The artist development program fellowship supports independent documentary filmmakers who, from diverse points of view, are exploring themes unique to American experiences.
The fellows will each receive a $10,000 production grant and have costs covered to attend an immersive week-long working retreat that runs concomitantly with the annual Camden International Film Festival in Maine. The retreat includes feedback sessions, workshops and individual as well as group discussions with veteran filmmakers and industry professionals.
Each of the 2022 filmmaking teams were chosen from 200 applicants from across the U.S. with selected directors working in Nevada, California, Georgia and New York. “CNN Films has been proud to partner with Points North Institute to establish an enduring program that provides developmental opportunities and practical skills coaching for nonfiction filmmakers, with a goal to foster creative collaboration through powerful storytelling. Today, the ongoing impact of the pandemic has made the challenging job of independent filmmaking even more so,” said Alexandra Hannibal, senior director for CNN Films, on behalf of CNN.
“Over the past eight years, our ever-evolving partnership with CNN Films has supported some of the most powerful films and exciting new voices in documentary and this year is no exception. These five new projects and 11 filmmakers represent a myriad of approaches and perspectives and accentuate the artistry and urgency of the stories being developed in America,” said Ben Fowlie, executive and artistic director of the Points North Institute, in a statement.
The American Stories Documentary Fellowship serves as an expansion of the American Stories Documentary Fund, which was launched in 2020 and aimed to support filmmakers with projects that were in production and impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund replaced the Camden/TFI Retreat presented by CNN Films and Points North Institute, which ran for four years between 2015 and 2019.
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