Awards & Fellowships

Annecy International Animation Film Festival

The world's leading event dedicated to animated film ran June 10—13.

✦ Iryna Tsilyk’s Red Zone won the Ciclic Prize in the Mifa Pitches. The award includes a €25,000 grant and a two-month animation residency in Vendôme, France.

Canadian Screen Awards

Each year, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television recognizes excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media.

✦ Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, and Michael Toledano’s Yintah won Best Documentary Feature

Female Filmmakers Support Programme (Uniqa South-East Europe Future Foundation and Sarajevo Film Festival)

The initiative supports women filmmakers from six South-East European countries and has distributed 180,000 Euros in funding for this year.

✦ Biljana Tutorov’s The Last Nomads was one of the five projects selected to receive financial support and  participate in Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Industry Days through its Industry Training and Skills Program

Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG)

This major showcase for Mexican and Ibero-American cinema ran June 6—14.

✦ Indira Cato’s Being Olimpia won Mezcal Award for Best Film

Margaret Mead Film Festival

An annual celebration of documentary and nonfiction films, Margaret Mead Film Festival ran May 2—4 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. ✦ Sasha Wortzel’s River of Grass received the Audience Award

Provincetown International Film Festival

This celebration of independent film and communities outside of the mainstream ran June 11—15.

✦ Brittany Shyne’s Seeds won the John Schlesinger Documentary Award

Sunny Side of the Doc

Sunny Side of the Doc's signature international marketplace ran June 23—26.

✦ Carola Fuentes’ The Letelier File won Best History Pitch ✦ Inna Sahakyan’s In Front of Us won Best Current Affairs & Investigation Pitch

Festivals & Screenings

Catch A Photographic Memory screening across the US

Rachel Elizabeth Seed’s A Photographic Memory is rolling out in theaters across the US and Canada. We proudly co-presented two New York screenings and wish them the best as they start their tour!

Frameline Film Festival

The acclaimed queer film exhibition ran its 49th edition June 18—28.

✦ Sasha Wortzel’s River of Grass ✦ From the AlumNest: Angelo Madsen’s A Body to Live In ✦ Brit Fryer & Lydia Cornett’s Tessitura

Newly streaming on PBS 

Catch the below films from our AlumNest. 

✦ Brett Story & Stephen Maing’s Union ✦ Michele Stephenson’s The Changing Same ✦ Jane Wagner’s Break the Game

Queer Futures at Picturehouse

This award-winning series of unapologetically queer films presented in collaboration with Multitude Films is currently screening across the UK at Picturehouse cinemas.