Awarded Grants

To support Melissa Langer's film, In Excess, with finishing funds for color grading, and conforming and delivery of the documentary for distribution.

To support the film "Eros: As Fragile as it is Free," with finishing funds.

To support "Confide," which tells the story about 27-year-old Messiah Russell and his complex emotional journey through heartbreak during a basketball game. With a helping hand and attentive ear from his best friend, Bishop Fletcher, the two use their time out on the sidelines to discuss and understand the game of love.

To provide emergency funding for First Person Arts.

To support the film, "Miwa," with finishing funds.

To support "Eyas," which takes place in Philadelphia during the early 1980s, where Nicole Falin is afflicted by a sudden illness that's transforming her into a peculiar creature. With the help and guidance of her older step-sister, Terri Delaney, they both find themselves evolving in their relationship and as people.

To support "Dyana Williams: Mother of Black Music Month" which explores the history and impact of Black music on American culture through the life of a woman who has tirelessly fought to preserve it.

To support Heather Tenzer's film, The Rabbi's Intifadas, with finishing funds to craft and complete a rough cut.

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.