A Small Act by Jennifer Arnold & Patti Lee

A Small Act by Jennifer Arnold & Patti Lee, 2009 Grantee
Since its Sundance premiere, A Small Act has inspired over $300,000 (and climbing) in donations for featured Kenyan charity the Hilde Back Education Fund. A Small Act also received the Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award and Audience Award for Best Feature at the Nantucket Film Festival. After festival screenings at HotDocs, OutFest and more, A Small Act recently premiered on HBO and is currently available on demand.

Aqui Y Alli (Here and There) by Antonio Mendez Esparza, 2010 Grantee
Aqui Y Alli (Here and There), currently in development, participated in the Sundance Institute’s 2010 June Screenwriters Lab.

Circumstance by Maryam Keshavarz, 2009 Grantee
Circumstance was awarded a Kenneth Rainin Foundation Filmmaking Grant by the San Francisco Film Society, to be used towards post-production.

Donor 150 by Jerry Rothwell, 2010 Grantee
Donor 150, in production, was awarded the support of the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund and the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program.

Entre Nos by Paola Mendoza & Gloria La Morte

Entre Nos by Paola Mendoza & Gloria LaMorte, 2008 Grantee
Entre Nos was released theatrically by IndiePix in May and is now available on both cable VOD and on DVD.

Girl Model by David Redmon & Ashley Sabin, 2009 Grantee
Girl Model, now in post-production, was selected to receive support from the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program in June.

Gasland by Josh Fox, 2009 Sundance Reach Fund Grantee
Following its premiere at Sundance and other festival screenings, Gasland premiered on HBO this summer, and can be seen on demand. Through community and online outreach, Gasland has galvanized viewers to protest the practice of hydraulic fracturing and its environmental impact. A screening tour in August and September, presented by Rooftop Films and the Fledgling Fund, will bring the film to more audiences.

Habibi Rasak Kharban by Susan Youssef, 2009 Grantee
Habibi Rasak Kharban, now in post-production, participated in IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs for Narratives. Additionally, Youssef was profiled in Filmmaker Magazine’s annual “25 New Faces” in filmmaking talent.

Look, Stranger by Arielle Javitch, 2009 Grantee
Javitch was profiled in Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces” in filmmaking talent as Look, Stranger undergoes post-production.

Pariah by Dee Rees

Pariah by Dee Rees, 2009 & 2010 Grantee
Pariah participated in IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs for Narratives and is currently in post-production.

Project Kashmir by Senain Kheshgi & Geeta Patel, 2006 Grantee
Project Kashmir made its broadcast premiere in May on PBS’ Independent Lens series.

Pushing the Elephant by Beth Davenport & Elizabeth Mandel, 2008 Grantee
Pushing the Elephant made its world premiere at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, followed by a special presentation at The Global Health 2010 Conference. The film is also included in the International Documentary Association’s 2010 DocuWeeks showcase and will be shown in New York and Los Angeles theaters in August. The film will be broadcast on Independent Lens in March 2011, during a series on women’s empowerment. Leading up to that date, there will be a series of screenings and events with select partners to reach audiences who are concerned about the issues presented in the film.

Summer Pasture by Lynn True, Nelson Walker III & Tsering Perlo

Summer Pasture by Lynn True, Nelson Walker III & Tsering Perlo, 2008 Grantee
Summer Pasture made its world premiere at the Full Frame Film Festival, where it received the Inspiration Award Honorable Mention. It has since been a selection of the Nantucket Film Festival and others, and it will have its international premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, as a part of the Critics Week showcase. The film is also included in the International Documentary Association’s 2010 DocuWeeks showcase, to be shown in New York and Los Angeles theaters in August.

The Mosuo Sisters by Marlo Poras & Yu Ying Wu Chou, 2009 Grantee
Recently The Mosuo Sisters, in production, was awarded the support of the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund and the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program, as well as a production grant from the LEF Foundation.

Two Gates of Sleep by Alistair Banks Griffin, 2009 Grantee
Two Gates of Sleep had its world premiere at Cannes, as part of the Director’s Fortnight showcase.

What Tomorrow Brings by Beth Murphy, 2010 Grantee
What Tomorrow Brings was awarded a production grant by the LEF Foundation.

Untitled Gay Retiree Documentary by PJ Raval, 2009 Grantee
Untitled Gay Retiree Documentary was awarded a production grant by the LEF Foundation.

Cinereach grantee, Entre Nos, a film by Gloria La Morte and Paola Mendoza, will open in NYC May 14th and will be screening at the Quad Cinemas (34 West 13^th Street) through May 20th.

In Entre Nos, adoring mother Mariana has toted her two children from Colombia to New York City to indulge her husband’s whim. But when he abruptly abandons the family, she’ll have to rely on her own imagination and the courage of her remarkable kids to survive insurmountable odds during their first summer in the United States.

Discounted tickets will be available at the Quad Cinemas for $8 to members of IFP, NALIP, & WMM. Please bring proof of membership to receive the discount.

For more information visit the film’s website and be sure to check out the trailer.

Paola Mendoza, pictured above, plays adoring mother Mariana in the film.

February 16th Tribeca Film Institute will partner with the New School to present a Case Study of Entre Nos, a Cinereach grantee. Tribeca Film Institute’s blog post reads, “What makes this film so wonderful is that it is based on a true story, and so it is told from the heart. What makes it astounding is that Paola and Gloria made it for next to nothing.” Both Paola Mendoza and Gloria LaMorte will be present to discuss the process of getting their award-winning film made. No tickets or reservations are required. Please click here for more information.

Camden International Film Festival
Friday, October 2 @ 8:30pm – Strand Theatre
Q&A with Directors Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher

Woodstock Film Festival
Saturday, October 3 @ 7:15pm – Woodstock Town Hall
Sunday, October 4 @ 3:15pm – Upstate Films II

Stranger Than Fiction Film Series
Monday, October 5 @ 8:00pm – IFC Center
Q&A with directors Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher

ENTRE NOS – A Film by Paola Mendoza & Gloria La Morte

Woodstock Film Festival
Friday, October 2 @ 3:30pm – Upstate Films I
Sunday, October 4 @ 4:15pm – Bearsville Theater

Heartland Film Festival
Crystal Heart Award Winner, Dramatic Feature
October 16 – 23, 2009

EL LADRONCITO – A Film by Yamin Segal

New Orleans Film Festival
Monday, October 12 @ 5:00pm – Contemporary Arts Center

PROJECT KASHMIR – A Film by Senain Kheshgi & Geeta V. Patel

Rubin Museum of Art
Thursday, October 1 @ 7:00pm
Includes a tour at 6:00 p.m. and a post-screening discussion with the filmmakers.

New York University
Friday, October 2 @ 4:00pm – The Kevorkian Center
Post-screening discussion with filmmakers.

South Asian Film Festival
Saturday, October 3 @ 5:00pm – Broadway Performance Hall

DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival
Sunday, October 4 @ 2:00pm – The Freer Gallery of Art

ENTRE NOS received an Honorable Mention Award at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and was the Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature at the 2009 Newport International Film Festival.

The fifth annual Traverse City Film Festival will be held July 28 through August 2, 2009, and was founded by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, who runs the festival and serves as the President of the Board of Directors.

IndieWIRE quotes Filmmaker Editor-in-Chief Scott Macaulay, who says the lineup consists of “new film artists whose work we feel passionately about but also…people who are redefining the notion of a career in film…There are filmmakers who have embraced DIY strategies for both the production and distribution of their work, directors bouncing between documentary and fiction, and those for whom the online space is vital to their artistic identities. And, of course, there are a few contrarians, those whose resistance to all of these things is their own way of defining themselves!”

Paola Mendoza and Gloria LaMorte with their Audience Awards

Paola Mendoza & Gloria LaMorte’s film ENTRE NOS, a Cinereach grant recipient, won the Audience Award Narrative Feature at the Newport International Film Festival! To check out the ENTRE NOS blog, click here. For information about the Newport International Film Festival, click here. 

If you are in NYC come check out Rooftop Films’ Panorama this weekend. As part of the Panorama, Paola will be taking part in a panel this Saturday titled “Message vs. Craft: The Art of Effective “Issue” Storytelling.” For details on the panel, click here. 

Congrats to the entire ENTRE NOS cast and crew!