Announcing the 2025–26 Harvard FSC-LEF Fellow: Jessica Hankey
June 5, 2025
LEF is delighted to join the Film Study Center at Harvard University in announcing that Jessica Hankey has been selected as the 2025-26 recipient of
Meet the 2025 LEF Flaherty Fellows
May 15, 2025
The 70th Flaherty Film Seminar, Onward!, will take place from June 26–29 in New York City (in-person) and around the world (online, and in pods
Announcing the 2024–25 Harvard FSC-LEF Fellow: Riccardo Giacconi
June 7, 2024
LEF is delighted to join the Harvard Film Study Center in announcing that Riccardo Giacconi has been selected as the 2024-25 recipient of the Film Study Center-LEF Foundation Fellowship.
Meet the 2024 LEF New England Flaherty Fellows
June 3, 2024
Since 2009, LEF New England has partnered with the Flaherty to support the participation of New England-based nonfiction filmmakers at the Flaherty Film Seminar. This year’s
Announcing the 2023-24 Harvard Film Study Center-LEF Foundation Fellow: Milton Guillén
June 12, 2023
LEF joins the Harvard Film Study Center in announcing that Milton Guillén has been selected as the 2023–24 recipient of the Film Study Center-LEF Foundation
Meet the 2023 LEF New England Flaherty Fellows
June 8, 2023
Since 2009, LEF New England has partnered with the Flaherty to support the participation of 4-5 New England-based nonfiction filmmakers at the Flaherty Film Seminar each year.
LEF New England Now Accepting Moving Image Fund Letters of Inquiry for Projects in Production & Post-production Through January 20
November 18, 2022
Harvard FSC-LEF Fellowship, Virtual Info Session, an Update to MIF Applications, and Announcing LEF’s Fall Grant Cycle
LEF Foundation Announces $205,000 in Production and Post-production Grants to New England Filmmakers
May 24, 2022
The LEF Moving Image Fund invests in feature-length documentary films that demonstrate excellence in technique, strong storytelling ability, and originality of artistic vision and voice. The most recent round of awards includes seven grants of $15,000 to projects at the Production stage and four grants of $25,000 to projects at the Post-production stage.Â
Khary Saeed Jones has been selected as the 2021-22 recipient of the Film Study Center-LEF Foundation Fellowship
October 3, 2021
LEF and the Harvard Film Study Center are excited to announce that Khary Saeed Jones has been selected as the 2021-22 recipient of the Film Study Center-LEF Foundation Fellowship with his project “Night Fight”.
LEF Foundation Announces $190,000 in Production and Post-production Grants to New England Documentary Filmmakers
May 21, 2021
LEF and the Harvard Film Study Center have also announced that Khary Saeed Jones has been awarded the FSC-LEF Fellowship for 2021-22. The LEF Foundation
Notes from the Flaherty Seminar 2017 (Part 2)
July 25, 2017
The 2017 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar took place from June 17-23 at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Since 2009, LEF New England has supported an annual fellowship program for four New England-based artists working in non-fiction film/video to attend the seminar.
LEF New England Fellow Allison Cekala on the 2017 Flaherty Seminar
June 29, 2017
The 2017 Robert Flaherty Film Seminar took place from June 17-23 at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Since 2009, LEF New England has supported an annual fellowship program for four New England-based artists working in non-fiction film/video to attend the seminar.
