EXCLUSIVE:Film Independentannounced today the six Fellows and their projects selected for its Amplifier Fellowship.
Each Fellow will receive a $30,000 unrestricted grant to provide sustainability and/or support their creative endeavors.
This years Amplifier Fellows bring an incredible passion to entertain and create change through their films.
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Her first feature, Eyimofe, premiered at the 2020 Berlinale.
The film can be viewed on the Criterion Collection, HBO Max, and Amazon International.
Eyimofe won five African Movie Academy Awards and was nominated for an NAACP Award.
Dusty & Stones, her first documentary feature, premiered at Doc NYC 2022.
Melissas career started with Spike Lees Inside Man and Steven Spielbergs Munich.
Melissa is a 2022 BAFTA Breakthrough fellow and 2023 EAVE Fellow.
Melissa has an MBA from NYU Stern and a B.A.
Sue-Ellen Chitunya, ProducerSue-Ellen Chitunya is a filmmaker from Zimbabwe.
She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Her shorts have screened at various festivals including Rotterdam, BFI London, and Tribeca.
Right, which is available on mobile app stores.
Today, he works with non-profit organizations to raise awareness of individuals with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities through documentary films.
The film was broadcast on PBS Independent Lens.
They are men and women in expedition racing gay and straight representing the best qualities in diversity.
Philiane Phang, Writer/DirectorPhiliane Phang is a writer and director based in New York.
She was the recipient of the Ammon Foundation Fellowship and IFPs Inaugural Phosphate Grant.
Indigenous Media commissioned her to write and direct The Row.
Philiane graduated from Rutgers University with a Juris Doctorate.
Recent work includes Belly of the Beast (dir.
