CNN和指向北部学院通过美国故事基金
CNN and Points North Institute Back Sundance Documentaries Through American Stories Fund
今年在圣丹斯电影节上，三部有纪录片 - 宝拉·埃塞尔特（Paula Eiselt）和托尼亚·刘易斯·李（Tonya Lewis Lee）的“余震”，里德·达文波特（Reid Davenport北部学院和美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）电影的美国故事纪录片基金。CNN承销的基金于2020年推出，总共分配了100,000美元的赠款，向新兴的美国电影制片人开展了10个纪录片项目，这些纪录片项目突出了美国的关键时刻。艾塞尔特（Eiselt）和刘易斯·李（Lewis Lee）的“余震”和达文波特（Davenport）的“我没见到你”是圣丹斯·美国纪录片比赛中的九部电影中的两部，而卡斯特罗的“ Mija”在音乐节的下一个节目中均出现。 “余震”解决了美国的孕产妇健康危机，“我没看到你在那儿”检查全国各地残疾人面临的歧视人，“ Mija”通过音乐经理DorisMuñoz探索了美国的移民问题。ND取代了一年一度的一周的Camden INTL。电影节/Tribeca电影学院电影制片人Retreat与CNN电影合作创立，并于2015年至2019年开展。就像基金一样，Camden/TFI撤退培养了新兴的电影制片人，并提供了项目反馈会议和指导支持。但是，当TFI在2020年出乎意料的拆除和大流行的爆发时，Point North Institute的执行兼艺术总监，Camden INTL的创始人Ben Fowlie。电影节决定重塑该计划并实施赠款。“当时，我们试图弄清楚如何在最需要的时候保持对纪录片领域的承诺，” Fowlie说。 “提供资金似乎是一种有影响力的方法。但是，尽管该计划的名称已经改变，但我们正在寻找的电影制片人的类型，当然也没有改变的故事类型。” Eiselt，Lewis Lee和Castro于2020年获得了赠款。 2021接收者与塞拉·乌里希（Sierra Urich）（“乔纳姆”），马修·哈希古奇（Matthew Hashiguchi）（“唯一的医生”），切尔西·埃尔南德斯（Chelsea Hernandez），希瑟·考特尼（Heather Courtney），公主海斯顿（Princess Hairston）（“未签名的第19个新闻电影”）和菲兹·奥拉吉德（Fiz Olajide）（“无标题地下铁路骑行”）。 CNN电影总监Alexandra Hannibal说：“即使这些项目不一定是CNN电影将要进行节目的内容，但对我们来说，仍然是纪录片社区的积极成员并加强了下一代电影制片人的重要成员。” “该基金允许处于职业生涯初期的人们并不孤单。”最新一轮的资金接收者参加了为期一年的虚拟居留权，其中包括粗略的反馈会议，与Docu制作人，导演，导演，导演，导演，导演，大师班一起和编辑，以及包括制片人安德里亚·梅德奇（Andrea Meditch）在内的行业退伍军人的一对一指导日子”）。2019年Camden/TFI静修会的导师，她与导演Eugene Yi和Julie Ha合作，参加了一个名为“ Free Chol Soo Lee”的项目。撤退后，Tsien加入了制作作为监督编辑。1月21日在圣丹斯（Sundance）首次亮相的“自由chol soo Lee”。
This year at the Sundance Film Festival, three feature documentaries — Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s “Aftershock,” Reid Davenport’s “I Didn’t See You There” and Isabel Castro’s “Mija” — share in common a $10,000 grant provided by the Points North Institute and CNN Films’ American Stories Documentary Fund.
Launched in 2020, the fund underwritten by CNN has dispensed a total of $100,000 in grants to emerging U.S. filmmakers working on 10 documentary projects that highlight pivotal moments in America. Eiselt and Lewis Lee’s “Aftershock,” and Davenport’s “I Didn’t See You There” are two of nine films in the Sundance U.S. Documentary Competition program, while Castro’s “Mija” is featured in the festival's Next program. “Aftershock" addresses the U.S. maternal health crisis, “I Didn’t See You There” examines the discrimination people with disabilities face throughout the country, and “Mija” explores America’s immigration issues via music manager Doris Muñoz.
The fund replaced the annual, week-long Camden Intl. Film Festival/Tribeca Film Institute filmmaker retreat, which was founded in partnership with CNN Films and ran from 2015 through 2019. Like the fund, the Camden/TFI retreat nurtured emerging filmmakers with project feedback sessions and mentorship support. But when TFI unexpectedly dismantled in 2020 and the pandemic hit, Ben Fowlie, executive and artistic director of the Points North Institute and founder of Camden Intl. Film Festival, decided to rebrand the program and implement grant funding.
“At the time, we were trying to figure out how to maintain our commitment to the documentary field in a time when they needed it most,” says Fowlie. “Providing funding seemed like an impactful way to do that. But while the name of the program has changed, the type of filmmakers we are looking for and certainly the type of stories that we're looking for hasn't changed.”
Eiselt, Lewis Lee and Castro received their grants in 2020. Davenport was a 2021 recipient along with Sierra Urich (“Joonam”), Matthew Hashiguchi (“The Only Doctor”), Chelsea Hernandez, Heather Courtney, Princess Hairston (“Untitled 19th News Film”) and Fiz Olajide (“Untitled Underground Railroad Ride”).
“Even though these projects are not necessarily something that CNN Films is going to program, it’s important to us to still be an active member of the documentary community and bolster the next generation of filmmakers,” says Alexandra Hannibal, director for CNN Films. “The Fund allows folks that are in the early stages of their career to not feel as alone.”
The latest round of fund recipients partook in a year-long virtual residency that included rough-cut feedback sessions, masterclasses with docu producers, directors, and editors, and one-on-one guidance from industry veterans including producer Andrea Meditch (“Buck”), director Dawn Porter (“John Lewis: Good Trouble,” “The Way I See It”) and editor Jean Tsien (“76 Days”).
Tsien also served as a mentor at the 2019 Camden/TFI Retreats, where she worked with directors Eugene Yi and Julie Ha on a project called “Free Chol Soo Lee.” After the retreat, Tsien joined the production as supervising editor. “Free Chol Soo Lee” debuted at Sundance on Jan. 21.
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