About

Cinereach funds and produces films at the intersection of engaging storytelling, visual artistry, and vital subject matter.

Cinereach is a not-for-profit film production company and foundation that champions vital stories, artfully told. Created by young philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and filmmakers, Cinereach empowers fiction and nonfiction filmmakers from all over the world through three key initiatives: Grants & Awards, The Reach Film Fellowship and Productions. Cinereach is drawn to films at the intersection of engaging storytelling, visual artistry, and vital subject matter. It has awarded over $3 million to more than 50 feature films.

Recent grantmaking highlights include A Small Act, a documentary by Jennifer Arnold and Patti Lee, which premiered in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival; October Country, a documentary by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher, which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and a Gotham Award and won Best American Documentary at the 2009 SilverDocs Festival and Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film at the 2010 Cinema Eye Awards; and Entre Nos a fiction film by Paola Mendoza and Gloria La Morte, which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and took home an Audience Award at the 2009 Newport International Film Festival.

The Reach Film Fellowship is a granting and mentorship program (entering its fourth year) in which Cinereach helps four emerging filmmakers transition from novice to professional as they produce socially conscious shorts.

Cinereach Productions is currently in development on two feature film projects.