Awarded Grants

Tonight, We Eat Flowers is a romantic comedy that centers the lives of Luis, a recent immigrant, and Jamilah, a foodie stuck in a hellish 9 to 5 job. The two fall in love as they navigate the struggle for connection in a highly individualized world and the soul crushing grind of working at underpaid and uninspiring jobs.

To support a short narrative film about a depressed young woman who stumbles upon a self-help cassette tape promising to cure her woes and help her fit into a world of toxic positivity. Her descent into madness accelerates as she blindly follows its instructions, revealing the absurdity of conformity and the dangers of suppressing emotions in a society obsessed with superficial happiness.

Lavender Boy is a semi-autobiographical coming of age feature film about a young boy named Les who is queered by his ancestral ability to see ghosts.

Love Jawns: A Writers Room is a short film that captures the creative journey of an intergenerational cohort of five emerging Black Philadelphia women writers.

Love in the Time of Migration is a short multimedia documentary film that follows Ronny and Suly’s long distance love story and examines their journey to each other as one of sacrifice, commitment, and faith. The film explores the modern-day romance between two individuals from a community deeply impacted by migration, and asks the question: "Can love conquer all?"

The Revolution Will Be Televised is an experimental film journey into the imagination of a young student who can't seem to focus in class. The film is an ode to the Gil Scott Heron quote: "the revolution will not be televised."

Inspired by the legacy of environmentalist Wangari Maathai and the 20th anniversary of her Nobel Peace Prize, "Treehuggers" is a poignant documentary that follows the transformative journey of communities in Philadelphia as they honor loved ones and deepen their connection to nature through the installation of dedication monuments on newly planted trees.

To support "Untitled Pennhurst Documentary," which explores a class action lawsuit that shutters an institution for disabled people due to years of horrific abuse, and a group of disabled actors that reclaim the space to create a haunted house inspired by their own collective history.

SteelPan Now! is a one-hour documentary that delves into the current world of the steel pan movement, its innovators, its players, the instrument, and the music that reverberates from it. The documentary follows the work of several key individuals and organizations in several states in North America who have spent decades involved in the steelpan movement and its development

Victory Love: The Lois Kukcinovich is a documentary that explores the life of 93-year-old Lois Kuckinovich, her experience in Father Divine's Peace Mission—one of the most unorthodox religious movements in America—and her path to ultimate liberation.