Awarded Grants

To support "Yellow," where a newly divorced mom, finally reclaiming her identity after a painful divorce, is blindsided when her ex-husband moves to Philly to be closer to their children. The move forces her to confront old wounds and the possibility of forgiveness.

To support "Cosmic Egg," a poetic documentary that explores the filmmaker’s personal struggle with infertility and the characters she meets in her journey through the surreal landscape of fertility mythology, egg harvesting, and surrogate birth.

To support "What Remains," where a woman recounts the harrowing tale of her captivity in a killer’s basement and how she manipulated her way to survival, only to face a world that refused to see her as a hero.

To support "Imaginary Lines," a series of animated short films that explore immigration as a challenging and profound human experience. Created in collaboration with Philadelphia’s Latin American immigrant communities, the film uses the migration of the monarch butterfly from Central Mexico to the Northeast United States to tell the stories of the individual and experiences that drive people across borders.

To support "Illadelph Dreams: R U A Robot?" where Earth is facing imminent destruction while a spirited detective interrogates five unusual suspects after a raid at Philly’s most popular underground club. His questions uncover a radical plot that unites Earth-bound humans and cyborgs in a final attempt to escape the planet before its destruction.

To support "Stitching Hope," which follows Susan, a Chinese-Indonesian asylum seeker, as she struggles to rebuild her life after fleeing racial violence. Susan must confront an uncertain future after experiencing a traumatic break-in and being denied an asylum request. As she perseveres through hardships, an unexpected turn offers her a new path to stay in the U.S.

For "To Springfield with Love," a feature-length documentary about Haitian immigrants challenging xenophobic rhetoric while celebrating their community’s resilience. The project will tell individual immigrant stories and culminate with stories from Springfield, OH, and Charleroi, PA, where Haitian communities continue to face hostility.

To support “Untitled PARS Project,” which exposes the hidden technological infrastructure driving immigrant surveillance and illustrates how advanced data-sharing systems are weaponized to facilitate deportations. The film combines vérité footage, archival material, and animation to follow immigrant organizers, legal advocates, and affected families as they navigate and challenge the ever-growing digital dragnet threatening their communities.

To support "Melting Pot," which tells the story of teenagers from different walks of life who are forced to spend time together but soon discover their differences make them more alike than they thought.

To support "Together We Grow," which portrays farmers Chris and Owen, a mixed-race gay couple in Philadelphia, and their 7-year-old son Bryan. The film documents their groundbreaking work to grow culturally important seeds, and it aims to preserve their stories and fight for food justice.