news - funding
March 2011
We are in the final stretches of post-production and have teamed up with PayPal and the International Documentary Association in an effort to raise the necessary funds to complete Prison Terminal. Visit our PayPal fundraising page and make a tax deductible donation to a worthwhile project.
December 2009
Prison Terminal proposal submitted to the Cinereach Documentary Fund. Cinereach funds artful narrative and documentary films that depict underrepresented perspectives, cross international boundaries and start meaningful conversations. Cinereach-supported films also demonstrate creativity, visual artistry and take a character-based approach.
November 2009
Prison Terminal proposal submitted to the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund. Eligible films include those which examine or document people who are ignored, ostracized or otherwise marginalized; people fighting for social or political change; or broad social movements.
Prison Terminal letter of inquiry submitted to the Fetzer Insitute. The Institute engages with people and programs working to bring the power of love and forgiveness to the center of individual, organizational and community life.
October 2009
Prison Terminal proposal submitted to the Soros Justice Media Fellowships. The fellowship supporst writers, print and broadcast journalists, bloggers, filmmakers, and other individuals with distinct voices proposing to complete media projects for local, regional and national markets that engage the public and provoke policy responses.
Prison Terminal letter of inquiry submitted to the Commonwealth Fund. The Fund supports independent research on health and social issues and makes grants to improve health care practice and policy. They are dedicated to helping people become more informed about their health care and improving care for vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, low-income families, minorities, and the uninsured.
September 2009
Prison Terminal proposal submitted to The Fledgling Fund. With approximately $1.5 million in funding disbursed annually, The Fledgling Fund is interested in making strategic grants and investments that help fledgling projects take flight.
Prison Terminal proposal submitted to The Threshold Foundation. They serve the social change movement by funding innovative national and international non-profit organizations working to further the causes of social justice, environmental preservation, humane economic systems and the peaceful coexistence of individuals, communities and cultures.
July 2009
Prison Terminal proposal submitted to the IDA's Pare Lorentz Finishing Fund Award Open Call.
March 2009
Prison Terminal attended the Prison Issues Residency at Blue Mountain Center in Blue Mountain Lake, New York. The Blue Mountain Center is a working community of writers, artists, filmmakers, activists and musicians in the heart of Adirondacks.
February 2009
Prison Terminal proposal submitted to Sundance Documentary Fund/Work in Progress Grants. Work-in-Progress projects must be in production or post-production. These submissions are eligible for the maximum grant award of $75,000. Notification for the Sundance Documentary Fund will be made in August.
October 2008
Prison Terminal proposal submitted to the Cinereach Documentary Fund. Cinereach funds artful narrative and documentary films that depict underrepresented perspectives, cross international boundaries and start meaningful conversations. Cinereach-supported films also demonstrate creativity, visual artistry and take a character-based approach.
July 2008
Prison Terminal proposal submitted for Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund. Eligible films include those which examine or document people who are ignored, ostracized or otherwise marginalized; people fighting for social or political change; or broad social movements.
Prison Terminal proposal submitted for ITVS Open Call 2008.
June 2007
Prison Terminal is chosen as one of five finalists in the Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grant competition! The grant is comprised of products and services from generous New York based sponsors. One of the five finalists will be selected and announced later this summer. Keep your fingers crossed!
Prison Terminal is chosen as a finalist in the Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grant competition. The grant is comprised of products and services from generous New York based sponsors. Five of the twenty finalists will be selected and announced later in June.
May 2007
Prison Terminal is awarded an Artists Special Assistance grant from the Illinois Arts Council. Special Assistance Grant make funds available to individual artists and not-for-profit organizations to address specific artistic, programmatic, administrative or technical needs.
April 2007
Prison Terminal proposal for the Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grant is submitted. Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grant is a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding films that are “unique and make a contribution to society."
January 2007
Prison Terminal proposal submitted for ITVS Open Call 2007.
September 20, 2006
Principle shooting concludes on Prison Terminal.
August 2006
Proposal for Independent Television Service (ITVS) funding submitted. ITVS funds projects which bring to public television innovative programming that involves creative risk, and addresses the needs of underserved audiences.
July 2006
Prison Terminal is chosen as a finalist in the Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grant competition. The grant is comprised of products and services from generous New York based sponsors.
June 2006
Prison Terminal is accepted into the International Documentary Association fiscal sponsorship program. The program assists documentary projects in film, video and interactive media, allowing filmmakers to raise funds under the non-profit banner of IDA.
May 2006
Prison Terminal is awarded an Artists Special Assistance grant from the Illinois Arts Council. Special Assistance Grant make funds available to individual artists and not-for-profit organizations to address specific artistic, programmatic, administrative or technical needs.
April 2006
Prison Terminal proposal for the Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grant is submitted. Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grant is a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding films that are “unique and make a contribution to society." March 20, 2006
Principle shooting begins on Prison Terminal. |
