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04/20/2020

Meet Ingrid Serban, our Filmmaker In Focus. Ingrid is a Transylvania-born filmmaker and musician who is currently working on a feature doc about, none other than, vampires. In Strigoi she returns to Transylvania to collect supernatural stories and traditional Romanian folk songs from her village. She even visits Dracula's castle. She managed to get key footage before the borders closed so she has plenty of material to work on while self-isolating. "My editor managed to get home to her family in Belgium so we'll be working remotely. I remind myself to be grateful for everything I have and to do the work to finish this movie!” Ingrid sent us a video showing where she’s been working the last few weeks - watch it below.
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Watch Ingrid's video: http://www.screeningroom.org/screenings/public/5e87a0a1e261ad0004000102/screeningroom

and read the full Filmmaker In Focus here: https://mailchi.mp/screeningroom.org/femalefilmmakerfriday-and-svas-documentary-summer-residency-5032073

03/31/2020

Meet Marcia Rock, our Filmmaker In Focus. Marcia is the director of News and Documentary at NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and though she's not teaching this semester, she believes it's important to keep connected with her students during this time. She's making the best of the situation not only by keeping her students engaged and connected, but also by continuing working on her own projects. Marcia just finished a short film about self-isolating in New York City - click the link below to see her experience isolating in such a populated area.

Marcia's Short Film: http://screeningroom.org/screenings/public/5e7b98d39ecbd80004000194/screeningroom

and read the full Filmmaker In Focus here: https://mailchi.mp/screeningroom.org/femalefilmmakerfriday-and-svas-documentary-summer-residency-5028945

05/15/2019

Running to apply for documentary grants like..!

Follow Focus, our $10,000 grant for a short documentary film entering post-production with Jigsaw Productions and Points North Institute is accepting submissions for two more weeks! The selected finalist will receive $10,000 for post production to finish a cinematic documentary film and the opportunity to screen at the Camden International Film Festival in September. Submissions close soon on June 1, 2019 - apply today!

https://screeningroom.org/festivals/public/follow-focus-grant

04/18/2019

Introducing Follow Focus, a new grant opportunity for a short documentary film entering post-production! We are partnering with Jigsaw Productions and Points North Institute to support a filmmaker or video journalist. The selected finalist will receive $10,000 for post post production to finish a cinematic documentary film and the opportunity to screen at Camden International Film Festival. Apply today!

https://screeningroom.org/festivals/public/5ca50791437d0c0004000034/

04/12/2019

Check out our new grant opportunity! Follow Focus will award $10,000 to a short documentary in post-production. Apply today!

https://screeningroom.org/festivals/public/5ca50791437d0c0004000034/

We are thrilled to announce the Follow Focus Grant, which offers $10,000 in finishing funds to one short documentary in post-production, along with an opportunity to premiere at the 2019 Camden International Film Festival. Applications due May 30.

The grant is a partnership between Points North Institute, ScreeningRoom, and Jigsaw Productions. Details at the link--> https://pointsnorthinstitute.org/artist-programs/follow-focus-grant/

01/22/2019

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01/09/2019

The Intercept, ScreeningRoom and Double Exposure Short Investigative Film Grant

Only ONE day left to apply to our $5000 grant for a short investigative documentary film with The Intercept and Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium! Submissions close January 10th at 8:59PM PST. The grant includes $5,000 towards the completion of a short film, mentoring, the use of a Canon C300 Mark I kit for 10 days (if in the US), the potential for publication on The Intercept and the potential for screening at #DXIFF 2019.

https://screeningroom.org/festivals/public/5bbbc321865c500004000024/

And stay tuned for a new short film grant announcement in February!

#screeningroom #theintercept #doubleexposurefilmfestival #filmgrant #grant #doclife #investigativejournalism #documentary #film

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01/04/2019

ScreeningRoom wishes everyone a creative and fulfilling 2019! Leap into the new year and apply for our $5000 short investigative documentary film grant with @theintercept and @doubleexposurefestival ! Submissions are open until January 10th #newyear #newprojects #grant #filmgrants #documentaryfilm #theintercept #screeningroom #doubleexposurefilmfestival #doclife

11/29/2018

Everyone’s feeling pretty excited about our grant at the Home Bar after-party at @idfafestival ! Submissions for our short investigative documentary grant with @theintercept and @doubleexposurefestival are open until December 10. A reminder that you can apply internationally, it’s not just for US-based projects. The topic or story should be relevant to a US audience.

https://screeningroom.org/festivals/5bbbc321865c500004000024

#grant #documentaryfilm #filmmaking #investigativejournalism #journalism #doclife #filmgrant #screeningroom #theintercept #idfa #doubleexposurefilmfestival

11/19/2018

Excited to be a part of Meet The Experts at @idfafestival in Amsterdam to talk about ScreeningRoom and our $5000 grant for a short investigative documentary. Submissions are open until December 10!

https://screeningroom.org/submissions

#screeningroom #idfa #documentaryfilm #doclife #filmmaking #meettheexperts #grant #investigativejournalism

10/12/2018

Today we are taking pitches from filmmakers and video journalists at Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium for our new $5000 short film grant, in partnership with The Intercept! If you’re at DX send us a message and come say hi! Submissions are open until December 10, 2018 — apply today!

https://screeningroom.org/submissions

10/11/2018

Breaking Film Industry News — Awards, Acquisitions, Festival Buzz, Grants, and More

Thanks for sharing our new grant, IndieWire!

https://www.indiewire.com/2018/10/breaking-film-industry-news-awards-acquisitions-festivals-1202008317/

Everything industry insiders need to know this month at the movies, from newly announced awards to festival lineups, acquisitions and more.

10/11/2018

We are excited to announce the first in a series of new grants for short films! ScreeningRoom has partnered with The Intercept to offer a $5000 grant for a short investigative documentary film. In conjunction with Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium, we will be in DC this weekend at the festival — if you’re at Double Exposure Film Festival, stop by, say hi, and hear more about the grant!

Submissions are open from October 10 - December 10 2018. Apply today!

https://screeningroom.org/submissions

10/11/2018

We are thrilled to be partnering with The Intercept and The Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival to announce a new grant for a short investigative documentary film. Submissions are open from October 10 - December 10 2018. Apply today!

https://screeningroom.org/submissions

UPDATE: Submission deadline PUSHED to January 10th, 2019 8:59pm PST!!

04/04/2018

Our very own @mhcarleton joins a panel on filmmaking and entrepreneurship at the SFC Women’s Film Festival @sfcwomensfilmfest a couple week’s back, organized by fellow @filmfatalesnyc Augusta Palmer with fellow panelists Thembisa Mshaka @officiallipgame and Lisa Russel @lisarussellfilm . A great conversation. And ScreeningRoom was proud to be a sponsor and offer memberships to the winners of the film festival - congratulations to those filmmakers! #screeningroom #indieaf #independentfilm #womeninfilm #filmfatales #womenwhodirect #doclife #documentaryfilm #filmfatalesnyc #stfranciscollege @ St. Francis College Brooklyn

04/03/2018

Update from ScreeningRoom Online Video Collaboration Made Easy

Check out our new $30 perk! Only four more days to donate to our Indiegogo campaign!

#indieaf #independentfilmmaking

We added a NEW PERK!: We are extremely excited to announce our new perk for $30, the eBook of Thembisa Mshaka's Put Your Dreams First: Handle Your [entertainment] Business. Thembisa uses her 15 years of experience in the music industry to expose the hidden truths that women need to know as they aspi...

02/27/2018

Update from ScreeningRoom Online Video Collaboration Made Easy

THANK YOU for your support! Please continue to share our Indiegogo page so we can keep developing incredible ScreeningRoom features!

THANK YOU to our backers!: We wouldn't be able to keep developing great ScreeningRoom features without your support! As we get ready to launch community in just a few weeks, your contributions are more important than ever. Please continue to share our page with friends and colleagues, as we can't co...

02/21/2018

ScreeningRoom stands in solidarity with Academy Award nominated documentary ‘Last Men in Aleppo’ and it’s creative team, including director @feras_fayyad and Oscar-nominated producer Kareem Abeed. Currently, Kareem Abeed has been denied a visa to the US by the State Department and the Trump Administration under the travel ban to attend the Oscars ceremony. ScreeningRoom stands with @idaorg in support of Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, and their right to creative expression. For the full IDA statement go to https://www.documentary.org/advocacy/statement-support-feras-fayyad-kareem-abeed-and-last-men-aleppo

#documentaryfilm #lastmeninaleppo #ferasfayyad #kareemabeed #notravelban #creativeexpression #oscars #academyawards

02/16/2018

Thank you!

Many warm thanks to our Indiegogo supporters - you guys are the best! Valerie Christine Suzanne Garen-Fazio Jeff Kvandal, Peter Strugatz, Aaron Greer, Myrna Weissman and Marcia Rock!

02/16/2018

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02/16/2018

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02/16/2018

It’s Friday! To mark the long weekend, go see a movie... on us! Support our Indiegogo campaign (link in bio) at the $50 level or above by Monday and get a Fandango movie voucher worth $15 (plus a ScreeningRoom collaboration account that you can use or gift to a friend). Not too shabby. And you’ll be supporting independent filmmaking and a new platform! Yup, all the exclamation marks show we’re excited. #indiefilm #indieaf #doclife #filmlife #setlife #makingmovies #womendirect #womeninfilm #womenintechnology #catvideos #documentaryfilm #shortfilm #filmmaking

02/09/2018

It’s happening! We launched our first #Indiegogo campaign. Support building a community for independent filmmakers! Share our campaign (link in profile), tag us and we’ll send you a super cool IndieAF sticker! #documentaryfilm #doclife #indiefilm #screeningroom #filmmaking #womeninfilm #womendirect #filmmakingcommunity #film #movies #filmmaker #indieaf

12/15/2017

We have a full house! Excited about the screening tonight of our film 🎥 « Death in the Family » #indiefilm #doclife #documentaryfilm @micahgaren @katherinedalldorf @bsifton

12/09/2017

ECFS

We all have to take a stand to protect net neutrality and particularly when we use technology and the internet in the service of creativity, and support free access to information for everyone. Not just the few and the rich. So here’s one thing we can do:

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IMPORTANT: As we all know, net neutrality is about to disappear. But John Oliver has made it really easy to tell the agency that we want equal access and equal speed for everyone.
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1. Go to gofccyourself.com
(the shortcut John Oliver made to the hard-to-find FCC comment page)
2. Next to the 17-108 link (Restoring Internet Freedom), click on "express"
3. Be sure to hit "ENTER" after you put in your name & info so it registers.
4. In the comment section write, "I strongly support net neutrality backed by Title 2 oversight of ISPs."
5. Click to submit, done. - Make sure you hit submit at the end!
**Feel free to share this**

11/22/2017

ScreeningRoom is thankful for your support! So we made you this video to show our appreciation. Celebrate this Thanksgiving with good food, good company, and good collaborative feedback! 🍁🍂🦃 #screeningroom #freerangevideo #doclife #indiefilm #filmmaking #collaborativefeedback #videocommenting #videosharing #technology #thanksgiving #turkeys #gobblegobble

11/15/2017

Amy Hobby of Tribeca Film Institute talks with a filmmaker at our breakfast at @docnycfest. Happy to share more about the @tribecafilmins and ScreeningRoom partnership, including the upcoming IF/Then short film grant for southeast Asian stories! For more details about the grant check out the TFI and ScreeningRoom websites in early January. 📷 by DOC NYC #screeningroom #tfi #tribecafilminstitute #ifthen #docnyc #filmlife #documentary #documentaryfilm #womenmakemovies #indiefilm

11/15/2017

We had so much fun meeting you all at DOC NYC! Thanks to everyone who stopped by, it was great to talk about ScreeningRoom, grants, documentaries and donuts. Shoutout to @docnycfest, what a great festival! @tribecafilmins #docnyc2017 #docnyc #screeningroom #tfi #tribecafilminstitute #ifthen #documentary #indiefilm #donuts #filmlife #documentaryfilm

11/13/2017

Excited to be at #docnyc today! Join us for donuts 🍩 this morning at our breakfast from 9-10 at The Cinepolis Chelsea on 23rd street. Come say hi! #documentaryfilm #indiefilmmakers #setlife #freerangevideo

11/10/2017

We’ll see you at breakfast on November 13 at @docnycfest! From 9am-10am you can have a donut and get a discount on your ScreeningRoom membership. For more information about Monday’s schedule, click the link in our bio. (If you can’t make it to the breakfast you can still get a discount! In honor of DOC NYC use the code FREERANGEVIDEO to get 20% off on upgrading your membership!) #docnyc #screeningroom #indiefilmmakers #filmlife #independentfilm #donuts #breakfast #filmmaking #documentaryfilm

11/09/2017

DOC NYC starts today! Plan ahead for the exciting coming week at the festival and mark your calendars for November 13! Come have breakfast with us at @docnycfest on Monday November 13 from 9-10! Meet our team and also hear about our new partnership with @tribecafilmins - we’ll be supporting a grant for Southeast Asian stories for TFI’s IF/Then Short Documentary Film Program! Stop by, have a donut, and if you haven’t signed up yet, get a discount on your membership! 🍩 #docnyc #tfi #screeningroom #documentaryfilm #filmmaking #donuts #independentfilm #filmlife #indiefilmmakers

11/03/2017

A great and inspiring evening with exceptional filmmakers @geetagandbhir @martha_jeffries and @ambermfares talking about their work and making movies 🎥. Was fun and an honor to moderate. Thanks @harbersstudios and @filmfatalesnyc for the evening of #womeninfocus #indiefilm #doclife #womenmakemovies 📷@katherinedalldorf

11/02/2017

New York peeps and film lovers. Come hear Marie-Helene tonight moderate a women in Focus panel with three incredibly talented filmmakers who are women, talking about working in challenging situations. 7-9 pm at the Public Hotel 215 Chrystie Street a few spaces left! #womeninfilm #indiefilm #filmfatales #makingmovies #doclife

10/26/2017

For friends in LA, DC, and STL don’t miss this moving and timely film, produced by a member of our ScreeningRoom community! #forahkeem #indiefilm #filmmaking #filmmaker #supportfilmmakers
#Repost @for_ahkeem_film
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NOW PLAYING - LA | DC | STL “'For Ahkeem' delivers a bracing story of grit in a world of social injustice” - LOS ANGELES TIMES

10/25/2017

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