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New and innovative work, fiscally sponsored by Film Independent.
The Fiscal Sponsorship program opens the door to nonprofit funding for independent filmmakers and media artists, supporting a diverse slate of projects at every stage of the filmmaking process – from development to distribution and beyond. Support Film Independent's creative community and help bring these projects to life by donating below.
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Halcyon Days
A troubled young actor returns home to see his ailing mother after being estranged from his family, but when he walks through the front door, his life magically becomes a sitcom.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer:Derek Manansala
Director:Grace Hanna
Producer: Eduardo Maia

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Hangtime

A wide-eyed art handler and a naïve young art student receive a surreal introduction to the absurdity of the fine art world while delivering a racially charged work of art.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Chester Vincent Toye
Executive Producer: Hank Willis Thomas
Producer: Anne Alexander
Executive Producer: Alexandra Pechman

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Happy Birthday Charlie

A road trip drama about a mom who tries to do right by her daughter, but winds up doing everything wrong...

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Producer/Writer: Nina Martinek
Writer/Producer: Boris Frumin
Composer: Daniel Schnyder

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Happy Pills

A bipolar girl breaks up with her psychiatrist.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Erica Cantor
Producer: Emma Flanders
Actor: Emma Raimi
Actor: Robin Roth
Director of Photography: Adam Birch

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Happy Sabbath

Happy Sabbath is a story about a young man reconnecting with his estranged mother expecting a handout. In his search for financial support, he learns family secrets that can forever rock everything he knows to be true.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Producer: Brian Grigsby
Director: Steven Lloyd Bennett
Producer: Albert Lopez

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Hard Boiled Eggs
A 10-year-old Chinese American girl who suspects that her mother is cheating after overhearing a mysterious phone call decides to investigate it by herself, only to find the harsh truth that she's been disregarding.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Yimeng “Yuki” Yuan
Writer/Producer: Yuky Shen
Producer: Pablo Zamorano

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Hargrove

A humble virtuoso walks unwittingly towards death while traveling the world playing his last concerts, reflecting on his life musically, professionally, personally, and spiritually. Trumpet legend Roy Hargrove is celebrated through priceless footage of his final days and treasured memories from music industry legends.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Eliane Henri/Poplife Productions
Cinematographer: Robert Benavides

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Hatchback

Due to job losses in early 2020 caused by the pandemic, an African-American family of four is living out of their hatchback car until the next pay day arrives. The family dreams of just one night in a motel. But each passing day living out of their hatchback vehicle brings new setbacks that push that dream further and further out of reach.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Lynelle White
Producer: Kellianne Jordan
Producer: Anita M. Cal

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HIBM: Her Inescapable Brave Mission

International human-rights advocate, Cara Yar Khan, battling an aggressive, fatal, muscle-wasting disease ventures out on a daring, 12-day Grand Canyon expedition on horseback and in whitewater rafts. But a journey that begins as a dramatic advocacy effort, quickly becomes an exercise in survival when Cara suffers a head injury one hour into the descent. And as the expedition team confronts unanticipated dangers in a remote wilderness that threatens to kill, wound, or undo them without warning, they also come face to face with their own individual demons. Her Inescapable Brave Mission is a story of fear, adrenaline, hubris, courage, and perseverance against the odds. A transformational journey for anyone who's ever found themselves, inescapably, on the edge of a cliff.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Celia Aniskovich
Producer: Liz Yale Marsh
Producer: Wendy Eley Jackson
Executive Producer: Sam Pollard

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Hive

A scrupulous teenager loses the young girl she's babysitting at an idyllic playground, forced to confront an insidious entity hidden among the children.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Felipe Vargas
Actor: Xochitl Gomez
Producer: Nicole Crespo

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Hold You So Tight

An anxious woman meets two men - one a scientist, one not - who work to ease her mind by supplying a unique embrace from their homemade robot.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Producer/Actor: Eric Rudnick
Actor: Kareem Ferguson
Robot Fabricator and Technician: Alan Timm
Robot Technician: Walter Martinez
Cinematographer: Davey Robertson
Art Director: Rebecca Scott
Production Sound Mixer: Ryan Graff
Producer: Cameron Fife
Producer at Large: Mike McNamara
Consulting Producer: Gabby Revilla Lugo
Script Consultant: Pilar Alessandra
AI Specialist: Sabri Sansoy
Robot InMoov Designer: Gael Langevin

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Holy Water

When a spiritual man is faced with a possible illness, his belief system is questioned and he’s forced to step into his authentic self in order to heal his emotional pain.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Sebastian LaCause
Producers: Roxanne Morrison, Jai Rodriguez

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Homecoming

Set in 1970, the mother and daughter of a notoriously rich family cope with the return of their lost child/brother.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Quinn Sheehan-Hipple
Co-Writer: Oliver Heffron
Producer: Stephen Fitzgibbon, Corrine Dye
Cinematographer: Christopher Blauvelt

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Homegoing/Homecoming

A quiet, college wrestler struggles to save his home from foreclosure, protect his younger sister and cope with the return of their absentee mother.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: C.A. Barrow
Producer: Robin Rose Singer

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Hoop Like This: The India Rising Story

The 12 best Indian ballers from around the world join forces to compete for $1 million dollars to show the world Indians can hoop on ESPN's international stage.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Executive Producer/Director/Producer: Shubhangi Shekhar
Executive Producer/Lead Talent: Gautam Kapur
Executive Producer/Advisor: Kunal Patel

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House of Leather

Set at the bohemian commune where famed erotic artist Tom of Finland lived and worked, House of Leather follows two queer artists from Asia and a Trans artist from Michigan, visiting for summer residencies. As these young heroes explore their creative identities in the context of gay history, the multi-generational community rallies to protect their safe place, advancing Tom’s legacy of freedom in a modern era.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Jamison Rockmore
Producer: Nicolas Blanco, Don Hardy, Justin Levy

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Houston, We Have a Crush
Ditto, a lonely alien living on a distant planet, stumbles upon a phone left behind by an astronaut. As he explores this mysterious device, he falls deeper in love with the idea of who he thinks this astronaut is, until he starts to lose his grip on reality.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer: Jen Kim
Director/Co-Writer: Omer Ben Shachar
Producer: Jason Eisner
Producer: Bara Kim
Cinematographer: Kai Krause

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How to Get Away with Greenwashing

An investigative team examines the environmental crimes of an acclaimed nature reserve – uncovering rampant greenwashing in ecotourism and private conservation.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Co-Director: Samuel Pigott
Co-Director: Benjamin Espinoza
Director of Photography: Felipe Toro Meza

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I Am Not The Last
Fearing the loss of his 60-million-year-old mother, a boy marooned by time and place refuses to believe he is alone.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Producer: Mark Tenn
Director/Producer: Alvaro Donado
Cinematographer: Daniel Andrade
Production Designer: Alicia Herrera
Casting Director: Amy Devra Gossels

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I Am Tyra

Tyra Patterson is a mentor, a motivational speaker, a paralegal, and is just one of the many marginalized black women affected by mass incarceration. She spent 23 years of her life in prison for a murder she didn’t commit. Hers is an All-American Story, from the parts of America that our society has all but abandoned. Through her fight for freedom and exoneration, we weave a narrative of hope and redemption for young women impacted by the broken justice system.

Project type: Nonfiction Episodic
Director/Producer/Director of Photography: Laurence Mathieu-Leger
Producer: Ebyan Bihi
Producer: Tyra Patterson
Executive Producer: Cathrine Gund
Executive Producer: Agnes Gund
Executive Producer: Sara Vance Waddell
Executive Producer: Michelle Vance Waddell
Executive Producer: Thalia Mavros
Editor: Rosella Tursi

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