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Outside In Wins Telly Awards

Filmmakers Collaborative — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:02:18 +0000

Outside In, has received seven prestigious Telly Awards – in 7 categories – 3 Silvers (top award): Documentary, Editing, and Motivational; and 4 Bronzes: Education (academic use), Health & Wellness, Use of Music, and Health & Fitness. Wow.

Kudos to Subject/Exec Producer, Kasia Clark, Producer Kat Tatlock, editor/co-producer Julia Dixon Eddy, composer/performer Cyrus Sink, colorist/on-line editor Dave Allen, and all who contributed to this film over the past 9 years!

Paul Espinosa recieves Cultural Award

Filmmakers Collaborative — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:48:59 +0000

Filmmaker’s Collaborative member Dr. Paul Espinosa, Professor and Filmmaker, Arizona State University has been selected to receive the Outstanding Latino/a Cultural Award in Fine or Performing Arts, presented by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) at the AAHHE 5th annual conference in Costa Mesa, CA. AAHHE is an agent of change for improving education, thus enabling Hispanic students to fully participate in a diverse society.

Dr. Paul Espinosa was selected by a panel of experts in higher education. The selection criteria focused on the recipient’s sustained contributions and efforts to showcase the significant accomplishments this award represents. Each year, this award is given to someone who has contributed significantly to our understanding of our Hispanic community and/or culture through a medium in the arts and/or performing arts.

“It’s wonderful to be acknowledged by your peers for the work you love doing. Documenting the experiences of my community on film has been a truly rewarding experience. Thank you to AAHHE for this recognition.”

Recent Grants & Awards

Filmmakers Collaborative — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:13:44 +0000

Jenny Alexander’s film Dream Deferred has received a $5,000 grant from the LEF Foundation’s Moving Image Fund.

Michal Goldman’s film Divided We Stand has received a $1,500 grant from the Puffin Foundation Ltd.

Mark Lipman’s film Gaining Ground received an $80,000 production grant from the Riley Foundation.

Robin Hessman’s film My Perestroika received a $10,000 grant from Chicken and Egg. Congratulations!

Robbie Gemmel received a $15,000 post production grant from the Fledging Fund for his film Cape Wind.

Austin Hoyt received a $600,000 production grant from NEH for his project The Big Show in Bololand, a one hour documentary on the work of the American Relief Administration to combat starvation in the new Soviet Union.

The Film Posse (Tracy Heather Strain and Randy MacLowry) received a $15,000 grant from the New York Community Trust for their film on playwright Lorraine Hansberry.

Stephen Lyons received a $65,000 scripting grant from the NEH for his project Across the Pacific, a two hour documentary about the 1935 crossing of the Pacific Ocean by the Pan American Airways flying boat known as the China Clipper

Tracy Heather Strain is one of eight local artists who received a no-strings-attached $15,000 fellowships from the Boston Foundation as a member of the first group of Brother Thomas Fellows. The fellowships are made possible by the Brother Thomas Fund, established at the Boston Foundation in 2007 to honor the legacy of Brother Thomas Bezanson, a Benedictine monk and ceramic artist credited with elevating the status of ceramics from craft to fine art in the United States with the extraordinary quality of his work and his artistic vision.