These programs will support a combined 22 independent film projects in development being produced across 17 countries.
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More than 40% of supported projects are made by filmmakers from the Global South.
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The Points North Institute was established in 2016 as the launching pad for the next generation of nonfiction storytellers.
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With a love for sci-fi and martial arts films, Fritz infuses his work with elements from genre cinema.
Ritchie Hemphillgrew up on Tsulquate reserve and was raised by his community, the Gwasala-Nakwaxdaxw people.
He is currently living on Coast Salish territory on Vancouver Island, Canada.
Jonathan Luna:Community organizer, environmental scientist, anthropologist, cultural worker, educator, researcher, farmer.
Member of the Beehive Design Collective and Polinizaciones process.
Co-founder and member of the environmental arts community association Jaguos por el Territorio.
Adreanna Rodriguezis a Lakota/Chicana artist based in Oakland, CA.
While employed at VICE Media, she was a 2022 Ida B.
Wells fellow through jot down Investigations, where she investigated access to abortion services in Indian Country.
Loren Watersis a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe.
Lorens work aims to center environmental knowledge, culture revitalization, and Indigenous futurity through storytelling.
Currently, she is in production with a short documentary film titled (Meet Me at the Creek).
