’s Metropolitan Hospital bled and vomited their way into our hearts, I kept wondering “How is he filming this?”
