Awarded Grants

To support Philadelphia-based cinema spaces and audiences for stories of individuals and communities that are often underrepresented in mainstream cinema.

To support Kamryn Bond's documentary, Victory Love, with finishing funds to cover production and a portion of post-production costs.

To support PhillyCAM's attendance at the June Alliance for Community Media conference in Boston.

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 "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 "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.

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

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.