Awarded Grants

The 2020 film grant will support "Before Black Lives Matter and the Civil Rights Movement, there was the Haitian Revolution! Ulrick." The film features Master Artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre, a twoubadou (troubadour) and guardian of history who has been tirelessly depicting Haiti's story on canvas as the first country to lead a successful slave revolt and the first free black nation. Ulrick's paintings also depict the deep historical connections between Haiti and the United States and especially New Orleans.

The 2020 film grant will support "Wisdom Gone Wild." The personal feature-length documentary follows a sixteen-year caregiving journey into dementia for Rose Noda, a Japanese-American woman and her filmmaker-daughter Rea. The film follows a non-linear structure going between hospice, early onset, and mid-term dementia; mirroring Rose's own erratic travels through time.

The 2020 film grant will support "One Way," a narrative short film about Eli, a 17-year old Black boy navigating his identity at the intersection of street life, bike culture, and a family conflict with deep roots.

To present an eight-week retrospective of the eight seasons of Philadelphia Stories, short films by local filmmakers commissioned and broadcast by the former WYBE television station (IPMF's predecessor).

The 2020 film grant will support "Ave Maria," a documentary that follows a Puerto Rican celebrity chef who cooks to save the spirit of his homeland in the wake of Hurricane Maria, the catastrophic breaking point for an island ensnared by colonial-era laws and an insurmountable debt. Could something as intrinsic as food be the key to Puerto Rico's future?

Three-year general operating and capacity building support.

The 2020 film grant will support "InVade" which tells the story of an 8-year-old boy who is detained along with his father during an ICE raid. The father and son are separated, prompting the son to escape and venture out to find him.

The 2020 film grant will support "Another Life." The film explores the childhood experiences of the filmmaker and her family in the Federal Witness Protection Program (which provides for the security and safety of government witnesses). Johnson-Young crafts a journey of discovery using memory, personal photographs, archival footage, and interviews that puts the pieces of her life back together.

A social justice media training program for high school students in Philadelphia.

The 2020 film grant will support "TTYLORNOT: Theology Talks You Like…or not," a docu-narrative film series that shares stories on “the other” experience understanding God, the divine, and spiritual journeys. This multimedia project was created to bring visibility, accessibility and vocal-ability to those who are often left out and not considered in the divine imagination, and are seeking a liberating transformative experience.