It’s that time again: We need your vote for Project of the Year.
Our Project of the Year alumni include Justin Simien’s “Dear White People,” which won our inaugural contest in 2012 (and went on to become a hit movie and soon, a Netflix series). The 2014 contest winer, Amy Jo Johnson’s “The Space Between,” is set for a theatrical release later this year. “Almost Adults,” our 2015 winner, played at various festivals including Outfest, and is now available on demand. On many of those platforms, you can also watch 2013 winner, “Know How.”
Now we need to select another winner to join that group, and that’s where you come in.
Below, we’ve gathered information on all 12 Project of the Month winners in 2016. At the bottom of the page, there’s a poll where you can select your favorite.
The 2017 Project of the Year winner will earn a spot...
Our Project of the Year alumni include Justin Simien’s “Dear White People,” which won our inaugural contest in 2012 (and went on to become a hit movie and soon, a Netflix series). The 2014 contest winer, Amy Jo Johnson’s “The Space Between,” is set for a theatrical release later this year. “Almost Adults,” our 2015 winner, played at various festivals including Outfest, and is now available on demand. On many of those platforms, you can also watch 2013 winner, “Know How.”
Now we need to select another winner to join that group, and that’s where you come in.
Below, we’ve gathered information on all 12 Project of the Month winners in 2016. At the bottom of the page, there’s a poll where you can select your favorite.
The 2017 Project of the Year winner will earn a spot...
- 2/16/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Making a documentary is difficult enough. Making one in the neverending days of summer in Alaska is a monumental challenge.
Luckily, Erica Sterne, director and producer of “Brooklyn/Alaska,” didn’t have to face it alone. She and the film’s crew were also following a dozen high-school participants in the Brooklyn To Alaska Project, all traveling to the remote reaches of America’s largest state.
The process of journeying from the nation’s most populous city to the distant mountain wilderness makes for an illustrative story of young adulthood. But Sterne explains that the story doesn’t end once Alaska is successfully navigated. The cross-section of young men that make up this pool of subjects have plenty to share about what it means to come of age in America, whether it’s near the Arctic or in the heart of Flatbush.
After taking the Project of the Week prize back in December,...
Luckily, Erica Sterne, director and producer of “Brooklyn/Alaska,” didn’t have to face it alone. She and the film’s crew were also following a dozen high-school participants in the Brooklyn To Alaska Project, all traveling to the remote reaches of America’s largest state.
The process of journeying from the nation’s most populous city to the distant mountain wilderness makes for an illustrative story of young adulthood. But Sterne explains that the story doesn’t end once Alaska is successfully navigated. The cross-section of young men that make up this pool of subjects have plenty to share about what it means to come of age in America, whether it’s near the Arctic or in the heart of Flatbush.
After taking the Project of the Week prize back in December,...
- 2/14/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress, as presented by the creators themselves. At the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Brooklyn/Alaska
Logline: Three teenage boys from Brooklyn embark on an unlikely adventure through the Alaskan wilderness.
Elevator Pitch:
“Brooklyn/Alaska” is a coming-of-age tale joining teenage boys from Brooklyn, New York on a once-in-a-lifetime trip through the remote Alaskan wilderness. We witness the natural world transform these young men as they overcome the physical and mental challenges of the great outdoors 5,000 miles from home. For a brief moment, the pressures of life — family drama, fear of violence on and off the streets — are swept away. “Brooklyn/Alaska” examines the environmental injustices preventing young black...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Brooklyn/Alaska
Logline: Three teenage boys from Brooklyn embark on an unlikely adventure through the Alaskan wilderness.
Elevator Pitch:
“Brooklyn/Alaska” is a coming-of-age tale joining teenage boys from Brooklyn, New York on a once-in-a-lifetime trip through the remote Alaskan wilderness. We witness the natural world transform these young men as they overcome the physical and mental challenges of the great outdoors 5,000 miles from home. For a brief moment, the pressures of life — family drama, fear of violence on and off the streets — are swept away. “Brooklyn/Alaska” examines the environmental injustices preventing young black...
- 12/15/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The Redford Center has announced its inaugural round of grants for six indie documentaries, all focused on “pushing the boundaries of environmental filmmaking.” In addition, the official Selection Committee has also singled out 7 honorees from a robust bunch of applicants that included 282 applications received from 28 countries worldwide (of particular note: 67% of the Grantees are female filmmakers).
“We have been humbled by the global response to our first-ever call to support films with innovative approaches to the challenges of environmental storytelling,” said Jamie Redford, Chair and Co-Founder of The Redford Center, of the announcement and their brand new honorees. “We said we were seeking the weird and the wild, and we got it. The range of creative and intelligent filmmakers working in this space only makes us more determined than ever to support and mentor more of their work in the future. It’s incredibly exciting.”
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“We have been humbled by the global response to our first-ever call to support films with innovative approaches to the challenges of environmental storytelling,” said Jamie Redford, Chair and Co-Founder of The Redford Center, of the announcement and their brand new honorees. “We said we were seeking the weird and the wild, and we got it. The range of creative and intelligent filmmakers working in this space only makes us more determined than ever to support and mentor more of their work in the future. It’s incredibly exciting.”
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- 11/1/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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