Three documentaries have been selected to to participate in the inaugural Diane Weyermann fellowship program, which will kick off Sept. 15 at Maine’s 19th edition of the Camden Intl. Film Fes…
The projects are: “The Last Nomads,” a co-production of Serbia, Montenegro and France, directed and produced by Biljana Tutorov, co-directed by Petar Glomazić, and co-produced by Quentin Laurent; “The Production of the World,” a co-production of Canada and USA, directed by Brett Story and produced by Jeff Reichert; and “Untitled Project,” a production of India, directed and produced by Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya.
The program champions filmmaking teams producing feature documentaries that take artistic risks in highlighting stories of moral and ethical urgency. The 18-month program includes mentorship from veteran filmmakers and industry leaders, and two creative retreats at the 2023 and 2024 editions of CIFF. The program is designed to support the completion of fellows’ films and the advancement of both directors’ and producers’ careers.
During CIFF, which runs until Sept. 17, the fellows will come together for the first time to workshop their projects alongside four experienced mentors including creative producer Andrea Meditch, former Sundance Film Festival director Tabitha Jackson, editor Jean Tsien and director Kirsten Johnson. The weeklong creative retreat will include work-in-progress screenings, career strategy workshops, one on one industry meetings, and a full immersion into the CIFF program.
“The Diane Weyermann Fellowship, with its all-round nourishment is a covenant,” said fellowship directors Abraham and Madheshiya, whose first feature “The Cinema Travellers” received a Jury Special Mention after its 2016 Cannes premiere. “That it is okay to dare and dream, to imagine and create, to take the leaps and mine the depths of your creative process. This breadth of support is a unicorn for the independent documentary space.
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