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FUTURESTATES Profile: Barry Jenkins

[Source: ITVS Beyond the Box, February 24, 2011]
ITVS online series will premiere at SXSW Film FestivalLast week, ITVS announced the site launch for the second season of FUTURESTATES, which premieres next month at the SXSW Film Festival.

Ford Foundation Film Collection

[Source: Ford Foundation, February 28, 2011]
The Ford Foundation has a long history of supporting visionary filmmakers who address the most important social justice issues of our times. This film collection reflects Ford’s commitment to ...

Knight News Innovation Laboratory Launches at Northwestern University

[Source: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, February 3, 2011]
Unique journalism-engineering partnership seeks to speed local media innovation.

COF Announces Call for "Common Spaces" Submissions

[Source: Council on Foundations, February 17, 2011]
2011 Council on Foundations Annual Conference Offers New Opportunities to Collaborate, Customize, and Connect

Knight and Mozilla Foundations Launch Partnership to Advance Media Innovation

[Source: Knightblog.org, by Jose Zamora, February 7, 2011]
Technology changes fast. Technology companies are built to handle continuous change. News organizations, even new ones, often are not. These facts are a challenge, but also a great ...

Creative Capital and Sundance 2011

[Source: Creative Capital, January 18, 2011]
Nine Creative Capital artists will present their work in the coming days at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, including five Creative Capital projects. They are also pleased to announce that Ruby ...

Ford Foundation Launches $50 Million Fund for Next-Generation Documentary Filmmakers

[Source: Ford Foundation, January 19, 2011]
NEW YORK — One day before the start of the Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute, and its gathering of independent filmmakers from around the world, the Ford Foundation today ...

MacArthur Awards BAVC 2010 MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions

[Source: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, January 19, 2011]
An innovator in media and technology for the public goodThe Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) works at the intersection of film, digital media and technology to help artists and film producers ...

Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation Announces Good Pitch 2011

Good NY 2011 slated for May 2011; call for entries now open January 12th 2011 – The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation, in partnership with the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, is delighted ...