Filmmaker Fund

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    Experimental Ollie Magee

    Nod. Wink. Horse.

    A film behind a horse. Obscuring the narrative. My act of self destruction.

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    Sci‑Fi Mdhamiri A Nkemi

    original skin

    In an alternate world where having sex means swapping bodies with the other person, a young woman struggles to be herself, defying her small conservative community where swapping is taboo. A deeply intimate portrait of identity in transition.

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    Dark Comedy Sean Buckelew

    Drone

    A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.

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    The Changing Game of Distribution

    This year marked an interesting milestone for the Oscar nominated animated short films. For the first time in recent memory, people actually watched them.

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    The Short List: Paul Trillo Interview

    Writer/Director Paul Trillo joins us to discuss what it means to be a "concept filmmaker," the difference between commercial and narrative films, and why his favorite short films feel like a satisfying meal.

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    Documentary Pascal Floerks

    BÄR

    A grandfather's life is recounted in this deeply personal tale that sees filmmaker Pascal Floerks' mysterious family member reimagined as a Bear.

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    The Short List: Lance Oppenheim Interview

    Fresh off his first feature's appearance at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim joins us to discuss his short form work, his transition into features, and the importance of being your own MC.

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    Drama Aisha Amin

    Rumi

    When Rumi, a budding actress, is scouted by an agent and invited to an open casting call, she comes face to face with a deeply problematic and troubling industry.

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    Documentary Mark Columbus

    Battle of the Jazz Guitarist

    A deceptively simple film about “the Jimi Hendrix of Fiji,” forced to take a menial job in the United States when his wife became pregnant with the filmmaker.

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    Documentary Ben Young

    Saint Marietta

    In the 1980s, a crusading paediatrician in a small corner of the North of England ignited a mass panic that consumed the police, social services, health services, and hundreds of the families they were supposed to serve.

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