The Silence of Others, directors Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar
The Silence of Others, directors Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar
A Thousand Cuts, director Ramona S. Diaz
A Thousand Cuts, director Ramona S. Diaz
Weiner, directors Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg
Weiner, directors Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg

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Thu December 5
2024

2 Catapult-supported films are nominated for the Film Independent Spirit Awards - good luck, teams!

  • HUMMINGBIRDS (2022 Rough Cut Retreat) Best Documentary Nomination Directors Silvia Del Carmen Castaños/Estefanía “Beba” Contreras Producers Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Leslie Benavides, Ana Rodriguez-Falco, Diane Ng, Rivkah Beth Medow

  • SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Truer Than Fiction Award Nomination Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn

Photo credit: Film Independent

Catapult Films Nominated For Film Independent Spirit Awards

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Tue December 3
2024

Winter is approaching! Join us in celebrating our Catapult grantees’ fall highlights and checking out events they have in store.

DISTRIBUTION

  • WITHOUT ARROWS (2018 Development Grant) premieres January 13, 2025 on PBS Independent Lens Directors Elizabeth Day, Jonathan Olshefski

  • THE GENIUS OF MARIAN (2010 Development Grant) is available for FREE home viewing! Producers/Co-Directors/Editors Banker White, Anna Fitch

  • Indox has acquired THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT (2023 Rough Cut Retreat), covering UK & Ireland.

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

  • Sundance Gold House Filmmakers Fund PLANET A (2022 Development Grant) Director/Producer Emelie Mahdavian Producer John D Sutter KARACHI SKY (2023 Research Grant) Director Sofian Khan

  • Sundance Institute | Sandbox Fund BADLANDS (2022 Development Grant) Directors/Producers Hannah Jayanti, Alexander Porter Producer Keith Wilson CAPTIONS WILL BE NEEDED (2024 Development Grant) Writer/Director Natalia Almada Producers Josh Penn, Esther Robinson THE RIVER (2022 Research Grant) Director/Producer Caitlyn Greene Producers Sara Archambault, Claire Haley UNTITLED PMSR FILM (2022 Research Grant) Director Tracy Jarrett Producer Emma Moley

  • Firelight Media Documentary Lab Fellow YOU DON’T KNOW MY NAME (2023 Development Grant) Director/Producer Tommy Franklin

  • Chicken & Egg Films Project: Hatched BLACK SNOW (2020 Development Grant) Director Alina Simone Producer Kirstine Barfod THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT (2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Director/Producer Emily Mkrtichian Producers Brock Williams, Mara Adina UNION (2021 Development Grant) Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

  • SFFILM 2024 Documentary Film Fund THE LAST NOMADS (2021 Development Grant & 2024 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić THEYDREAM (2021 Development Grant) Director/Producer William Caballero

Photo credit: THE UNTITLED MI PROJECT (2022 Development Grant) dirs Paul McGuire, Omar Mullick

2024 Catapult Winter News & Events

Mon November 25
2024

Catapult-supported films have received 7 nominations for the IDA Awards – thrilled for AGENT OF HAPPINESS and SUGARCANE!

  • AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat)
  • Best Feature Documentary Nomination
  • Best Cinematography Nomination: Arun Bhattarai Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noemi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

  • SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat)
  • Best Feature Documentary Nomination
  • Best Director Nomination: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie
  • Best Cinematography Nomination: Christopher LaMarca, Emily Kassie
  • Best Editing: Nathan Punwar, Maya Daisy Hawke
  • Best Original Music Score: Mali Obomsawin Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn
Catapult Films Win Emmy Awards

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Wed November 20
2024

A REVOLUTION ON CANVAS (2017 Development Grant) is a duPont-Columbia finalist! Best of luck, team.

**A REVOLUTION ON CANVAS ** 2017 Development Grant Co-Directors/Co-Producers Sara Nodjoumi, Till Schauder

REVOLUTION ON CANVAS Qualifies As A duPont Columbia Award Finalist

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Tue November 19
2024

Congratulations to the SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) team for winning two Critics Choice Awards - well deserved!

  • SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Best Political Documentary Best True Crime Documentary Directors Julian NoiseCat, Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn
Sugarcane Wins Critics Choice Awards

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Thu November 7
2024

Catapult-supported films SUGARCANE and UNION have been nominated for the Gotham Awards. Wishing the best of luck to these teams!

  • SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Best Documentary Feature Nominee Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn

  • UNION (2021 Development Grant)  Best Documentary Feature Nominee Directors Stephen Maing, Brett Story  Producers Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone

Catapult Films Nominated For Gotham Awards

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Thu October 31
2024

Happy to share that 3 Catapult-supported films have been shortlisted for International Documentary Association’s Best Feature Documentary Award!

  • AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noemi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

  • KAMAY (2020 Development Grant) Director/Producer Ilyas Yourish Producers Hanne Phylpo, Evelien de Graef, Karsten Stöter, Serge Gordey

  • SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn

Catapult Films Win Emmy Awards

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Tue October 29
2024

6 Catapult-supported films are headed to IDFA including the world premiere of WRITING HAWA (2022 Development Grant) and the forum pitch of CROCODILE (2019 Development Grant). Co-Director Megan will be on the IDFA Forum jury!

  • AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Best of Fests Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

  • SABBATH QUEEN (2010 Development Grant) Best of Fests Director/Producer Sandi DuBowski

  • SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Best of Fests Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn

  • UNION (2021 Development Grant) Best of Fests Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

  • WRITING HAWA (2022 Development Grant) WORLD PREMIERE | International Competition Director Najiba Noori Co-Director Rasul Noori

  • CROCODILE (2019 Development Grant) IDFA Forum Director/Producer Pietra Brettkelly

Photo credit: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Catapult Films at IDFA

Tue October 22
2024

As announced in an exclusive with Filmmaker Magazine, we are thrilled to present this year’s Catapult Development Grantees! Below is our final slate of our 2024 Development Grant – Catapult’s flagship program supporting documentary filmmakers when funding is riskiest and hardest to find.

  • ** holds you tight ** Director/Producer: Jane M. Wagner Producer: Carrie Weprin
  • A Bird with a Knife Director/Producer/Editor: Cecilia Brown Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Winslow Crane-Murdoch
  • Captions Will Be Needed Writer/Director: Natalia Almada Producers: Josh Penn, Esther Robinson
  • Click & Clack Director: Amanda Micheli Producer: Serin Marshall
  • The Dating Game Director/Producer: Violet Du Feng Producers: Joanna Natasegara, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, James Costa
  • Dream of Grape Gardens Director/Producer: Sahra Mani Producers: Maéva Savinien, Frédéric Corvez, Delphine Maury, Alemberg Ang

  • FIXERS Director: Ora DeKornfeld
  • Free Joan Little Director: Yoruba Richen Producer: Christalyn Hampton
  • I Dream of Villainy Director: Rohan Ranganathan Producers: Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen
  • The Mammoths That Tried to Escape the Kingdom of Elrik Khan Director/Co-Writer/Producer: Tamara Kotevska Director of Photography/Co-Writer/Producer: Jean Dakar
  • The Search Director: Alex Pritz Producer: Will N. Miller
  • SEIZED Director/Producer: Sharon Liese Producers: Sasha Alpert, Paul Matyasovsky
  • Untitled Alexandra Billings Project Director/Producer: Nico Opper Producer: Jude Harris
  • The Untitled Memory Project Directors/Producers: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh

  • Untitled Twin Athletes Documentary Director: Georgina Cammalleri Producer: Gannesh Rajah
Filmmaker Magazine Exclusive: 2024 Catapult Development Grant Slate

Fri October 18
2024

Major news for SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat):

Actress Lily Gladstone has joined the SUGARCANE team as an Executive Producer.

SUGARCANE nominated for 8 Critics Choice Documentary Awards. Best Documentary Feature Best Director Best New Documentary Filmmaker(s) Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Historical Documentary Best Political Documentary Best True Crime Documentary Directors Julian NoiseCat, Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn

Congratulations and wishing you all the best of luck!

Catapult Films Win Emmy Awards

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Thu October 17
2024

Pleased to announce 6 Catapult films will screen at DOC NYC Film Festival, including the world premiere of WE’RE ALL WE GOT (2022 Development Grant). Co-Director Megan will head over to NYC to be a panelist for the Fall Conference Pitch Day - special mention to EJ LEE: ALL AMERICAN (2022 Development Grant) also attending!

Hope to see you there

  • **BLACK SNOW (2020 Development Grant) ** North American Premiere | US Competition Director Alina Simone Producer Kirstine Barfod

  • CASHING OUT (2022 Development Grant) Shorts: The American Dream Director/Producer Matt Nadel Producer Luke Hodges

  • HOMEGROWN (2019 Development Grant) NYC Premiere | American Stories Director/Producer Michael Premo Producer Rachel Falcone

  • SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Shortlist Feature Directors Julian NoiseCat, Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie Kellen Quinn

  • THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT (2023 Rough Cut Retreat) NYC Premiere | Fight The Power Director Emily Mkrtichian Producers Brock Williams, Mara Adina

  • WE’RE ALL WE GOT (2022 Development Grant) WORLD PREMIERE | Shorts: A Child’s Eye Director/Producer Alex Takats Producer Tévan Wilson

Photo credit: DOC NYC

Catapult Films at DOC NYC

Wed October 16
2024

The 2025 Catapult Research Grant is OPEN! We will be accepting LOIs until Wednesday, Nov 13 at 5pm PT.

Our latest program seeks to address filmmaker sustainability and diversity in the field, with a focus on artists from systemically marginalized communities. In 2025, we will focus on supporting a cohort of three (3) mid-career filmmakers who share a desire to deepen their craft and an ongoing commitment to the art of nonfiction storytelling. The grant can be used for a variety of needs for developing new nonfiction film ideas including: research, writing, travel, crew, identifying and gaining access to protagonists, and any preliminary production costs associated with shaping the artistic vision or capturing early footage.

Photo credit: LIFE AFTER (2021 Research Grant) Dir. Reid Davenport Prod. Colleen Cassingham

2025 Catapult Research Grant Now Open

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Mon October 14
2024

The 35th New Orleans Film Festival is around the corner and two Catapult films will be screening: HAPPY CAMPERS (2020 Development Grant) and THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT (2023 Rough Cut Retreat). Our Co-Director Theresa will also be on the pitch jury for South Pitch Documentary.

  • HAPPY CAMPERS (2020 Development Grant) Director/Producer Amy Nicholson

  • THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT (2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Director/Producer Emily Mkrtichian Producers Brock Williams, Mara Adina

Sending a shoutout to our Catapult Co-Founder and Board Secretary Bonni’s film THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT. Congratulations!

Film credit: Arts District New Orleans

Catapult Films Win Emmy Awards

Fri September 27
2024

Two Catapult-supported films have received Emmy wins! One of the documentaries, EAT YOUR CATFISH, was first supported by Catapult almost a decade ago! Huge congratulations to these talented film teams and all the nominees for their outstanding work.

  • EAT YOUR CATFISH (2015 Development Grant) The News & Documentary Emmy Awards Winner - Outstanding Social Issue Documentary Directors/Producers Adam Isenberg, Noah Amir Arjomand, Senem Tüzen

  • GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT (2017 Development Grant) 76th Primetime Emmy Awards Winner - Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking Director/Producers Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson Producer Tommy Oliver

Catapult Films Win Emmy Awards

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Tue September 10
2024

Four Catapult supported films are headed to Camden Film Festival! In addition, EJ LEE: ALL-AMERICAN (2022 Development Grant) was selected as LEF/CIFF fellow. Our wonderful Co-Director Megan Gelstein will also attend as a forum panelist.

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Best of Fest Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

DRIVER (2019 Development Grant) *Best of Fest * Director/Producer Nesa Azimi Producers Nicolas Borel, Ines Hofmann Kanna

HOMEGROWN (2019 Development Grant & 2022 Rough Cut Retreat) Spotlight Director/Producer Michael Premo Producers Rachel Falcone, Marshall Hanig, Jim Urquhart, Robyn Braun Serrano

UNION (2021 Development Grant) Best of Fest Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

EJ LEE: ALL-AMERICAN (2022 Development Grant) LEF/CIFF Fellowship Director/Producer Jason Rhee Producer Zoe Sua Cho

Special shoutout to our Co-Founder and Board Secretary Bonni Cohen’s new film WHITE HOUSE EFFECT screening at the festival.

Photo credit: Maine Magazine, Nicole Wolf

Catapult Films at Camden International Film Festival

Thu September 5
2024

We’re thrilled to share our major newsletter announcements and favorite moments from this summer.

Our Catapult team is growing! Join us as we welcome Tabitha Jackson to our Board of Directors. We recently gathered our board and staff in San Francisco for several days of strategic planning, as we look ahead to our milestone anniversary in 2025.

We also reunited with our amazing filmmakers: the SABBATH QUEEN (2010 Development Grant) team closing night at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival & intern Amin with director Penny Lane at the Roxie screening of CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN (2019 Development Grant).

Read more about Tabitha in Documentary Magazine’s exclusive HERE and in our newsletter!

Tabitha Jackson Joins Board & More Highlights

Tue September 3
2024

Fall is on the horizon! Get ready for this season with our Catapult grantees’ upcoming events, and take a look back at their summer achievements.

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze Onion Award for Best Film | MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival

COEXISTENCE, MY ASS (2020 Development Grant) Director/Producer Amber Fares Producer Rachel Leah Jones JFI Completion Grant | Jewish Film Institute

HAPPY CAMPERS (2020 Development Grant) Director/Producer Amy Nicholson Official Selection | New Orleans Film Festival

POSTMORTEM (2021 Development Grant) Director Marilyn Ness Producer Beth Levinson Screening & Play | Mosaic Theater Company

SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn Official Selection - TIFF Lightbox

THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT (2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Director Emily Mkrtichian Producer Brock Williams Official Selection | New Orleans Film Festival

TIME HUNTER (2022 Development Grant) Director/Producer Daniel Chein Co-Director Mushiva Producer David Felix Sutcliffe Producer Lab | Docs by the Sea

Photo credit: KING COAL 2020 Development Grant, dir Elaine McMillion Sheldon

Fall Catapult News & Events

Thu August 29
2024

Congratulations to THE EASY KIND for their world premiere at Telluride Film Festival! We are so excited to see this film on the big screen.

THE EASY KIND (2020 Development Grant) Director Katy Chevigny
Producer Marilyn Ness

We also want to congratulate our Co-Founder and Board Secretary Bonni Cohen’s two film premieres (THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT & IN WAVES AND WAR)

Don’t miss the festivities - Elizabeth Cook: A Solo Performance at Abel Gance Open Air Cinema on Saturday 7PM

The Easy Kind World Premiere at Telluride Film Fest

Thu August 22
2024

Two Catapult films are screening at Film at Lincoln Center’s New York Film Festival, including the world premiere of MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW!

**MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW (2021 Development Grant) ** Director Julia Loktev

UNION (2021 Development Grant) Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

Catapult Films at New York Film Festival

Wed August 14
2024

HOMEGROWN (2019 Development Grant) will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week. Congratulations!

HOMEGROWN (2019 Development Grant) Director/Producer Michael Premo Producers Rachel Falcone, Marshall Hanig, Jim Urquhart, Robyn Braun Serrano

All Venice Critics’ Week entries will compete alongside titles in the official selection for the fest’s Lion of the Future prize, which is worth $100,000. Runs from August 28-Sept 7.

Homegrown World Premiere at Venice Film Fest

Wed August 7
2024

Congratulations to these Catapult supported films on their Emmy® nominations! Wishing you all continued success.

BEYOND UTOPIA (2018 Development Grant) 76th Emmy Awards Nomination - Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking Director Madeleine Gavin Producers Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, Sue Mi Terry

EAT YOUR CATFISH (2015 Development Grant) News & Doc Emmy® Nomination - Outstanding Social Issue Documentary Directors/Producers Adam Isenberg, Noah Amir Arjomand & Senem Tüzen

GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT (2017 Development Grant) 76th Emmy Awards Nomination - Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking Director/Producers Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson Producer Tommy Oliver

LIFT (2018 Development Grant) News & Doc Emmy® Nomination - Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary Director/Producer David Petersen Producer Mary Recine

NOTHING LASTS FOR EVER (2012 Development Grant) News & Doc Emmy® Nomination - Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary Director/Producer Jason Kohn Producers Amanda Branson Gill & Jared Goldman

Photo credit: Getty Images

Catapult Films Nominated For Emmys®

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Thu June 27
2024

As announced in an exclusive with VARIETY, we are thrilled to present with True/False Film Fest the 2024 Rough Cut Retreat filmmaker cohort and mentors! Now in its ninth year, our Rough Cut Retreat offers a one-of-a-kind, immersive mentorship experience designed for documentary filmmakers who lack strong feedback networks.

  • Mentors: Ramona Diaz, Amy Foote, Peter Nicks, David Teague, and Noland Walker

  • Projects:

The Inventory

Director ilana coleman and Producer Ivonne Villalón

The Last Nomads

Directors Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić

Natchez

Director Suzannah Herbert and Editor Pablo Proenza

The Nile Splits

Director Zuff Shoya and Sound Designer Khaleel Lee

Seeds

Director Brittany Shyne and Editor Malika Zouhali-Worrall

VARIETY Exclusive: 2024 Rough Cut Retreat

Tue June 18
2024

Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Agent of Happiness! A 2024 theatrical release is on the horizon - stay tuned.

Congratulations, team!

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Arun Bhattaraii & Dorottya Zurbo Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

READ HERE

Film Movement Acquires Agent of Happiness

Wed June 12
2024

Mark your calendars and get your popcorn ready! PBS has announced POV’s 37th season slate featuring 4 Catapult supported films, including Rough Cut Retreat alumni! Tune in starting June 24th, 2024: season opener KING COAL.

AGAINST THE TIDE (2020 Development Grant) Director Sarvnik Kaur Producer Koval Bhatia, Quentin Laurent

BREAK THE GAME (2022 Rough Cut Retreat) Director/Producer Jane M. Wagner Editor Stephanie Andreou

HUMMINGBIRDS (2022 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras Producers Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Leslie Benavides, Ana Rodriguez-Falco, Diane Ng, Rivkah Beth Medow

KING COAL (2020 Development Grant) Director/Producer Elaine McMillion Sheldon Producers Shane Boris, Diane Becker, Peggy Drexler

READ HERE

POV Acquires Catapult Supported Films

Thu June 6
2024

Celebrating the start of summer with our Catapult grantees’ phenomenal events and accomplishments:

AGAINST THE TIDE (2020 Development Grant) Director Sarvnik Kaur Producer Koval Bhatia, Quentin Laurent

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Arun Bhattaraii, Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze Special Mention | Millennium Docs Against Gravity Audience Award | Margaret Mead Film Festival Official Selection | Sydney Film Festival International Competition/TEEN | Biografilm Italy Official Selection | Docs Ireland

BLACK SNOW (2020 Development Grant) Director Alina Simone Producer Kirstine Barfod Shortlisted for the Sustainable Future Award | Sydney Film Festival

BREAK THE GAME (2022 Rough Cut Retreat) Director/Producer Jane M. Wagner Editor Stephanie Andreou Summer Showcase | Montclair Film

HUMMINGBIRDS (2022 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras Producers Jillian Schlesinger, Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Leslie Benavides Theatrical Release | DCTV Firehouse Cinema

SUGARCANE(2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn Official Competition Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Documentary | Seattle International Film Festival  Best Documentary Feature | Mountainfilm festival Special Mention | Millennium Docs Against Gravity  Best Documentary Feature | SLO International Film Fest Documentary Competition Winner | MSPIFF 2024 Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award | Margaret Mead Film Festival Summer Showcase | Montclair Film

UNION (2021 Development Grant) Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone Official Selection | Docs Ireland

UNTITLED LORENA Directors Rodrigo Reyes and Dawn Valadez Jury Award | DocLands Film Festival

Summer Catapult News & Events

Thu May 23
2024

6 Catapult supported films are making their way to Sheffield DocFest, including two slated for the MeetMarket.

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) UK premiere Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

BLACK SNOW (2020 Development Grant) UK premiere | Tim Hetherington Award nomination Director Alina Simone Producer Kirstine Barfod

THE NOBLE HALF (2022 Rough Cut Retreat) MeetMarket Director Khaula Malik Producers Brit Fryer, Afnahn Khan Editor Hena Ashraf

RECKONING (2023 Development Grant) MeetMarket Director/Producer Mauricio Monteiro Filho Producers Charlie Rosser

SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Roger Ross Williams Selection – Social Impact Documentaries Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn

UNION (2021 Development Grant) Roger Ross Williams Selection – Social Impact Documentaries Directors/Producers Stephen Maing, Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, Martin Dicicco

Photo credit: Sheffield DocFest, 2023

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Catapult Films Head to Sheffield DocFest

Thu May 16
2024

Check out these 6 Catapult supported films screening at DC/DOX!

THE BONES (2015 Development Grant)

North American Premiere

Director Jeremy Xido Producer Ina Fichman

DRIVER (2019 Development Grant) DC Premiere Director/Producer Nesa Azimi Producers Nicolas Borel, Ines Hofmann Kanna

LOOK INTO MY EYES (2020 Development Grant)  DC Premiere | CENTERPIECE FILM Director/Producer Lana Wilson Producer Kyle Martin

SABBATH QUEEN (2010 Development Grant) DC Premiere Director/Producer Sandi DuBowski

SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) DC Premiere Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn

UNION (2021 Development Grant) DC Premiere Directors/Producers Stephen Maing, Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, Martin Dicicco

Photo credit: DC/DOX

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Catapult Films Head to DC/DOX

Fri May 10
2024

ARRAY has acquired our Catapult supported film, FOR OUR CHILDREN! Congratulations to this exceptional team.

The documentary will be released on Netflix TOMORROW

FOR OUR CHILDREN (2020 Development) Director/Producer Débora Souza Silva Producers David Felix Sutcliffe, Adina Luo

READ HERE

ARRAY Acquires FOR OUR CHILDREN

Thu May 9
2024

ALL THAT BREATHES (2019 Development Grant) has won a Peabody Award! Our heartfelt congratulations to this brilliant team for all their hard work and dedication

ALL THAT BREATHES (2019 Development Grant) Director Shaunak Sen Producer Aman Mann, Teddy Leifer

READ HERE

ALL THAT BREATHES Wins Peabody Award

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Wed May 1
2024

What an amazing Spring so far! Here are the highlights of our Catapult grantees’ exceptional achievements:

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Arun Bhattaraii, Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

Audience Award: Documentary Feature - SFFILM Festival

Official Selection: DocLands

Opening Night: DocsBarcelona

Official Selection: Margaret Mead Film Festival

Official Selection: Seattle International Film Festival

DREAMS OF THE WILD OAKES (2023 Development Grant) Director Marjan Khosravi Producers Milad Khosravi, Stephanie von Lukowicz, Thibaut Amri

The Party Film Sales Award: Visions Du Réel

Unifrance Doc Award: Visions Du Réel

Official Selection New Voices: Sunny Side of the Doc

THE HOLLY (2014 Development Grant) Director Julian Rubinstein Producer donnie l. betts, Dia Sokol Savage, Sarah Dowland

Investigative Reporters & Editors’ Longform Journalism in Video award: IRE Awards

KAMAY (2020 Development Grant) Directors Ilyas Yourish & Shahrokh Bikaran Producers Hanne Phlypo, Evelien De Graef, Serge Gordey, Karsten Stöter

Interreligious Award: Visions Du Réel

NATCHEZ (2023 Development Grant) Director/Producer Suzannah Herbert Producer Darcy McKinnon

Suzannah Herbert selected: Film Independent 2024 Documentary Story Lab

SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn

The Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award: Full Frame Film Festival

Golden Gate Documentary Award: SFFILM Festival

Official Selection: DocLands

Opening Night: Margaret Mead Film Festival

Official Selection: Seattle International Film Festival

TIME HUNTER (2022 Development Grant) Directors Daniel Chein + Mushiva Producer David Felix Sutcliffe

DocPitch Finalist DocLands: please vote by TONIGHT!

UNTITLED LORENA (2023 Development Grant) Co-directors Rodrigo Reyes & Dawn Valadez

DocPitch Finalist: DocLands please vote by TONIGHT!

Photo Credit: SMALL TOWN UNIVERSE, 2016 Development Grant, dir/prod Katie Dellamaggiore, prod Nelson Dellamaggiore

Spring News & Events

Wed April 24
2024

Congratulations to ALL THAT BREATHES for their Peabody Awards nomination! We are delighted to see this film team’s hard work recognized.

ALL THAT BREATHES (2019 Development Grant) Director Shaunak Sen Producer Aman Mann, Teddy Leifer

Photo credit: Sarah E. Freeman/Grady College, 2016

READ HERE

ALL THAT BREATHES Nominated for Peabody Award

Fri April 19
2024

Congratulations to PHANTOM PARROT (2019 Development Grant) on being acquired by Tribeca Films for their inaugural slate!

Phantom Parrot 2019 Development Grant Director Kate Stonehill Producer Steven Lake

READ HERE

PHANTOM PARROT Acquired by Tribeca Films

Thu April 18
2024

We cannot wait to see the world premieres of two Catapult supported films at the Tribeca Film Festival! What an amazing achievement.

DRIVER (2019 Development Grant) World Premiere | Documentary Competition Director/Producer Nesa Azimi Producers Ines Hofmann Kanna, Nicolas Borel

SABBATH QUEEN (2010 Development Grant) World Premiere | Documentary Competition Director/Producer Sandi DuBowski

READ HERE

Catapult Films Screening at Tribeca

Wed April 17
2024

Register now for Women Make Movies “The Skills That Pay the Bills”! Our very own Co-Director Megan Gelstein will be featured in a 4-part webinar series focusing on the hard skills that lead to success, including fundraising, pitching, finances, and proposal writing.

Pitching: What Judges Really Look For: Thursday, April 25 at 9 - 10:30am PDT

READ HERE

Co-Director Megan Featuring in Women Make Movies Webinar

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Tue April 16
2024

9 Catapult-supported films are screening at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival! Our Co-Director Megan will also be attending.

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) World Showcase Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

A BAND OF DREAMERS AND A JUDGE (2021 Development Grant) Festival Favourites Director/Producer Hesam Eslami Producer Etienne De Ricaud

THE BONES (2015 Development Grant) Surprise Screening Director Jeremy Xido Producer Ina Fichman

DREAMS OF THE WILD OAKES (2023 Development Grant) Deal Maker Director Marjan Khosravi Producer Milad Khosravi

LOOK INTO MY EYES (2020 Development Grant) Special Presentations Director/Producer Lana Wilson Producer Kyle Martin

THE NOBLE HALF (2022 Rough Cut Retreat) Deal Maker Director Khaula Haider Malik Producers Afnahn Khan, Brit Fryer, Khaula Malik Editor Hena Ashraf

RECKONING (2023 Development Grant) Hot Docs Forum Director/Producer Mauricio Monteiro Filho Producers Charlie Rosser, Clive Patterson, Hugh Davies

UNION (2021 Development Grant) Special Presentations Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

#WHILEBLACK (2022 Development Grant) Hot Docs Forum Directors Jennifer Holness, Sidney Fussell Producers Ann Shin, Geeta Gandbhir, Tara Jan

9 Catapult Films at Hot Docs

Thu April 4
2024

Check out our three films headed to Visions Du Réel, including KAMAY’s world premiere and DREAMS OF THE WILD OAKES as a pitch project!

DREAMS OF THE WILD OAKES (2023 Development Grant) VDR PITCHING Director Marjan Khosravi Producer Milad Khosravi

KAMAY (2020 Development Grant) WORLD PREMIERE | International Feature Film Competition

Directors Ilyas Yourish, Shahrokh Bikaran Producers Ilyas Yourish, Hanne Phylpo, Evelien de Graef

UNION (2021 Development Grant) SWISS PREMIERE | Grand Angle Competition

Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

Photo Credit - Visions Du Réel, 2022

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Catapult Films at Visions Du Réel

Wed April 3
2024

Special thanks to our 2024 Catapult Research advisors. They will provide group and dedicated mentorship to this year’s filmmaker cohort, as they explore a new film concept. We appreciate your guidance and support!

This year’s advisors are:

• Steven Bognar

• Yance Ford

• Geeta Gandbhir

• Simon Kilmurry

• Michèle Stephenson

Read Realscreen’s press release or visit our research grants page for more info.

2024 Catapult Research Advisors + Realscreen Release

Wed April 3
2024

Get to know our 2024 Catapult Research Grant filmmaker cohort. Each filmmaker will receive a $10,000 grant and six months of mentorship and professional development as they explore a new film concept. We’re excited to support your work!

This year’s grantees are:

• Hazel Gurland-Pooler

• Set Hernandez

• Arielle Knight

• Tracy Heather Strain

• So Yun Um

Read Realscreen’s press release or visit our research grants page for more info.

2024 Catapult Research Grantees + Realscreen Release

Thu March 28
2024

As announced in an exclusive with VARIETY, we are excited to unveil our 2024 Catapult Research filmmaker cohort and advisors! Now in its fourth year, this program expands our mission to provide critical early-stage support to documentary artists with bold new perspectives.

Each filmmaker will receive a $10,000 grant and six months of mentorship and professional development as they explore a new film concept.

VARIETY Exclusive: research grant filmmakers + advisors unveiled

Thu March 21
2024

Don’t miss our four films headed to Full Frame Documentary Film Festival April 4–7, 2024! We are thrilled to see the festival back in person this year.

Special programs include: remembering festival founder Nancy Buirski, and the world premiere of JULIA’S STEPPING STONES directed by our grantees, Steven Bognar and the late Julia Reichert.

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat)  NEW DOCS Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

LOOK INTO MY EYES (2020 Development Grant)  INVITED PROGRAM Director Lana Wilson Producer Kyle Martin

SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat) NEW DOCS  Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn

UNION (2021 Development Grant)  NEW DOCS Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

Photo courtesy of Duke University and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

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Catapult Films Headed to Full Frame Festival

Fri March 15
2024

Now open! We are accepting applications for the 2024 ROUGH CUT RETREAT until April 21, 2024. Visit roughcutretreat.org for more information and instructions to apply.

This year’s retreat will take place July 21 - 25 at Whispertree in Northern California. Launched in 2016 by Catapult Film Fund and the True/False Film Fest, Rough Cut Retreat offers a one-of-a-kind mentorship experience that unites nonfiction filmmakers and mentors in a creative, supportive, and engaged atmosphere. We seek work that displays ambitious, idiosyncratic approaches to nonfiction storytelling and prioritize filmmakers who lack strong feedback networks.  📧 Questions? Contact Program Coordinator Lindsey Arrington (lindsey@truefalse.org)

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Rough Cut Retreat Is Now Open!

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Mon March 11
2024

The Catapult Film Fund Development Grant application is now open! Apply by Monday April 15th at 5:00pm PST.

Who should apply? Nonfiction filmmakers in development looking to create a work sample/fundraising piece that will help launch their project into production. Filmmakers should have access to the protagonists and a story at the core of the project that they are uniquely positioned to tell. Visit our website to read through the frequently asked questions before applying.

Featured image: GREENER PASTURES (2018 development grant), dir/prod Sam Mirpoorian + prod Ian Kibbe

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Development Grant Is Now Open!

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Fri February 23
2024

Nat Geo has successfully acquired SUGARCANE. Congratulations, team!

SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 RCR) Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn

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Nat Geo Acquires SUGARCANE

Mon February 19
2024

Six of our Catapult-supported films will screen at CPH:DOX and one is selected for the CPH:FORUM! Our Co-Director, Megan, will also be attending the festival.

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant & 2023 RCR) Highlights Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

BLACK SNOW (2020 Development Grant) WORLD PREMIERE | F:ACT Award nomination Director/Producer Alina Simone Producer Kirstine Barfod

LOOK INTO MY EYES (2020 Development Grant) INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Director Lana Wilson Producer Kyle Martin

THE BONES (2015 Development Grant) WORLD PREMIERE Director Jeremy Xido Producer Ina Fichman

UNION (2021 Development Grant) INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE | F:ACT Award nomination Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

THE LISTENERS (2023 Development Grantee) CPH:FORUM Director/Producer Lindsey Dryden Producer Samantha Steele

NIGHT OF NIGHTS (2020 Development Grant) WORLD PREMIERE | DOX:AWARD Nomination Director Truman Producer Violet Feng

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Catapult Films at CPH:DOX

Wed February 14
2024

In this month’s newsletter: Upcoming Catapult Deadlines. NEA Award + Celebrating Our Filmmakers! READ HERE

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Photo credit: ASK THE SEXPERT, dir/prod Vaishali Sinha (2013 Development Grant)

February Newsletter

Wed February 7
2024

5 of our Catapult-supported films are headed to the True/False Film Festival! Our Co-Director, Theresa, will be in Missouri attending. We can’t wait!

A BAND OF DREAMERS AND A JUDGE 2021 Development Grant Director Hesam Eslami

AGENT OF HAPPINESS 2020 Development Grant & 2023 Rough Cut Retreat Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

LOOK INTO MY EYES  2020 Development Grant Director Lana Wilson Producer Kyle Martin

THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT (World Premiere) 2023 Rough Cut Retreat Director Emily Mkrtichian

UNION 2021 Development Grant Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

Photo: Grid of film stills (credit - True/False)

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Catapult Films screening at True/False Film Festival

Tue February 6
2024

Four of our Catapult-supported films are screening at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival! A special mention to UNTITLED PENNHURST DOCUMENTARY as one of the 2024 Big Sky Pitch Projects. Also, our very own Theresa, Co-Director and Chief Operations Officer, will be on the pitch forum. See you there!

CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN 2019 Development Grant Director Penny Lane Producer Gabriel Sedgwick

GREENER PASTURES 2018 Development Grant Director/Producer Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian Producer Ian Kibbe

HAPPY CAMPERS 2020 Development Grant Director/Producer Amy Nicholson

UNTITLED PENNHURST DOCUMENTARY Big Sky Pitch Projects 2022 Development Grant Directors/Producers Nathan Stenberg & Mike Attie Producers Daniel J. Chalfen, Katarina Poljak

WITHOUT ARROWS WORLD PREMIERE 2018 Development Grant Directors/Producers Jonathan Olshefski, Elizabeth Day

Photo: Crowd at Big Sky (credit - Explore Big Sky)

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Catapult Films screening at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

Fri January 26
2024

Congratulations to BEYOND UTOPIA for winning the 2024 duPont-Columbia Silver Baton!

BEYOND UTOPIA 2018 Development Grant Director Madeleine Gavin Producers Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen & Sue Mi Terry

We want to also add a special mention to THE TERRITORY (2019 Development Grant) for earning their place as a duPont-Columbia finalist!

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Beyond Utopia Wins duPont-Columbia Award

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Fri January 26
2024

Congratulations to our two Catapult-supported films for winning 2024 Sundance Film Festival awards!

Directing Award: U.S. Documentary SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant & 2023 RCR)  Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for the Art Of Change UNION (2021 Development Grant)  Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

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Two Catapult Films win Sundance Awards

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Wed January 24
2024

Catapult Film Fund is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment For The Arts for a Grants for Arts Projects award!

This grant will support our year-round artist development programs. In total, the NEA will award 958 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling more than $27.1 million that were announced as part of its first round of fiscal year 2024 grants.

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Catapult Receives NEA Grant

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Fri January 19
2024

Congratulations to BEYOND UTOPIA for their BAFTA nomination!

BEYOND UTOPIA  2018 Development Grant Director Madeleine Gavin Producers Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, Dr. Sue Mi Terry

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Beyond Utopia Nominated for BAFTA

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Tue January 16
2024

Congratulations to GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT and NOTHING LASTS FOREVER for their Cinema Eye Honors Award wins!

Outstanding Visual Design GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT 2017 Development Grant Winners: Thomas Curtis and Sean Pierce Directors/Producers Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson Producer Tommy Oliver

We commend directors Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson on also winning Outstanding Nonfiction Short for BLACK GIRLS PLAY: THE STORY OF HAND GAMES!

Outstanding Broadcast Cinematography  NOTHING LASTS FOREVER 2012 Development Grant Winner: Heloisa Passos Director/Producer Jason Kohn Producers Amanda Branson Gill & Jared Goldman

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Two Catapult Films Win Cinema Eye Honors Awards

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Wed January 10
2024

In this month’s newsletter: Catapult Films For Your Consideration. Celebrating Emmy Wins, Oscar Shortlists + Sundance Premieres! READ HERE

Want more updates like this? SUBSCRIBE HERE

Photo credit: UNION, dirs Stephen Maing, Brett Story, prods Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone (2021 Development Grant)

Catapult Films For Your Consideration

Mon January 8
2024

Congratulations to the film team of THE TERRITORY (2019 Development Grant) on your well-deserved Creative Arts Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking!

Director/Producer Alex Pritz

Producers Darren Aronofsky, Sigrid Dyekjær, Will N. Miller, Gabriel Uchida & Lizzie Gillett

The Territory Wins Emmy Award

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Thu December 21
2023

Congratulations to our three Oscar® shortlisted films!

BEYOND UTOPIA 2018 Development Grant Director Madeleine Gavin Producers Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen & Sue Mi Terry

GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT 2017 Development Grant Director/Producers Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson Producer Tommy Oliver

A STILL SMALL VOICE 2020 Development Grant Director Luke Lorentzen Producer Kellen Quinn

We would like to make a special mention to Joe Brewster & Michèle Stephenson for their documentary short “Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games” also shortlisted!

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Three Catapult Films for Oscar® Shortlist

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Wed December 20
2023

In our monthly newsletter, we reflect on this year’s memorable moments as our team prepares to sign off for the winter break.

This fall, we said farewell to long-time staffer Emily Hoover-Finnigan after ten wonderful years with Catapult. As our first official employee, she helped lay the foundation for the organization we are today. Join us as we wish her well on her next adventure overseas. Thank you, Emily!

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Thank you, Emily!

Tue December 5
2023

These following four Catapult-supported films are premiering at the Sundance Film Festival 2024:

AGENT OF HAPPINESS (2020 Development Grant) Directors Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó Producers Noémi Veronika Szakonyi & Máté Artur Vincze

LOOK INTO MY EYES (2020 Development Grant) Director Lana Wilson Producer Kyle Martin

SUGARCANE (2021 Development Grant) Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie Producers Emily Kassie & Kellen Quinn

UNION (2021 Development Grant) Directors Stephen Maing & Brett Story Producers Samantha Curley & Mars Verrone

Four Catapult Films Headed to Sundance 2024

Tue December 5
2023

These following Two Catapult-supported films were nominated for the the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards:

GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT (Development Grant 2017), Director/Producers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, Producer Tommy Oliver - Best Documentary

JOONAM (Development Grant 2018), Director Sierra Urich, Producer Keith Wilson - Truer Than Fiction: Sierra Urich

Two Catapult Films Nominated for Spirit Awards

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Tue November 28
2023

These following 3 Catapult-supported films were nominated for the the 2024 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards:

AGAINST THE TIDE (Development Grant 2020), Director/Producer Sarvnik Kaur, Producer Koval Bhatia - Best Feature Documentary, Best Director

GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT (Development Grant 2017), Director/Producers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, Producer Tommy Oliver - Best Feature Documentary, Best Original Music Score

KING COAL (Development Grant 2020), Director Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Producers Molly Born, Curran Sheldon, Peggy Drexler, Shane Boris & Diane Becker - Best Cinematography

3 Catapult Films Nominated for IDA Awards

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Mon November 20
2023

These following 8 Catapult-supported films receive 17 nominations for the Cinema Eye Honors Documentary Awards:

AGAINST THE TIDE (Development Grant 2020), Director Sarvnik Kaur, Producer Koval Bhatia - Spotlight

BEYOND UTOPIA (Development Grant 2018), Director Madeleine Gavin - Audience Choice Prize, Outstanding Production

CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN (Development Grant 2019), Director Penny Lane, Producer Gabriel Sedgwick & Nickolas Hasse - The Unforgettables, Audience Choice Prize

GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT (Development Grant 2017), Director/Producers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, Producer Tommy Oliver - Outstanding Nonfiction Feature, Outstanding Original Score, Outstanding Visual Design, The Unforgettables

KING COAL (Development Grant 2020), Director Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Producer Molly Born - Outstanding Cinematography

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER (Development Grant 2012), Director Jason Kohn, Producers Amanda Branson Gill & Jared Goldman - Broadcast Film, Broadcast Editing, Broadcast Cinematography

A STILL SMALL VOICE (Development Grant 2020), Director Luke Lorentzen, Producer Kellen Quinn - The Unforgettables

TUBA THIEVES (Rough Cut Retreat 2021), Director Alison O'Daniel - Outstanding Sound Design, Outstanding Debut

Catapult films receive 17 Cinema Eye Honors nominations

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Thu November 16
2023

We are pleased to announce our 2023 Development Grant recipients. This year’s slate features stories from around the world, including Brazil, India, Iran, Mexico, Morocco, Romania, and the United States, with more than half of the projects by women filmmakers. Learn more about the selected projects and film teams here

Announcing the 2023 Development Grantees

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Fri October 6
2023

The Flagmakers (a 2017 development grant recipient) won a 2023 News and Documentary Emmy Award! Congratulations to director/producers Cynthia Wade and Sharon Liese.

The short focuses on the employee-owned Eder Flag in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where they sew and ship five million American flags a year. The flagmakers — locals, immigrants and refugees — stitch stars and stripes as they wrestle with identity and belonging.

The Flagmakers wins Emmy!

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Wed October 4
2023

We recently concluded our 2023 research program and are full of gratitude for the amazing conversations we’ve shared over the past six months. Together we explored innovative approaches to story, character development, and dramatic structure while deepening our connection as a creative community. Congrats again to our incredible cohort of film teams: Chris Filippone & R.J. Lozada, Sofian Khan, Sam Osborn & Alejandra Vasquez, Lauren Wimbush, and Farihah Zaman. We are excited to see what happens next!

Special thanks to our advisors for their generosity of knowledge: Ramona S. Diaz, Sara Dosa, Jacqueline Olive, David Osit, and Kristine Samuelson. Read more about the program and selected projects on our website.

2023 Research Grant Recap

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Tue September 5
2023

Earlier this month we spent a week at the Shire in the Woods in McGrath, Minnesota where we discussed storytelling, editing, and diagnosed what is and isn’t working with five projects in rough cut. We return inspired and excited for these films and filmmakers as they move towards the finish line in time for fall festival submissions!

Rough Cut Retreat Recap

Mon June 26
2023

Catapult Film Fund and True/False Film Fest today announced the selected films and mentors for their eighth annual Rough Cut Retreat, a summer gathering that immerses underserved filmmakers and industry mentors in a deeply creative retreat space. This year’s retreat will take place July 23-27 at Shire in the Woods in McGrath, Minnesota and is presented with support from CMP who share Catapult and True/False’s passion for bold and creative new nonfiction filmmaking.

The 2023 RCR supported films (and attending members of the film teams) are Agent of Happiness (directors Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó), How to Build a Library (co-director Christopher King and editor Michael Onyiego), Mai American (director Kevin Truong), There Was, There Was Not (director Emily Mkrtichian), and Untitled Residential School Documentary (directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie).

Mentors are chosen for their ability to guide filmmakers through the final stages of filmmaking, as well as their deep generosity of spirit. This year’s group includes director Steven Bognar (American Factory), editor Fiona Otway (Iraq in Fragments), director Yoruba Richen (The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks), editor David Teague (Life, Animated), and director Stephanie Wang-Breal (Blowin’ Up).

Rough Cut Retreat was born out of Catapult and True/False’s shared vision of supporting filmmakers who lack significant institutional support and feedback networks. These directors often work without access to informed critical feedback about their work, and RCR exists to counteract that marginalization, championing work that pushes boundaries both in its content and aesthetics. The retreat aims to provoke dynamic discussion, providing feedback and guidance at a critical moment in the post-production process.

Each year, five filmmaking teams are matched with mentors that have been hand-picked for their editorial insights and ability to aid filmmakers in realizing their vision. Over an intense four days of screenings and discussion they receive critical, supportive feedback, helping to move films from rough to fine cut with an eye on winter festival deadlines.

Previous RCR projects include: 2023 Sundance premiere Joonam (director Sierra Urich, 2022 RCR participant), 2023 Berlinale premiere Hummingbirds (directors Estefanía Contreras and Silvia Castaños, 2022 RCR participant) Documentary Director Special Jury Mention 2023 Tribeca Film Festival Break the Game (director Jane M. Wagner, 2022 RCR participant) 2022 Emmy Award Winner Mayor (director David Osit, 2019 RCR participant), and 2022 Oscar nominated Ascension (director Jessica Kingdon, 2021 RCR participant).

Read about the projects HERE

Announcing the 2023 RCR projects + mentors

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Wed June 7
2023

The Catapult Film Fund Development Grant application is now open!

Apply by Monday, July 10th at 5:00pm PST.

Who should apply? Nonfiction filmmakers in development looking to create a work sample/fundraising piece that will help launch their project into production. Filmmakers should have access to the protagonists and a story at the core of the project that they are uniquely positioned to tell. Visit our website to read through the frequently asked questions before applying.

Development Grant open through 7/10

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Tue March 21
2023

Join us in congratulating our co-founder, Bonni Cohen, as she officially moves to Catapult’s Board of Directors!

“We really believe in not just the individual project, but the sustainability of a career in filmmaking.”

Co-Founder, Bonni Cohen, moves to Board

Fri March 10
2023

As reported in DEADLINE, we are proud to announce our 2023 Research Grant film teams: Sofian Khan; R.J. Lozada and Chris Filippone; Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn; Lauren Wimbush; and Farihah Zaman. Each film team will receive a $10,000 grant and six months of mentorship and professional development as they explore a new film concept. Now in its third year, our newest program expands Catapult’s commitment to supporting documentary filmmakers at the earliest stage.

Special thanks to our advisors Sara Dosa, Ramona S. Diaz, Jacqueline Olive, David Osit, and Kristine Samuelson who will offer guidance, feedback, and industry insights as our filmmakers conceptualize their projects. The Catapult Research Grant is made possible with support from XRM Media.

DEADLINE exclusive: research grant filmmakers + advisors announced

Tue February 28
2023

Join us as we congratulate co-founder Lisa Kleiner Chanoff as she officially transitions to her role as Chair of Catapult Film Fund’s Board of Directors. Lisa started Catapult with filmmaker Bonni Cohen in 2010 to fill a gap in the nonfiction landscape for early-stage funding. As Chair, she will lead board governance for our nonprofit and support Co-Directors Megan Gelstein and Theresa Navarro, who took the helm in 2022. READ MORE

Co-Founder, Lisa Kleiner Chanoff, moves to Board Chair

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Mon December 19
2022

We are proud to announce our final slate of 2022 development grants – Catapult’s flagship program supporting documentary filmmakers when funding is riskiest and hardest to find.

After a competitive round of review, we selected eleven new projects that dare to expand the way we think about life, death, and our connection to one another. These are stories that truly stayed with us, ranging from Latinx visionaries fighting for accessibility in our cities to a women-led expedition tracking the “doomsday glacier” on Antarctica.

We believe early-stage support is essential and are happy to be the first industry funder onboard eight of these projects.

Visit the development page to read more about each of these projects.

Tue November 29
2022

It’s been a big year for Catapult as the team continues to welcome new people and new roles! We are excited to announce the addition of Miriam García as Program Officer and the promotion of Emily Hoover-Finnigan to Associate Director of Communications and Operations.

These changes reflect our dedicated efforts to support applicants and grantees, increase program outreach, and improve our internal processes as part of our mission to provide critical early-stage funding and mentorship to nonfiction filmmakers. Read more about Miriam and Emily below and be sure to follow us on socials. Next updates include the 2022 round two development grantees!

Miriam García Joins, Emily Hoover-Finnigan promoted

Thu October 27
2022

As part of our shift to a co-leadership model, we are thrilled to announce the hiring of Theresa Navarro as Co-Director and Chief Operations Officer.

Theresa Navarro new Catapult Co-Director

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Tue October 18
2022

We are now accepting applications for the next round of the Catapult Research Grant. The application closes Monday, November 14th at 5:00pm PST and the program will begin in early 2023.

Research Grant Application Open!

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Tue August 16
2022

We return from the 7th annual Rough Cut Retreat excited and inspired by the work and creativity of this group and eagerly await the filmmaker’s next steps on the road to the final cut!

The Rough Cut Retreat is a collaboration between Catapult Film Fund and True/False Film Fest, with support from the Chicago Media Project, and took place at the Carey Institute for Global Good. The retreat unites nonfiction filmmakers and mentors in a creative, supportive, and engaged atmosphere. Filmmakers screen their rough cut and the group discusses storytelling, editing, and diagnoses what is and isn’t working with the film. Film teams leave with insight and ideas to move to the project towards the finish line in time for fall festival submissions.

Read more about the filmmakers and mentors

Rough Cut Retreat 2022

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Thu July 28
2022

Nominated for 2022 Documentary Emmys are seven Catapult-supported films! Congratulations to the filmmaking teams on this recognition and achievement!

A THOUSAND CUTS, Director Ramona S. Díaz (Nominated for Best Documentary, Outstanding Social Issue Documentary)

FATHOM, Director Drew Xanthopoulos (Nominated for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary, Outstanding Sound)

IN THE SAME BREATH, Director Nanfu Wang (Nominated for Best Documentary, Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary, Outstanding Direction: Documentary)

MAYOR, Director David Osit (Nominated for Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary)

PRAY AWAY, Director Kristine Stolakis (Nominated for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary)

STORM LAKE, Directors Beth Levison & Jerry Risius (Nominated for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary)

SIMPLE AS WATER, Director Megan Mylan (Nominated for Outstanding Direction: Documentary)

The Emmy Documentary Categories awards will take place on Thursday, September 29th, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. EST.

Seven Catapult-supported films nominated for Emmys

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Thu July 7
2022

Announcing the first grantees 0f 2022! It is with great pleasure that we announce the filmmakers receiving Catapult Film Fund’s first round of Development Grants for 2022. This extraordinary slate of projects tells a wide range of stories, including a widespread mysterious illness linked to government malfeasance in Canada, one woman’s life or death attempts to escape Afghanistan, the only in-house cable TV station set inside a Florida county jail, and an environmental entanglement and the complexities of stewardship as seen in Badlands National Park in South Dakota. These wildly diverse projects reflect Catapult’s firm commitment to championing distinctive nonfiction films from around the world. Meet the filmmakers and projects.

Meet the latest filmmakers of the Catapult Development Grant

Tue April 5
2022

It is with much excitement and gratitude that we share news about Catapult. We are embarking on a new chapter, with a transition to a co-leadership model and the creation of two new positions. Megan Gelstein, Catapult’s longtime Senior Program Director, has been promoted to Co-Director and Chief Program Officer, effective immediately.

Megan Gelstein Promoted to Co-Director and Chief Program Officer

Tue March 15
2022

Announcing our latest development grantees! Meet them and read more about the films

Recent development grantees announced

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Mon March 14
2022

The 2022 Rough Cut Retreat application is live!

Applications for the Catapult and True/False Rough Cut Retreat are now OPEN through April 29! APPLY HERE

At the height of summer, when filmmakers are neck-deep in the editing process, Rough Cut Retreat offers a one-of-a-kind mentorship experience. Launched in 2016, RCR unites nonfiction filmmakers and mentors in a creative, supportive, and engaged atmosphere.

The retreat will take place July 23-28 at The Carey Institute for Global Good in Rensselaerville, New York.

Questions? Email lindsey@truefalse.org

Apply now for the 2022 Rough Cut Retreat!

Wed March 2
2022

We are excited to announce the 2022 Catapult Research Grant cohort and advisors! Launched last year with support from XRM Media, the research grant is an expansion of Catapult’s commitment to providing support at the earliest stages when it is riskiest to give and hardest to find. Meet the cohort and advisors below and read more about the program on the Research Grant page.

Announce the 2022 Catapult Research Grant cohort and advisors

Tue February 22
2022

Catapult Film Fund announces a $100,000 gift from XRM Media to support the Catapult Research Grant program. This brings XRM’s total program support to $150,000 over three years, which includes their initial grant to launch the research grant in its pilot year.

$100,000 gift from XRM Media to support Research Grant program

Tue February 8
2022

The 2022 Academy Award nominations are out and a special congratulations goes to two Catapult-supported films: When We Were Bullies (director Jay Rosenblatt) and Ascension (director/producer Jessica Kingdon, producers Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell). We are thrilled for the achievements of the filmmakers and the recognition from the documentary community.

Two Catapult-supported films nominated!

Tue January 11
2022

Catapult receives an NEA grant!

Thu December 16
2021

We’re thrilled to share below the latest eight projects to receive our flagship development grants. These films exemplify the stories Catapult believes investing in; they reveal the state of the world and explore the complexities of the human condition.

Five films we previously supported — All That Breathes, Instant Life, Mija, Riotsville, USA, and The Territory — are heading to the Sundance Film Festival for their world premieres!

Recent Grantees & Sundance Premieres

Mon November 1
2021

Catapult-supported films: Ascension (Dir. Jessica Kingdon), North by Current (Dir. Angelo Madsen Minax), Rebel Hearts (Dir. Pedro Kos), Storm Lake (Dirs. Beth Levinson, Jerry Risius), In the Same Breath (Dir. Nanfu Wang) are shortlisted for the 37th IDA Documentary Awards! Congratulations to the filmmakers. The awards will be held in February 2021.

Five Catapult-supported films are shortlisted for awards at the 37th IDA Documentary Awards!

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Mon October 18
2021

The Catapult Research Grant is now open! 🎉

Catapult’s Research Grant was launched last year to address a critical gap in early film funding: support at the research stage. This expands our ongoing commitment to developing nonfiction films and mentoring filmmakers by providing financial and professional resources even earlier. Five filmmakers will receive grants of $10,000 in addition to six months of mentorship and professional development opportunities. We are grateful for the support of XRM Media to continue this program.

Accepting applications for 2022 grant cycle

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Thu September 16
2021

Catapult launched a decade ago to fill a gap in film funding by offering development grants. This year we added a new program, the Catapult Research Grant, to further expand our support for early stage funding which is often the hardest find. We just wrapped up the pilot program with the first cohort of research grantees.

Research Grant Wrap-up

Thu September 16
2021

Announcing the continuation of the Catapult Research Grant with major support from XRM Media!

XRM Media to fund research grant!

Tue August 24
2021

Get to know Alina Simone, director of Black Snow (a recent grantee)

Filmmaker Spotlight, Alina Simone

Tue August 24
2021

Read about the most recent Rough Cut Retreat, with our True/False Film Fest partners and supported by the Chicago Media Project.

RCR recap

Tue August 24
2021

Latest grantees, Rough Cut Retreat recap, and Filmmaker Spotlight, read all about what Catapult has been up to this summer!

Summer news

Mon June 7
2021

Eight Catapult supported films head to Tribeca, opening Wednesday.Congratulations to the filmmakers!

Eight Catapult Films at Tribeca

Wed May 12
2021

Following a Tribeca premiere in June, Pray Away will head to Netflix!

Pray Away heads to Netflix

Tue May 4
2021

Crip Camp and Welcome to Chechnya are nominated for a Peabody Award!

Crip Camp and Welcome to Chechnya are nominated for a Peabody Award!

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Thu February 18
2021

The Catapult Research Grant is the newest expansion of our ongoing commitment to support nonfiction films and filmmakers. Our new program provides a $10,000 grant plus six months of mentorship and professional development to five filmmakers in the early conception and research phase of developing a new film idea.

Catapult Launches New Grant

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Fri August 14
2020

We are pleased to announce our newest grantees! Click below to read more.

Announcing our new grantees!

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Tue June 30
2020

Welcome To Chechnya heads to HBO in recognition of Pride Month

Welcome to Chechnya on HBO

Fri June 12
2020

Ringside documents the lives of Kenneth Sims Jr., Destyne Butler Jr., and their aspirations to achieve boxing glory. Premiering tonight on Showtime!

Thu June 11
2020

A great list of important documentaries to watch about race in America, curated by the Creatively Speaking Film Series. Included is Catapult grantee The Feeling of Being Watched.

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Fri April 17
2020

Updated regularly and in partnership with Firelight Media and ITVS, the International Documentary Association has consolidated a list of federal relief resources for filmmakers.

Resources for filmmakers

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Wed April 15
2020

We hope this finds you well and safe. We are reaching out to let you know a little bit about how and what we are doing.

At the moment, the Catapult Film Fund team is safely sheltered-in-place in San Francisco. Like you, we face the day-to-day challenges of working remotely, but are grateful to be connected and engaged with the inspiring work of non-fiction films.

Updates from the team

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Wed April 1
2020

The Catapult-True/False Rough Cut retreat returns this summer! Applications now open. Apply here

2020 Rough Cut Retreat open!

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Sun February 9
2020

AMERICAN FACTORY wins the Academy Award for Best Documentary!

AMERICAN FACTORY wins the Academy Award for Best Documentary!

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Sat February 1
2020

I CARRY YOU WITH ME (dir. Heidi Ewing) NEXT Audience Award & NEXT Innovator Award

CRIP CAMP (dir./prod. Jim LeBrecht & Nicole Newnham, prod. Sara Bolder) Audience Award: U.S. Documentary

WELCOME TO CHECHNYA (dir. David France, prod. Alice Henty, David France, Askold Kurov, Joy A. Tomchin) U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing: Tyler H. Walk

Sundance winners!

Thu December 12
2019

Congratulations to the 6 Catapult Grantees premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival!

A Thousand Cuts

Crip Camp

I Carry You With Me

Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

Us Kids

Welcome to Chechnya

6 Catapult Grantees at Sundance 2020

Tue December 10
2019

Catapult grantees took home 4 awards at the IDA Awards program. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners, a most impressive group!

American Factory - Best Directors, Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert

Midnight Family - Best Editing, Luke Lorenzten & Paloma López Carrillo

The Raft - Best Musical Score, Hans Appelqvist

Freida Lee Mock received the Career Achievement Award

IDA Award Winners

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Tue December 3
2019

American Factory directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert win Best Documentary at the IFP Gotham Awards! Fellow grantee and AXS founder, Jason DaSilva (When We Walk), was honored for his filmmaking.

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Tue November 26
2019

Catapult Fall Newsletter

Fall Newsletter

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Mon November 11
2019

Thrilled to see 9 Catapult grantees nominated for Cinema Eye Honors Awards!

17 Blocks

Always in Season

American Factory

Hail Satan?

Life Overtakes Me

Midnight Family

Our Time Machine

The Raft

XY Chelsea

9 Grantees Nominated for Cinema Eye Honors

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Tue September 24
2019

👀 Airing on POV 9/30 is Catapult supported The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros! Also streaming: Grit: The Documentary and The Feeling of Being Watched

Tue September 24
2019

🏆 Tune in tomorrow for the 40th Annual News and Documentary Emmy’s! 👏 Nominated are 3 Catapult supported projects:

🏆 ‘The Oslo Diaries’ - Outstanding Historical Documentary 🏆 ‘Survivors’ - Outstanding Social Issue Documentary 🏆 ‘Wildland’ - Outstanding Nature Documentary, Outstanding Cinematography, and Outstanding Editing

Also nominated is 2016 Rough Cut Retreat participant ‘Quest’.

Three Catapult project nominated for Emmys

deadline.com

Mon August 12
2019

Thu August 8
2019

Wed August 7
2019

Wed August 7
2019

On World Elephant Day, Elephant Path Film will be streaming on Facebook! August 12, 3pm ET / 12pm PT on WORLD Channel 🐘

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Tue August 6
2019

Mon August 5
2019

📣 Elephant Path Film will be streaming this Wednesday 8/7 on Witness - Al Jazeera! 📺

aljazeera.com

Wed July 31
2019

Wed July 31
2019

Mon July 29
2019

Six Catapult grantees will be showcased at IFP’s Project Forum, September 15 – 19 in Brooklyn. Congratulations to the film teams! 👏

The Liegnitz Plot Mayor Murders That Matter A Place to Learn Untitled Storm Lake Project Punch 9 for Harold Washington The Bones

filmmakermagazine.com

Sat July 27
2019

Fri July 26
2019

17 Blocks will headline MTV’s new documentary film program! Proud to be an early supporter of this important and timely film.

indiewire.com

Thu July 25
2019

Mon July 22
2019

Mon July 22
2019

Thu July 18
2019

Catapult grantee “Survivors” launched an oral history project “We Survive, Stories of the Ebola Outbreak” aimed at preserving the critical African perspective on the Ebola outbreak. Make a donation to the project today, and it will be matched! 🙌💵

globalgiving.org

Wed July 17
2019

Please consider supporting the oral history project helmed by the brilliant filmmakers of SURVIVORS. And as a very special opportunity – on July 18th every donation will be matched up to 50%!

youtube.com

Tue July 9
2019

Tue July 9
2019

📣 Announcing the latest grantees, the 2019 Rough Cut Retreat participants, films in distribution, and more in our Summer Newsletter! 📰

Summer Newsletter

app.robly.com

Sat July 6
2019

“…a moving reminder of the harm that comes from denying the truth of crimes done by those in power.”

The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros in The Stranger

thestranger.com

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Fri July 5
2019

Wed July 3
2019

👏 Congratulations to all the new The Academy members, particularly Catapult grantees 🎉

Steven Bognar (dir. American Factory) Jessica Devaney (prod. Always in Season, The Feeling of Being Watched, Pray Away, The Rashomon Effect) Mor Loushy (dir. The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros) Carrie Lozano (dir. The Ballad of Fred Hersch) Farihah Zaman (dir. Remote Area Medical)

wionews.com

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Sat June 29
2019

Wed June 26
2019

Netflix announces that AMERICAN FACTORY will open globally in 190 countries on Netflix and in select North American theaters on August 21. So proud to be the first supporter of this incredible project.

American Factory picked up by Netflix

indiewire.com

Wed June 26
2019

Mon June 24
2019

Mon June 24
2019

Sat June 22
2019

Fri June 21
2019

Fri June 21
2019

Thu June 20
2019

👏 Congratulations to Catapult-supported Loira Limbal, Jameka Autry and Malika Zouhali-Worrall of ‘Through the Night’ who are headed to Sundance Film Festival’s 2019 Documentary Edit and Story Lab! 🎞

Through the Night heads to the Sundance Labs

broadwayworld.com

Thu June 20
2019

Great review of The Feeling of Being Watched 👁 in the Los Angeles Times

“You feel like you’re watching a ’70s conspiracy thriller, but this is today and it’s nonfiction.”

latimes.com

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Thu June 20
2019

Tue June 18
2019

Tue June 18
2019

Tue June 18
2019

Fri June 14
2019

Fri June 14
2019

Thu June 13
2019

“‘Life Overtakes Me’ calls attention to an awful and easily preventable situation with calm and grace. It’s hard to ask much more of a documentary.” ❤️

dailydot.com

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Wed June 12
2019

Wed June 12
2019

Wed June 12
2019

Tue June 11
2019

Great review of Midnight Family from their recent screening at the Sheffield Doc/Fest 👍

screendaily.com

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Tue June 11
2019

Mon June 10
2019

Congratulations to Catapult grantee Jessica Devaney! One of four recipients of Cinereach’s 2019 Producer’s Award 👏🎉

thewrap.com

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Fri June 7
2019

Fri June 7
2019

Thu June 6
2019

Wed June 5
2019

Wed June 5
2019

Tue June 4
2019

Tue June 4
2019

Hail Satan? is in theaters July 26th for Sundance Film Festival London at the Picturehouse Central! Review by The Digital Fix 👀

thedigitalfix.com

Mon June 3
2019

Fri May 31
2019

Wed May 29
2019

Great piece on ‘XY Chelsea’ in Film Threat 👏

“Regardless of how someone might feel about what she’s done, XY Chelsea will definitely give you some insight into why she did it and maybe will help inform a better understanding of what’s going on behind the scenes…”

filmthreat.com

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Wed May 29
2019

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2019

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2019

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2019

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2019

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2019

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2019

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2019

Thu May 16
2019

Wed May 15
2019

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2019

Wed May 15
2019

Tue May 14
2019

Tue May 14
2019

Fri May 10
2019

Thu May 9
2019

Thu May 9
2019

NBC News reviews The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros

“One thing we wanted to do with the film is put up a mirror to the audience and say look, this past is not so past. It’s the present. And unless you address it, the past will keep coming back” -dir. Almudena Carracedo

nbcnews.com

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Wed May 8
2019

Wed May 8
2019

Tue May 7
2019

Not 1, not 2, but 3 Catapult grantees 🙌 are recipients of the Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund, presented by Black Public Media and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Congrats to ‘A Place to Learn (Kevin Shaw, Rachel Dickson), ‘Through the Night’ (Loira Limbal, Jameka Autry) and ‘Gil Scott-Heron’ (Orlando Bagwell, Yvonne Shirley)

“These projects, and the makers behind them, speak to our mission to bring diverse content and makers to the public media audience”

broadwayworld.com

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Mon May 6
2019

👀 Inside peek of the ‘Colour of the Wind’ team pitching at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Pitch Forum where they won the $20k first look prize! 🙌

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Mon May 6
2019

Mon May 6
2019

Fri May 3
2019

Fri May 3
2019

Thrilled that 2 Catapult supported projects won awards at Tribeca! Best Cinematography went to Yang Sun and Shuang Liang for “Our Time Machine” and the Best Editing went to Jennifer Tiexiera for “17 Blocks” Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to Tribeca. What an honor!

realscreen.com

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Fri May 3
2019

Thu May 2
2019

Part two of the Forum Report from Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, including Catapult Grantees ‘Instant Life’ (Aaron Schock & Mark Becker) and 💵 prize winner🥇’Colour of the Wind’ (Claire Sanford, Adam Pajot Gendron & Dagmar Jacobsen) 👇

realscreen.com

Thu May 2
2019

Read part one of the report from the 20th edition of Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Forum, including Catapult supported ‘The Bones’ by Jeremy Xido 🦖

realscreen.com

Thu May 2
2019

Claire Sanford’s ‘Colour of the Wind’ takes home the First Look Prize of CAN$20,000 at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival​. Congratulations to all the winners!

variety.com

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Thu May 2
2019

Wed May 1
2019

Wed May 1
2019

Wed May 1
2019

Wed May 1
2019

Tue April 30
2019

Tue April 30
2019

The The Chicago Critics Film Festival will screen Catapult grantees Life Overtakes Me and Our Time Machine 时光机 📽🎟

reelchicago.com

Mon April 29
2019

Pitching at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, are three Catapult-supported films: The Bones (Jeremy Xido), Colour of the Wind (Claire Sanford), and Instant Life (Mark Becker & Aaron Schock) 👏

5 films screen, 3 pitch, and Colour of the Wind takes home the big prize at Hot Docs

variety.com

Mon April 29
2019

Sun April 28
2019

“The latest documentary by Penny Lane, Hail Satan? follows the history of the Satanic Temple and its colorful protests in the name of religious freedom and separation of church and state…”

thewrap.com

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Sat April 27
2019

Fri April 26
2019

Fri April 26
2019

Thu April 25
2019

Hail Satan? “…serves as a reminder of why we embrace nonconformity, pluralism and tolerance.” Great read in the Washington Post 👏

washingtonpost.com

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Thu April 25
2019

Thu April 25
2019

Wed April 24
2019

Wed April 24
2019

Wed April 24
2019

Wed April 24
2019

Wed April 24
2019

Seven Catapult Film Fund supported projects are screening at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival ! Don’t miss American Factory, Always in Season, Anbessa, Midnight Family, Our Time Machine 时光机, When We Walk and XY Chelsea!

thestar.com

Mon April 22
2019

Fri April 19
2019

Tribeca Film Festival (NYC) Sun, 4/28 - 5:30 pm (filmmakers & subjects in attendance) Tue, 4/30 - 7:00 pm (filmmakers & subjects in attendance) Fri, 5/3 - 7:00 pm Tickets: http://bit.ly/OTM_Tribeca

Hot Docs Documentary Festival (Toronto, Canada) Wed, 5/1 - 5:30 pm (filmmakers in attendance) Fri, 5/3 - 3:00 pm (filmmakers in attendance) Sun, 5/5 - 5:30 pm Tickets: http://bit.ly/OTM_HotDocs

DocLands (San Rafael, CA) Sat, 5/4 - 3:00pm (filmmaker in attendance) Tickets: http://bit.ly/OTM_doclands

LA Asian Pacific Film Festival (Los Angeles) Sun, 5/5 - 12:00 pm (filmmaker in attendance) Tickets: http://bit.ly/OTM_LAAPFF

CAAMFest (San Francisco & Oakland) Sat, 5/11 - 7:30 pm (filmmaker in attendance) Wed, 5/15 - 6:30 pm Tickets: https://caamfest.com/2019/movies/our-time-machine/

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Fri April 19
2019

Fri April 19
2019

Catapult grantees Our Time Machine 时光机 and American Factory will be screening across the bridge at the Rafael Theater during the DOCLANDS Documentary Film Festival May 2-5. Presented by California Film Institute 📽

doclands.com

Thu April 18
2019

Thu April 18
2019

Thu April 18
2019

San Francisco Chronicle heads to the SFFILM Festival to catch Penny Lane’s Hail Satan? 😈📽

datebook.sfchronicle.com

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Thu April 18
2019

Wed April 17
2019

Wed April 17
2019

Wed April 17
2019

Great piece and conversation with Hail Satan? 😈 director Penny Lane in Vox 👀

“Lane’s films are always funny and weird and always pushing at the way we think about ‘truth.’”

vox.com

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Tue April 16
2019

Tue April 16
2019

Mon April 15
2019

Sun April 14
2019

Premiering May 1st at the Tribeca Film Festival, Showtime Networks just released a first-look trailer for the highly-anticipated Chelsea Manning documentary, “XY Chelsea”. Coming to Showtime June 7th.

youtube.com

Thu April 11
2019

Wed April 10
2019

Tue April 9
2019

Tue April 9
2019

Tue April 9
2019

Mon April 8
2019

Mon April 8
2019

Fri April 5
2019

Thu April 4
2019

Luke Lorentzen’s documentary “Midnight Family” is named “7 exciting movies from emerging directors to watch for in 2019”.

vox.com

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Thu April 4
2019

Wed April 3
2019

Life Overtakes Me heads to the Aspen Film’s Shortsfest!

“Quiet and intimate, the film unobtrusively ushers viewers into the homes — and stories — of three families with parents who now juggle domestic routines and the uncertainty of their asylum status with caring for an inert young patient.”

aspentimes.com

Wed April 3
2019

Tue April 2
2019

Mon April 1
2019

“…the jury unanimously gave the Firebird Award to Midnight Family directed by Luke Lorentzen for ‘its non-judgmental approach to a story of interlocked poverty and tragedy is deeply moving.’” -香港國際電影節 Hong Kong International Film Festival - HKIFF

variety.com

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Sat March 30
2019

Incredible review of Catapult supported Ringside in The Hollywood Reporter, which premiered at the 2019 Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival.

hollywoodreporter.com

Sat March 30
2019

If you missed 2019 Sundance this year, you can see all 5 Catapult supported projects at the 2019 SFFILM Festival opening April 10th! Always in Season, American Factory, Hail Satan?, Life Overtakes Me, Midnight Family.

datebook.sfchronicle.com

Fri March 29
2019

Thu March 28
2019

Wed March 27
2019

Wed March 27
2019

Wed March 27
2019

“…By turns terrifying and exhilarating, ‘Midnight Family’ unfolds with such velocity that it may take a while for your ethical doubts to catch up to what’s happening. When they do, they leave you gasping.” -The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/movies/new-directors-new-films-critics-notebook.html

nytimes.com

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Tue March 26
2019

Catapult grantee Joonam (dir. Sierra Urich) will receive a grant from Tribeca Film Institute aimed at “…groundbreaking projects that bring marginalized voices with vital stories to tell, to a mainstream audience.” https://www.screendaily.com/news/tribeca-all-access-2019-selects-14-projects-from-under-represented-voices/5137883.article

screendaily.com

Mon March 25
2019

Thu March 21
2019

Excited to see four Catapult grantees make their way to our hometown for the SFFILM Festival!

Always in Season (Dir. Jacqueline Olive; prod. Jacqueline Olive, Jessica Devaney)

American Factory (dir. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert; prod. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert, Julie Parker Benello)

Hail Satan? (dir. Penny Lane; prod. Gabriel Sedgwick)

Life Overtakes Me (dir. Kris Samuelson, John Haptas)

Midnight Family (dir. Luke Lorentzen)

sffilm.org

Thu March 21
2019

Wed March 20
2019

The Best Mexican Film Award for $25,000 goes to “Midnight Family” at the FICG Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara 👏

screendaily.com

Tue March 19
2019

👋🏼 Catapult grantee dir. Luke Griswold-Tergis of Pleistocene Park Movie with Russian scientist Nikita Zimov last night at The Battery discussing the park’s efforts to revive an extinct ecosystem by reintroducing woolly mammoths. Read more about this fascinating project in The New Yorker 👇🏼

newyorker.com

Mon March 18
2019

Mon March 18
2019

Midnight Family wins Best Director (Luke Lorentzen) and Best Film at the 34th FICG Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara. Congratulations to the team! 🎉👏

variety.com

Fri March 15
2019

Thu March 14
2019

Three Catapult supported films will screen at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival as part of the Special Presentations Program.

Always in Season (dir.Jacqueline Olive, prod. Jacqueline Olive and Jessica Devaney)

American Factory (dir. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, prod. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert, Julie Parker Benello)

XY Chelsea (dir. Tim Travers Hawkins, prod. Julia Nottingham, Thomas Benski, Lucas Ochoa, Isabel Davis)

realscreen.com

Thu March 14
2019

Three Catapult grantees have been selected to attend the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Forum to pitch their film! Congrats to The Bones (Jeremy Xido), Colour of the Wind (Claire Sanford), and Instant Life (Mark Becker & Aaron Schock).

realscreen.com

Tue March 12
2019

Opening the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is Catapult grantee American Factory!

Also screening: Always in Season, Grit, Life Overtakes Me, Midnight Family, Hail Satan?, The Raft.

realscreen.com

Tue March 12
2019

Mon March 11
2019

Fri March 8
2019

Happy International Women’s Day! Proud to support these talented filmmakers.

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Thu March 7
2019

Wed March 6
2019

Time For Ilhan releases 3/8 for International Women’s Day

blackgirlnerds.com

Tue March 5
2019

🎉Excited to see three Catapult funded projects premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, congrats to the filmmakers! 👏

17 Blocks (dir. Davy Rothbart, writer Jennifer Tiexiera, prod. Alex Turtletaub, Michael B. Clark, Marc Turtletaub, Rachel Dengiz, Davy Rothbart

Our Time Machine (dir./prod. Yang Sun, S. Leo Chiang, writers S. Leo Chiang, Bob Lee)

XY CHELSEA (dir. Tim Travers Hawkins, writer Mark Monroe, prod. Julia Nottingham, Lucas Ochoa, Thomas Benski, Isabel Davis)

👉 Incase you missed it at the Sundance Film Festival, Directing Award winner AMERICAN FACTORY will also be screening!

17 Blocks, Our Time Machine, & XY Chelsea premiering at Tribeca

tribecafilm.com

Tue March 5
2019

Wed February 27
2019

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2019

Fri February 22
2019

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2019

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2019

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2019

Wed February 20
2019

“A nuanced, layered reminder of how far we still have to go to correct the injustices of this country’s past and present.” -Always in Season

rogerebert.com

Tue February 19
2019

Tue February 19
2019

Thu February 14
2019

Tue February 12
2019

Mon February 11
2019

Great Hollywood reporter review of ‘Midnight Family” - 2019 Sundance Film Festival winner “Best Cinematography”!

hollywoodreporter.com

Tue February 5
2019

Three Catapult Film Fund supported projects received top prizes at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival! Congratulations to AMERICAN FACTORY (Directing Award: U.S. Documentary) ALWAYS IN SEASON (U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Moral Urgency), and MIDNIGHT FAMILY (U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography). Thank you to everyone at Sundance for this tremendous honor.

Three Catapult supported films win top Sundance awards

sundance.org

Mon February 4
2019

Three Catapult Film Fund supported projects received top prizes at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival! Congratulations to AMERICAN FACTORY (Directing Award: U.S. Documentary) ALWAYS IN SEASON (U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Moral Urgency), and MIDNIGHT FAMILY (U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography). Thank you to everyone at Sundance for this tremendous honor.

Mon February 4
2019

Thu January 31
2019

Wed January 30
2019

Tue January 29
2019

Mon January 28
2019

Mon January 28
2019

Mon January 28
2019

Sun January 27
2019

“Society needs skeptics. It needs outsiders to stand up for themselves and fight against the dominant ideas”

Penny Lane, dir. of Hail Satan? discusses the film at the IndieWire/Dropbox lounge at the Sundance Film Festival.

indiewire.com

Sun January 27
2019

Congratulations to the Always in Season team on a beautiful and moving film and to the Lacy family for sharing their story. #Sundance

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Sat January 26
2019

A lovely day on Main Street! Off to the premiere of Jackie Olive’s Always in Season, producer Jessica Devaney, editor Don Bernier 🙌🎥

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Fri January 25
2019

Fri January 25
2019

Thu January 24
2019

Wed January 23
2019

Announcing our full list of 2018 Catapult grantees! Proud to be supporting these amazing projects. Congratulations to the filmmakers! 🎉🙌

Announcing the 2018 Grantees

app.robly.com

Tue January 22
2019

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival is Catapult grantee Hail Satan? “…the 95-minute feature might get people to confront some of their misconceptions about ‘the great overlord of the underworld, and have a laugh along the way.’”

realscreen.com

Mon January 21
2019

Mon January 21
2019

💻👀 Tomorrow our friends at ITVS will host a webinar about budgeting: from guidelines to building a realistic budget that will get your film finished on time and pay everyone an equitable salary. RSVP 👇

ovee.itvs.org

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Thu January 17
2019

Thu January 17
2019

Wed January 16
2019

📣 Our friends over at ITVS are accepting applications for their Open Call through 2/15. See below for more information on eligibility criteria 👇

Today join Supervising Producer Michael Kinomoto and guest speakers Jon Olshefski & Sabrina Gordon (Quest), and Laura Green & Anna Moot-Levin (The Providers) in a webinar to learn what ITVS is looking for. RSVP: https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/ztti9

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Wed January 16
2019

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2019

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2019

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2019

Wed January 9
2019

“What we wanted to do with the film was to be an instrument to open that conversation about forgetting, about our past, and also our present”. The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros is shortlisted for an Oscar by The Academy and is screening around Spain and the US.

deadline.com

Tue January 8
2019

Mon January 7
2019

Thu January 3
2019

Apply now to Working Films’ Impact Kickstart grant! Open to feature length documentaries in late production or post-production that address issues of social or environmental justice. Artists of color, women, LGBTQ, gender nonconforming, and differently abled creators are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Wed January 2
2019

Mon December 31
2018

Mon December 17
2018

Thu December 13
2018

One of the best shows on Netflix this year: Catapult-supported Wild Wild Country!

forbes.com

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Wed December 12
2018

Mon December 10
2018

Two Catapult grantees win at the 34th Annual International Documentary Association Awards. Congratulations to the filmmakers! 🎉👏🏆

Wild Wild Country - Best Limited Series The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros - Pare Lorentz Award

indiewire.com

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Sun December 2
2018

Congratulations to the Catapult grantees headed to the 2019 Sundance Film Festival! 🎉

Always in Season (Jackie Olive) American Factory (Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, & Julie Parker Benello) Hail Satan? (Penny Lane & Gabriel Sedgwick) Midnight Family (Luke Lorentzen, Kellen Quinn, Daniela Alatorre, & Elena Fortes)

5 Catapult grantees head to Sundance

indiewire.com

Sat December 1
2018

Congratulations to Life Overtakes Me dirs. Kris Samuelson and John Haptas! The 5th Catapult-supported film headed to the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. 🎉

Congratulations to the filmmakers!

sundance.org

Fri November 30
2018

📢 Just announced! The latest 2018 grantees 🎉 Ghost Wives, The Girl with Seven Names, Tour Guide, Untitled Criminal Justice / High School Project, and Untitled Parkland Project. Read more about these fascinating projects, updates from Catapult-supported films, and what the team has been up to 👇

Recent grantees and latest news from Catapult

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Fri November 30
2018

Thu November 29
2018

As The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros screens across Spain, directors Robert Bahar and Almudena Carracedo reflect on the film’s impact and the change in discourse around the country’s history.

newsweek.com

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Thu November 29
2018

Thu November 29
2018

☃️Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings from Catapult Film Fund ❄️

Happy Holidays & Season's Greetings

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Mon November 26
2018

Thu November 22
2018

Mon November 19
2018

Thu November 15
2018

“…she takes into her own hands the very notion of being watched — and with a level of boldness we’d all do well to emulate.” Assia Boundaoui’s The Feeling of Being Watched screening at the Arab American National Museum

metrotimes.com

Wed November 14
2018

Tue November 13
2018

Mon November 12
2018

Tue November 6
2018

You could say it’s a very important day for Ilhan Omar for Congress, the subject of Catapult-funded Time For Ilhan! ✍️🇺🇲️

www.reuters.com

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Tue November 6
2018

Mon November 5
2018

Mon November 5
2018

Grit: The Documentary is screening at DOC NYC 11/11 & 11/14! 🎟️👀

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Fri November 2
2018

Catapult grantees Mayor (David Osit), Through the Night (Loira Limbal), and Charm City (Marilyn Ness), awarded the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and Stories of Change grants! 👏🎉

realscreen.com

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Thu November 1
2018

Wed October 31
2018

Wed October 31
2018

Tue October 30
2018

“While it must have been tempting for those involved to release some of the shocking material at various points in those six years, its impact and news value is greater by being presented as a whole story of that period of filming.” - The Oslo Diaries in The Guardian

theguardian.com

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Mon October 29
2018

Tue October 23
2018

Tue October 23
2018

Tue October 23
2018

DOC NYC announces “40 under 40” and we are proud to see so many Catapult grantees on the list! Congrats to Assia Boundaoui, Lyric R Cabral, Jessica Devaney, Sara Dosa, Maxim Pozdorovkin, Danielle Varga, and Farihah Zaman 🎉👏

realscreen.com

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Mon October 22
2018

“We’re asking for truth and justice. It’s all we have left.” The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros will screen in London before heading to home to Spain.

theguardian.com

Fri October 19
2018

Thu October 18
2018

Thu October 18
2018

Thu October 18
2018

Wed October 17
2018

Wed October 17
2018

Tue October 16
2018

Tue October 16
2018

“Hope and triumph lie in the fact that the victims will not stay silent as little by little, public pressure begins to force changes.” The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros continues to screen at festivals around the globe!

santafenewmexican.com

Mon October 15
2018

Mon October 15
2018

Mon October 15
2018

Thu October 11
2018

Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film for 2018” Assia Boundaoui brings 👁️‍🗨️ The Feeling of Being Watched home to the Chicago International Film Festival 📽️

chicagoreader.com

Wed October 10
2018

Wed October 10
2018

Mon October 8
2018

Sat October 6
2018

Catapult talks development funding at the International Documentary Association’s Getting Real ‘18!

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Fri October 5
2018

Fri October 5
2018

Thu October 4
2018

Time For Ilhan dir. Norah Shapiro is a part of the ‘Film Fatales’ organization where female (nonbinary and transgender welcome too) directors come together for support, compassion, collaboration 💪🎬

startribune.com

Thu October 4
2018

Wed October 3
2018

Wed October 3
2018

California? It’s complicated - almost 40 million people and 40 million stories. California Humanities invites proposals for the 2018 California Documentary Project (CDP) grant program that tell stories from every corner of the state and that explore California in all its complexity. Apply now for development and production grants for your short, podcast, web series, feature (and more)!

calhum.org

Tue October 2
2018

Tue October 2
2018

🙌 Proud to see four Catapult supported projects at the Mill Valley Film Festival! Congrats to Charm City, Grit: The Documentary, The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros, and Time For Ilhan. See you in the North Bay! 📽️

mvff.com

Mon October 1
2018

Wed September 26
2018

Catapult co-founders Lisa Kleiner Chanoff & Bonni Cohen and grantees Michèle Stephenson & Robert Bahar Get Real at the International Documentary Association #docsgetreal

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Tue September 25
2018

If you missed the Sundance 2018 premiere, “The Oslo Diaries” is now on HBO. Not to be missed.

The Oslo Diaries is streaming on HBO

hbo.com

Tue September 25
2018

Mon September 24
2018

Thu September 20
2018

Wed September 19
2018

Tue September 18
2018

Tue September 18
2018

Mon September 17
2018

Mon September 17
2018

Thu September 13
2018

🇸🇱 ️WeOwnTV’s Survivors heads to the Camden International Film Festival! Screening Sept 15th 🎟️

pointsnorthinstitute.org

Tue September 11
2018

Wondering what to watch? 🤔 The The New York Times suggests Catapult supported The Oslo Diaries! Airing on HBO on Thursday.

nytimes.com

Tue September 11
2018

Mon September 10
2018

The International Documentary Association will screen Catapult grantees Charm City and The Silence of Others / El Silencio de Otros as part of the 2018 Documentary Screening Series. 🎟️📽️

hollywoodreporter.com

Mon September 10
2018

Thu September 6
2018

Wed September 5
2018

“If you want to understand why peace failed and what happened, you have to look at these three years of the Oslo Accords,” Mor Loushy & Daniel Sivan’s “The Oslo Diaries” premieres 9/13 on HBO.

jewishjournal.com

Wed August 29
2018

Tue August 28
2018

Tue August 28
2018

Mon August 27
2018

Mon August 27
2018

Mon August 27
2018

Thu August 23
2018

Wed August 22
2018

“The Oslo Diaries is a striking document, mixing never-before-seen footage shot by the negotiators themselves and current reflections from participants”

villagevoice.com

Mon August 20
2018

ITVS Diversity Development Fund offers producers of color up to $25,000 in research and development funding to develop a documentary for public television. See below for details!

itvs.org

Mon August 20
2018

Mon August 20
2018

Thu August 16
2018

Wed August 15
2018

Mon August 13
2018

Wed August 8
2018

Mon August 6
2018

Mon August 6
2018

Mon August 6
2018

Fri August 3
2018

The Feeling of Being Watched 👁️‍🗨️ will screen at BlackStar Film Festival 8/5! Catch dir. Assia Boundaoui speak on the panel Revert the Gaze: The Relationship Between Surveillance and Film in Communities of Color 👀

whyy.org

Fri August 3
2018

Thu August 2
2018

Congratulations to all the wonderful projects receiving Fork Films support including four Catapult supported projects: “The Rashomon Effect” (Directed by Lyric R Cabral) “Crip Camp” (Directed by Nicole Newnham Malarkey & Jim LeBrecht) “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” (Directed by Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster) and “Syrian Families Film” (Directed by Megan Mylan) Thank you Fork Films!

The Rashomon Effect, Crip Camp, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project & Syrian Families Film win Fork Films grants

deadline.com

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Thu August 2
2018

Wed August 1
2018

🎥The Oslo Diaries screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival 🇮🇱️

haaretz.com

Mon July 30
2018

Fri July 27
2018

Congratulations to all the wonderful films and filmmakers honored yesterday with an Emmy nomination — with a special Catapult nod to “Vegas Baby” (Amanda Micheli) “Solitary: Inside Red Onion State Prison” (Kristi Jacobson) and “Unlocking the Cage” (DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus), and “Wild Wild Country” (Maclain Way and Chapman Way). It is an honor to support your important work.

Solitary, Unlocking the Cage, Vegas Baby, & Wild Wild Country nominated for Emmys

variety.com

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Thu July 26
2018

Thu July 26
2018

Wed July 25
2018

Thrilled to see Catapult Film Fund grantee Jason Dasilva’s How Healthcare Makes Disability a Trap part of The New York Times Op-Docs!

nytimes.com

Mon July 23
2018

Tue July 17
2018

Mon July 16
2018

Mon July 16
2018

Mon July 16
2018

Fri July 13
2018

Thu July 12
2018

Thu July 12
2018

Tue July 10
2018

Fri July 6
2018

Excited to see Catapult Film Fund supported “Crip Camp” (James LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham, and Andy Gersh) head to the Sundance Documentary Edit and Story Lab to work with an incredible lineup of mentors. Congratulations to all the filmmakers!

screendaily.com

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Thu July 5
2018

Tue July 3
2018

Tue July 3
2018

Mon July 2
2018

Welcome to The Academy, Catapult grantees! Francisco Bello, Katy Chevigny, Sara Dosa, Tony Gerber, Jim LeBrecht, Ivy Meeropol, Siam Mo, and Marco Williams

app.oscars.org

Mon July 2
2018

👀 Watch Ask the Sexpert, now on Amazon Prime!

amazon.com

Tue June 26
2018

Mon June 25
2018

Click here for all the latest Catapult Film Fund news - including the latest cohort of grantees!

Catapult Film Fund News

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Fri June 22
2018

Mon June 18
2018

Catapult grantees The Force and Tig (Tig Notaro) featured in the best docs on Netflix! 👀💻

thrillist.com

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Fri June 15
2018

Fri June 15
2018

Thu June 14
2018

Great review of The Silence of Others in the Screen International, currently screening at Sheffield Doc/Fest.

screendaily.com

Thu June 14
2018

Thu June 14
2018

Catapult grantee Elephant Path Film 🐘 premieres at San Francisco IndieFest’s Doc Fest at Roxie Theater. 🙌🎉

www.facebook.com

Thu June 14
2018

Wed June 13
2018

Wed June 13
2018

The Silence of Others wins the Grand Jury prize at Sheffield Doc/Fest and أمل - Amal takes home the Youth Jury Award. Congrats to the teams! 🎉🏆

Silence of Others wins Grand Jury Prize, Amal wins Youth Jury Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest

screendaily.com

Wed June 13
2018

Congrats to Elephant Path Film on their world premiere at San Francisco IndieFest’s Doc Fest! 👏🎉🐘

www.facebook.com

Wed June 13
2018

Hailed by the The Irish Times 📰 “Wild Wild Country is an excellently-paced real crime documentary…” 👏

irishtimes.com

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Tue June 12
2018

Tue June 12
2018

Tue June 12
2018

Tue June 12
2018

“Who and what controls surveillance? Why are certain people chosen to be surveilled? What are the psychological impacts of being surveilled?” Assia Boundaoui, dir. of The Feeling of Being Watched 👁️‍🗨️ discusses the film at the Storytellers’ Institute of John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative - MDOCS

timesunion.com

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Mon June 11
2018

Screening at Sheffield Doc/Fest, The Silence of Others “…chronicles the fight for justice as well as the search for the stolen children and the 100,000 bodies still thought to lie in unmarked civil war graves.” -The Guardian

theguardian.com

Mon June 11
2018

Mon June 11
2018

🐘Elephant Path Film director Todd McGrain chats with Eat Drink Films 🔊

Elephant Path premieres at SF Doc Fest

eatdrinkfilms.com

Fri June 8
2018

Wed June 6
2018

Tue June 5
2018

Mon June 4
2018

Thu May 31
2018

Thu May 31
2018

Tue May 29
2018

Tue May 29
2018

Tue May 22
2018

Tue May 22
2018

Tue May 22
2018

Congratulations to Catapult Grantee Penny Lane who will receive this year’s SF DocFest Non-Fiction Vanguard Award Screening & Reception.

“Her filmmaking is pushing boundaries and is redefining what people think documentary is.”

prod3.agileticketing.net

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Mon May 21
2018

“As a documentary filmmaker it was a dream come true”. How Chapman & Maclain Way stumbled across the story of Rajneeshpuram and brought it to the big screen in Wild Wild Country 📽️

abc.net.au

Mon May 21
2018

Catapult grantee Luke Griswold-Tergis of “Pleistocene Park” is re-introducing large herbivores to the tundra to help slow the acceleration of global warming caused by permafrost melt. Fascinating read! 🐂❄️

newsminer.com

Mon May 21
2018

Congratulations Catapult Grantees! 👏🎉 “Untitled Religious Activism Documentary​” (Penny Lane) “Mississippi Red” (Kelly Duane de la Vega & Jessica Anthony) “Midnight Family​” (Luke Lorentzen, Kellen Quinn, Daniela Alatorre, & Elena Fortes)

Sundance Announces Doc Fund Grantees

realscreen.com

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Fri May 18
2018

Thu May 17
2018

Thu May 17
2018

Thu May 17
2018

Tue May 15
2018

Tue May 15
2018

Mon May 14
2018

Mon May 14
2018

Mon May 14
2018

Thu May 10
2018

Wed May 9
2018

Wed May 9
2018

Assia Boundaoui of The Feeling of Being Watched, talks with No Film School about keeping filmmakers and subjects safe 🔊

nofilmschool.com

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Tue May 8
2018

Tue May 8
2018

👏 It was a very good year at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival - The Silence of Others & The Oslo Diaries

northernstars.ca

Tue May 8
2018

The Silence of Others is a Top Ten Audience Favorite at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival! Congrats!

www.facebook.com

Tue May 8
2018

Tue May 8
2018

Tue May 8
2018

Mon May 7
2018

Mon May 7
2018

Great review of Grit in POV Magazine “…sure to be one of the great eco docs of 2018.”

povmagazine.com

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Mon May 7
2018

Fri May 4
2018

Fri May 4
2018

Thu May 3
2018

Thu May 3
2018

Thu May 3
2018

Thu May 3
2018

Wed May 2
2018

Wed May 2
2018

Wed May 2
2018

Wed May 2
2018

Wed May 2
2018

Proud to be supporting Sunset and the Mockingbird, the love story of jazz legend Junior Mance and Gloria Clayborne Mance. As he loses his identity to dementia, she reckons with her own.

jerryjazzmusician.com

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Tue May 1
2018

Tue May 1
2018

Screening at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival today and tomorrow, the Oslo Diaries goes behind the scenes of the secret negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the early 1990s.

cjnews.com

Mon April 30
2018

Mon April 30
2018

Mon April 30
2018

There’s a new detective agency in Dallas, run by three exonerated men who all spent decades in prison. Their mission: to free other innocent people still behind bars. True Conviction airs on Independent Lens PBS tonight! 📺 Congrats to the team!

www.facebook.com

Sat April 28
2018

Fri April 27
2018

The Silence of Others dir. Almudena Carracedo talks with Women & Hollywood as they get ready to screen at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema for their North American Premiere! 👏🇨🇦️

blog.womenandhollywood.com

Fri April 27
2018

The Feeling of Being Watched team kicking off Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival last night! Congrats! 🎉👏

www.facebook.com

Fri April 27
2018

Fri April 27
2018

Thu April 26
2018

Thu April 26
2018

“Why did this happen and why is this likely still happening?”
-dir. Assia Boundaoui

The Feeling of Being Watched, which screened at Tribeca and heads to Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, uncovered one of the largest counterterrorism investigations in United States history.

colorlines.com

Wed April 25
2018

Wed April 25
2018

Wed April 25
2018

Wed April 25
2018

Tue April 24
2018

Tue April 24
2018

Tue April 24
2018

Excited to read about Catapult grantee All We’ve Lost in the Billings Gazette 📰

Winner of the best pitch at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the team is headed to the edit room! 👌🎞️

billingsgazette.com

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Tue April 24
2018

Nearly half of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival’s line up include women directed films about women and Time For Ilhan is one of them! 🙌🎟️

theglobeandmail.com

Mon April 23
2018

Charm City …“captures the beauty of the cityscape in the daytime, or the eerie effects of police lights flashing across faces and facades in the night.” - The Hollywood Reporter Screening this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. 🌃

hollywoodreporter.com

Mon April 23
2018

Mon April 23
2018

Mon April 23
2018

What is it like to be under constant surveillance? Assia Boundaoui digs to the heart of their experiences and the reason behind it in The Feeling of Being Watched 👁️‍🗨️ screening this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. 🎟️🎥

nybooks.com

Sat April 21
2018

🙌Standing ovation at the Time For Ilhan premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival! Huge congrats to Norah Shapiro, Jennifer Steinman Sternin, Jen Bradwell, Representative Ilhan Omar & the whole team! 👏

Standing ovation at Time for Ilhan premiere at Tribeca

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Fri April 20
2018

Fri April 20
2018

Thu April 19
2018

Thu April 19
2018

Wed April 18
2018

Wed April 18
2018

Wed April 18
2018

Wed April 18
2018

“The only way to find good movies at Tribeca is to watch them.” The New York Times has watched and The Feeling of Being Watched is what they recommend 👍👍

The Feeling of Being Watched, NYT what-to-see at Tribeca

nytimes.com

Tue April 17
2018

Tue April 17
2018

Tue April 17
2018

Six Catapult grantees are headed to Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival! 🇨🇦

أمل - Amal (Mohamed Siam) 4/29 6:45pm Isabel Bader Theatre 4/30 3:30pm Isabel Bader Theatre 5/6 10:15am TIFF Bell Lightbox 2

The Feeling of Being Watched (Assia Boundaoui & Jessica Devaney) 4/26 8:30pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 4/27 12:30pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 1 5/4 9:15pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 2

Grit (Cynthia Wade, Sasha Friedlander, Tracie Holder & Matthew Syrett) 4/30 8:30pm Scotiabank Theatre 4 5/2 12:30pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 5/6 10:00am Isabel Bader Theatre

Oslo Diaries (Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan, Ina Fichman & Hilla Medalia) 5/1 9:00pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 1 5/2 12:30pm Isabel Bader Theatre

The Silence of Others (Almudena Carracedo Robert Bahar) 4/27 6:30pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 4/28 12:30pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 5/5 11:45am Scotiabank Theatre 3

Time For Ilhan (Norah Shapiro, Jennifer Steinman Sternin, Chris Newberry) 5/2 6:00pm Scotiabank Theatre 7 5/4 9:00pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 5/6 12:45pm Aga Khan Museum

Get your 🎟️https://www.hotdocs.ca/p/hot-docs-festivalep=1

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Mon April 16
2018

Mon April 16
2018

Mon April 16
2018

Saturday Night Live parodies the Wild Wild Country trailer. Catch all 6 episodes on Netflix if you haven’t already!

hollywoodreporter.com

Mon April 16
2018

Thu April 12
2018

“It’s important because it’s a story of hope and inspiration…” -Norah Shapiro, dir. of Time For Ilhan, which heads to Tribeca for its premiere! We can’t wait to see it on the big screen, congrats to the team!

minnpost.com

Wed April 11
2018

Now open for submissions! Firelight Media’s Documentary Lab, headed by Loira Limbal, supports racially and ethnically underrepresented communities. Past grantees include Catapult-funded The Feeling of Being Watched, premiering at Tribeca.

firelightmedia.tv

Wed April 11
2018

Tue April 10
2018

The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off on April 18th! Catch screenings of Catapult Film Fund grantees:

Charm City (Marilyn Ness & Katy Chevigny, Big Mouth Productions) 4/22 6:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5 4/23 8:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-4 4/24 8:00 PM Cinépolis Chelsea 6 4/27 5:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-4

The Feeling of Being Watched (Assia Boundaoui & Jessica Devaney) 4/21 6:45 PM Cinépolis Chelsea 2 4/22 7:30 PM Cinépolis Chelsea 3 4/25 5:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-3 4/26 5:00 PM Cinépolis Chelsea 6 4/29 6:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10

Time For Ilhan (Norah Shapiro & Jennifer Steinman) 4/21 3:30 PM Cinépolis Chelsea 8 4/22 8:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-4 4/23 3:45 PM Cinépolis Chelsea 8 4/27 8:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6

tribecafilm.com

Mon April 9
2018

After giving a winning pitch at the Hot Docs Forum, The Feeling of Being Watched will premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival!

nowtoronto.com

Thu April 5
2018

Wed April 4
2018

The SFFILM’s International Film Festival kicks off tonight! Be sure to catch Catapult grantee City of the Sun by Rati Oneli.

Schedule, films, and tickets here: www.sffilm.org

vimeo.com

Wed April 4
2018

Tue April 3
2018

Tue April 3
2018

Mon April 2
2018

Sun April 1
2018

Thu March 29
2018

City of the Sun - a film by Rati Oneli is coming to SFFILM’s International Film Festival! It will screen at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts April 5th, 6th, and 12th. Don’t miss this stunning documentary. 🙌📽️

sffilm.org

Thu March 29
2018

Sun March 25
2018

Sat March 24
2018

Fri March 23
2018

Thu March 22
2018

Thu March 22
2018

Catapult grantees Riotsville, USA and How to Rob Banks for Dummies head to Copenhagen with their works-in-progress to present at CPH:DOX’s Forum!

cphdox.dk

Wed March 21
2018

The International Documentary Association has awarded their Elevate Grant to two emerging women filmmakers of color. Congratulations to Catapult grantees Loira Limbal & Jackie Olive! Excited to see the continued support of your important stories.

essence.com

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Wed March 21
2018

Tue March 20
2018

Tue March 20
2018

The Feeling of Being Watched documentary film is headed to Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for its international premiere! Congrats to the team!

www.facebook.com

Mon March 19
2018

Sun March 18
2018

Wed March 14
2018

Three Catapult supported films are headed to Tribeca! Congratulations to the filmmakers of Charm City, The Feeling of Being Watched documentary film, and Time For Ilhan!

Catapult grantees head to Tribeca!

app.robly.com

Tue March 13
2018

Tue March 13
2018

Tue March 13
2018

Fri March 9
2018

Thu March 8
2018

Huge congratulations to 3 Catapult Film Fund grantees premiering their films at Tribeca 2018; CHARM CITY (directed by Marilyn Ness Produced by Katy Chevigny) THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED (directed by Assia Boundaoui. Produced by Jessica Devaney) and TIME FOR ILHAN (directed by Norah Shapiro. Produced by Jennifer Steinman Sternin, Chris Newberry). Bravo to all.

variety.com

Mon March 5
2018

Mon March 5
2018

Sun March 4
2018

Time to submit your applications for the Catapult Film Fund/SFFILM Documentary Fellowship! Due tomorrow by 5pm PST.

sffilm.org

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Fri March 2
2018

Check out the trailer for WILD, WILD COUNTY below. With the six, hourlong episodes hitting Netflix on March 16th definitely get ready to binge watch this amazing documentary — you won’t believe what you’re watching actually happened.

Wild, Wild Country comes to Netflix

youtube.com

Fri March 2
2018

Thu March 1
2018

Wed February 28
2018

AMAL and THE OSLO DIARIES are headed to Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival! 🎥 🇨🇦️

boxoffice.hotdocs.ca

Tue February 27
2018

The Rough Cut Retreat returns this summer to the Carey Institute for Global Good with our partners, True/False Film Fest! Join this fantastic group of mentors and filmmakers for discussions and feedback as you move your documentary into the final cut. Applications due by March 25th.

Apply for the True/False - Catapult Rough Cut Retreat

roughcutretreat.org

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Mon February 26
2018

Mon February 26
2018

Thu February 22
2018

Thrilled to see Loira Limbals’ “Through the Night” selected as part of Chicken and Egg Pictures 2018 Accelerator Lab. What an honor to be amongst such a dynamic group - thank you Chicken & Egg!

blog.womenandhollywood.com

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Tue February 20
2018

Mon February 19
2018

2018 Berlin International Film Festival premiere! Congratulations to the team behind THE SILENCE OF OTHERS filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar and is exec produced by Pedro and Agustin Almodovar.

screendaily.com

Fri February 16
2018

Mon February 12
2018

Tonight on HBO Documentary Films, watch Catapult supported Atomic Homefront “shine a light on the lasting toxic effects nuclear waste can have on communities”.

hbo.com

Thu February 1
2018

Thu February 1
2018

Mon January 29
2018

Sat January 27
2018

Wed January 24
2018

Screening in its entirety at the Sundance Film Festival, Wild, Wild Country has viewers “…dying to know what happens next and is more wild and out there than any piece of fiction.” Also coming to Netflix 3/16!

parkcitymag.com

Mon January 22
2018

Mon January 22
2018

Incredible news: 6 Catapult supported projects are receiving IDA grants with all three Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund grantees going to Catapult supported films! Congratulations to the teams of Crip Camp, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project​ , When We Walk​, Life Overtakes Me, The Rashomon Effect & Untitled Ramona S. Diaz Film.

6 Catapult grantees receive IDA grants

variety.com

Mon January 22
2018

THE OSLSO DIARIES has it’s world premiere Sunday in the Sundance Film Festival’s World Documentary section. The doc uses never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews with key players — including the last on-camera conversation with former Israeli president Shimon Peres. Congratulations!

deadline.com

Mon January 22
2018

Sun January 21
2018

Fri January 19
2018

Fri January 19
2018

Tue January 16
2018

Mon January 15
2018

HBO has announced its documentary slate for the first half of 2018, including “Atomic Homefront” from Rebecca Cammisa. Such an honor to be included in such an incredible cohort of important films. Thank you HBO!

Atomic Homefront premieres Feb 12th on HBO

variety.com

Mon January 8
2018

Catapult Film Fund grantees at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival!

Oslo Dairies and Wild, Wild Country head to Sundance 2018!

app.robly.com

Sun January 7
2018

Sun January 7
2018

Exciting news! Showtime will broadcast the Chelsea Manning Documentary ‘XY Chelsea’ later in 2018! Proud to be an early supporter of this important work.

XY Chelsea picked up by Showtime

hollywoodreporter.com

Sun January 7
2018

Thu January 4
2018

Thu January 4
2018

Thu January 4
2018

Happy New Year! 2018 promises to be a great year for documentaries if this list is any indication! Looking forward to seeing “The Oslo Diaries” at the Sundance Film Festival.

Women directed films to watch in 2018, including Oslo Diaries

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Wed January 3
2018

Thu December 21
2017

Tue December 5
2017

Thank you Sundance! Thrilled to see two Catapult Film Fund grantees selected for Sundance Film Festival 2018. Congratulations to WILD, WILD COUNTRY (Directors: Chapman Way, Maclain Way, Producer: Juliana Lembi) and THE OSLO DIARIES (Directors and screenwriters: Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan, Producers: Hilla Medalia, Ina Fichman). It is an honor to be included in this incredible slate of films.

Congratulations to 2018 Sundance Official Selections OSLO DIARIES and WILD, WILD COUNTRY!

sundance.org

Wed November 22
2017

Congratulations to Catapult Film Fund grantee Ramona Diaz for her Spirit Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature her incredible film “Motherland”!

Ramona Diaz's MOTHERLAND nominated for a Spirit Award

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Thu November 16
2017

Thrilled to see CAMERAPERSON and WEINER on this list of “61 Best Documentaries of All Time”. What an honor to be part of such an awe inspiring group of non-fiction films.

CAMERAPERSON and WEINER named

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Thu November 16
2017

Thu November 16
2017

Siam Mo’s Amal kicked off IDFA last night and Catapult is excited to head to Amsterdam to cheer on fellow grant recipients Ask the Sexpert, City of the Sun, and When God Sleeps with live performance by Shahin Najafi. See you there!

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Thu November 16
2017

Wed November 15
2017

Sat November 11
2017

Sat November 11
2017

Fri November 10
2017

Mon November 6
2017

Excited to partner with SFFILM in supporting documentary filmmakers with the new SFFILM Catapult Documentary Fellowship! Accepting applications from filmmakers across the US beginning in January.

Catapult partners with SFFILM on new Documentary Fellowship

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Mon November 6
2017

Thu November 2
2017

Thu November 2
2017

Excited to announce new grantees, awards, events, and screenings in the latest Catapult Film Fund newsletter!

Catapult Fall Newsletter

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Thu October 26
2017

LA friends, don’t miss ATOMIC HOMEFRONT in theaters in Los Angeles this week and their wonderful LA Times review below.

L.A. Times reviews ATOMIC HOMEFRONT as a

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Fri October 20
2017

Congratulations to all the first grantees of the IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund – especially CHARM CITY (Director Marilyn Ness; Producers Katy Chevigny and Julie Goldman) and THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED (Director Assia Boundaoui; Producer Jessica Devaney) Thank you IDA for all the incredible work you do.

Two Catapult grantees receive IDA funding

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Thu October 19
2017

San Francisco friends don’t miss this incredible opportunity to join IDA & ITVS for a special Master Class with celebrated Director Dawn Porter. This Saturday 10/21 at 10AM. Please RSVP via IDA website.

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Tue October 17
2017

Congratulations to ASK THE SEXPERT, winner of the 2017 New Orleans Film Festival Best Documentary Feature!

ASK THE SEXPERT wins 2017 New Orleans Film Festival Best Documentary Feature

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Tue October 17
2017

Sun October 15
2017

“A new documentary focuses on a 91-year-old doctor as the unlikely hero who is saving Indians from wrong or poor knowledge about sex.” Congrats to the ASK THE SEXPERT team!

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Thu October 12
2017

If you’re in LA on Tuesday, 10/24/17 don’t miss ATOMIC HOMEFRONT An HBO Documentary Films Release at 7:30pm at The Landmark (10850 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA) Includes a post-film conversation with Director/Producer Rebecca Cammisa, Producer Jim Freydberg and Special Guests.

documentary.org

Tue October 10
2017

If you’re headed to the Cambridge Film Festival, don’t miss ASK THE SEXPERT. “Director Vaishali Sinha brilliantly captures Dr. Watsa’s treasured personality with compassion and humour”. Screenings 10/24 & 10/26

film-news.co.uk

Sat October 7
2017

Wed October 4
2017

Thu September 28
2017

What an incredible new slate of projects from Sundance. We are honored to see 10 Catapult Film Fund grantees on the list. Congratulations to all. Looking forward to seeing your important work. Thank you Sundance!!

sundance.org

Thu September 21
2017

Congratulations to all six grantees - especially the two Catapult supported projects The Feeling of Being Watched (Assia Boundaoui, director/producer; Jessica Devaney, producer) and Midnight Family (Luke Lorentzen, director; Kellen Quinn, producer).

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Fri September 15
2017

Tue September 12
2017

Tue September 12
2017

Friends! NIGHT SCHOOL will have its National TV premiere tonight (Tuesday, 9/12) on PBS. Check your local listings for times. Not to be missed!

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Tue September 12
2017

Mon September 11
2017

Thu September 7
2017

Tue September 5
2017

Sun September 3
2017

Wed August 30
2017

Sat August 26
2017

Fri August 25
2017

Check out an interview with the filmmakers of “The Reagan Show” in Vogue. Don’t miss the broadcast premiere on CNN Monday, Sept. 4 at 8p ET!

“The Reagan Show” premieres on CNN Sept 4 at 8pm ET

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Thu August 24
2017

Wed August 9
2017

Congratulations to Catapult Film Fund grantee “The Feeling of Being Watched”. What an honor to be selected for the 2017 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Grant.

“The Feeling of Being Watched” wins Gucci Tribeca Doc Grant

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Wed August 2
2017

We had a fantastic time with the True/False Film Fest crew at the Rough Cut Retreat last week. Big thanks to all the filmmakers who participated! Excited for your next steps with your films.

2017 Catapult Film Fund / True/False Rough Cut Retreat

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Fri July 21
2017

It’s such an honor to have two Catapult Film Fund supported projects in this outstanding line-up. Congratulations to CAMERAPERSON and WEINER for being selected among the ‘Best Documentaries of the 21st Century”!

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Wed July 19
2017

Wed July 19
2017

Sat July 15
2017

Proud to support Rebecca Cammisa’s new documentary, “Atomic Homefront” which airs on HBO in early 2018.

stltoday.com

Fri June 16
2017

Thu June 15
2017

Wed June 14
2017

Congratulations to Rati Oneli for CITY OF THE SUN winner if the Art Doc prize at 2017 Sheffield Doc Festival!

Congratulations to Rati Oneli.

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Thu June 8
2017

Special congratulations to Jacqueline Olive (director) “Always in Season” and Marilyn Ness (director), Don Bernier (editor) “Charm City” for their selection to the Sundance Institute annual Documentary Edit and Story Labs.

Special congratulations to “Charm City”.

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Thu June 8
2017

Starting June 9th - if you are in NYC do not miss IFC Screening of #NIGHTSCHOOL - a truly incredible film.

IFC 323 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014

Friday, June 9th – 12:25, 2:10, 4:05, 6:00 Saturday, June 10th – 12:25, 2:10, 4:05, 6:00 Sunday, June 11th – 12:25, 2:10, 4:05, 6:00 Monday, June 12th – 12:25, 2:10, 4:05, 6:00 Tuesday, June 13th – 12:25, 2:10, 4:05, 6:00 Wednesday, June 14th – 12:25, 2:10, 4:05, 6:00 Thursday, June 15th – 12:25, 2:10, 4:05, 6:00

TICKETS AVAILABLE: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/night-school/

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Wed May 31
2017

Congratulations to the MOTHERLAND team. This incredible film will be released theatrically in the summer via The Film Collaborative, and will have its television premiere on PBS’s POV series in the fall. Not to miss!

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Tue May 30
2017

Thu May 25
2017

Wed May 17
2017

Mon May 15
2017

Mon May 15
2017

Thu May 11
2017

Documentary filmmakers - The deadline to apply to #IFPFILMWEEK is Tuesday, May 23rd! Recent film alum include CAMERAPERSON, HOOLIGAN SPARROW, OBIT, PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW, and many, many more! We look forward to hearing your story!

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Fri May 5
2017

FILM SUBMISSIONS: http://straightjacketguerrillafilmfestival.com/ Straight-Jacket Guerrilla Film Festival, 2017 is now open for Feature Film submissions and Music Videos. It’s FREE to submit till June 3rd. To submit your work for the 2017 Festival’s consideration, simply email us a YouTube link to your Feature film (must be over 70min in length) or to your Music Video (must be for a gigging band). Please also include your production info, bio, website and film synopsis to: ants-productions@hotmail.co.uk Submission Deadline is June 3rd, 2017 **DIY Culture

straightjacketguerrillafilmfestival.com

Thu May 4
2017

Apply for post-production funding today! Deadline June 2.

sffilm.org

Wed May 3
2017

Sat April 29
2017

Sat April 29
2017

Sat April 29
2017

Thu April 27
2017

Wed April 26
2017

Wed April 26
2017

Fri April 21
2017

Thu April 20
2017

Tue April 18
2017

Only one more day…! Congratulations to TRUE CONVICTION, WHEN GOD SLEEPS and THE REAGAN SHOW.

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Tue April 18
2017

Mon April 17
2017

Mon April 17
2017

Fri April 14
2017

Mon April 3
2017

Mon April 3
2017

Fri March 31
2017

Fri March 31
2017

Wed March 29
2017

Wed March 29
2017

Posted by our very own Bonni Cohen Shenk…: “Trailer hit today for our new film, An Inconvenient Sequel. Timing is terribly ironic as today Trump began his dismantling of Obama’s clean power plan. Movie is out July 28th.” So proud!

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Sat March 25
2017

Wed March 22
2017

Wise words from a brilliant Catapult Film Fund grantee! “Listening and being empathetic and respectful has gotten me Jeff Sessions as the enforcer of civil rights laws.” Go, Dawn Porter!

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Mon March 20
2017

Thu March 16
2017

Tue March 14
2017

ONLY 9 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY to the Rough Cut Retreat! Launched in 2016, the Rough Cut Retreat unites filmmakers and mentors in a supportive and engaged atmosphere with the goal of moving films from a rough to fine cut. Rough Cut Retreat will take place July 23rd-27th at Gedney Farm in New Marlborough, Massachusetts. Apply by March 23rd! For more info visit roughcutretreat.org

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Mon March 13
2017

Fri March 10
2017

Thu March 9
2017

Wed March 8
2017

We’re accepting submissions for the Rough Cut Retreat! Launched in 2016, the Rough Cut Retreat unites filmmakers and mentors in a supportive and engaged atmosphere with the goal of moving films from a rough to fine cut. Rough Cut Retreat will take place July 23rd-27th at Gedney Farm in New Marlborough, Massachusetts. Apply by March 23rd! For more info visit roughcutretreat.org

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Fri March 3
2017

Fri March 3
2017

Thrilled announce that three Catapult Film Fund supported films will have their world premiere at Tribeca 2017 (THE REAGAN SHOW, directed by Pacho Velez and Sierra Pettengill, TRUE CONVICTION, directed by Jamie Meltzer and WHEN GOD SLEEPS, directed and written by Till Schauder). Congratulations to all the filmmaking teams.

tribecafilm.com

Sun February 19
2017

Sun February 19
2017

Sun February 19
2017

Sat February 18
2017

GOOD NEWS !!!!!

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Wed February 8
2017

Tue February 7
2017

Tue February 7
2017

Sat February 4
2017

Don’t miss the broadcast premiere of SOLITARY on HBO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 10PM ET/PT.

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Mon January 30
2017

Fri January 27
2017

Fri January 27
2017

Thu January 26
2017

Tue January 24
2017

Don’t miss Catapult Film Fund grantee Ramona Diaz’ new Op-Doc. Her feature-length documentary on the same subject MOTHERLAND premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Screenings continue through this weekend.

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Tue January 24
2017

Mon January 23
2017

Mon January 23
2017

Mon January 23
2017

Catapult’s Lisa Kleiner Chanoff and director Peter Nicks at the Sundance 2017 premiere of THE FORCE. Congratulations!

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Wed January 18
2017

Congratulations to the team of MA LIANG’S TIME MACHINE (S. Leo Chiang, Yang Sun, Jean Tsien and Nick Fraser).

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Thu January 12
2017

Thu January 12
2017

Thu January 12
2017

Congratulations to team of CAMERAPERSON (Director Kirstin Johnson Producer Marilyn Ness) for winning Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking at Cinema Eye Honors. Bravo!

filmmakermagazine.com

Wed January 11
2017

Wed January 11
2017

Congratulations to THE FORCE (Director Peter Nicks) and MOTHERLAND (Director Ramona Diaz) for being selected to premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2017. We will see you in Park City!

sundance.org

Wed January 11
2017

Mon January 9
2017

Sat January 7
2017

Sat December 17
2016

Sat December 10
2016

Sat December 10
2016

Sat December 10
2016

Congratulations to Nels Bangerter who nabbed IDA’s 2016 “Best Editing” award for his work on the Catapult Film Fund supported film CAMERAPERSON. Bravo to all the winners!

indiewire.com

Wed December 7
2016

Tue December 6
2016

Wed November 30
2016

What an incredible line-up. Thrilled that two Catapult Film Fund films will premiere at Sundance 2017. Congratulations to THE FORCE (Director Pete Nicks) and MOTHERLAND (Director Ramona Diaz) and all the other wonderful films in competition this year. Bravo!

sundance.org

Wed November 30
2016

Wed November 23
2016

So proud of the wildly talented Catapult Film Fund grantees who are nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Here’s to you Kirsten Johnson for CAMERAPERSON and Kristi Jacobson for SOLITARY. Congratulations to all the nominees.

hollywoodreporter.com

Fri November 18
2016

Congratulations to the winners of Women in Film Finishing Fund grant – especially the Catapulted Film Fund supported film MUDFLOW (by Cynthia Wade and Sasha Friedlander). Excited to see all of this wonderful work.

deadline.com

Thu November 17
2016

Thu November 17
2016

Sun November 13
2016

Fri November 11
2016

Thu November 10
2016

Check out this fascinating interview with WEINER director Josh Kriegman. Catapult Film Fund is proud to support your important work!

hollywoodreporter.com

Thu November 10
2016

If you’re in Pittsburgh on Nov 16 be sure to check out the Catapult Film Fund supported “The Freedom to Marry” by Eddie Rosenstein.

pghcitypaper.com

Sat November 5
2016

If you’re in Boston on Nov 11 be sure to check out Eddie Rosenstein’s “The Freedom to Marry” (Coolidge Corner Theatre) as part of the Boston Jewish Film Festival!

bostonglobe.com

Thu November 3
2016

“The Healing Blues” A film by Ted Efremoff documenting the Healing Blues film, a cooperative community film between Greensboro College, The Interactive Resource Center and area musicians to raise awareness about homelessness and raise money to support homelessness outreach. The film tells the stories of people experiencing homelessness from their perspective, and they were a part of the writing process were given songwriting credit, and were compensated for their time. https://youtu.be/gEZ6db3keCY

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Tue November 1
2016

Great news! Three Catapult supported films are nominees in the 32 Annual IDA Documentary Awards (Extremis, Cameraperson and Weiner). It’s an honor to be included on such a dynamic list of films. Thank you IDA!

documentary.org

Tue November 1
2016

Thu October 27
2016

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced 10 documentary shorts for the 2016 shortlist. Thrilled to see Catapult Film Fund supported “EXTREMIS” included on such an extraordinary list. Thank you to the Academy for such a prestigious honor and congratulations to all the nominees.

variety.com

Thu October 27
2016

If you are in LA on Nov 2 don’t miss the final installment of DocuClub LA in 2016 with a screening of the Catapult Film Fund supported “True Conviction” by director Jamie Meltzer and editor Jeff Gilbert.

documentary.org

Mon October 24
2016

Thu October 20
2016

Wed October 19
2016

Wed October 19
2016

Excited to see FOUR Catapult supported films on the list of best documentaries so far in 2016. Congratulations to UNLOCKING THE CAGE, TRAPPED, WEINER, and CAMERAPERSON and to all the other fabulous films. It’s an honor to be part of such dynamic group.

thrillist.com

Tue October 18
2016

Excited to announce that five Catapult Film Fund supported films have just been selected for the IDFA 2016 Forum! Congratulations to ALL ABOUT AMAL, CHINESE FACTORY, ONE BULLET AFGHANISTAN, THE OSLO DIARIES, and STATE .v SHUAI and all the other wonderful films. It’s an honor to be a part of such a dynamic group of films.

idfa.nl

Thu October 13
2016

Excited to see 5 Catapult Film Fund supported films selected for DOC NYC 2016. Congratulations to “The Freedom To Marry” (Eddie Rosenstein) “The Ballad of Fred Hersch” (Carrie Lozano/Charlotte Lagarde) “Cameraperson” (Kirsten Johnson) “Trapped” (Dawn Porter) “Weiner” (Josh Kriegman/Elyse Steinberg) and all the wonderful films selected!

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