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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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Across The Globe Film Festival

Across The Globe is coming to New York City! After two years of celebrating international independent films remotely, XTG is having its first in-person event in April 2024.

Project type: Festival
Creator/Festival Director: John Fessler
Sponsorship Director: Andrew Levy
Head of Marketing & Social Media: Jared Cohen

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Adopt-A-‘Toon!

No single collection of the cartoons made by Max Fleischer and Fleischer Studios exists anywhere in the world. My mission is to collect all the cartoons, restore them, and make them available to everyone.

Project type: Animation
Producer: Jane Fleischer Reid
Supervising Director: Max Reid
Restoration Supervisor: Steve Stanchfield
Lead Restorer: Thad Komorowski
Color Restorer: Jack Theakston

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Adult Sitters

A late-twenties artist and her boyfriend turn the family house into chaos while the parents are away. As their return date looms, they scramble to restore order, grappling with the shame of their immaturity.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Ann Sun
Producers: Han Lee and Yimeng “Yuki” Yuan

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Africa: Untold

Meet Africa's game-changers: The innovators, educators and pioneers, reimagining and reshaping the continent's future.

Project type: Nonfiction Episodic
Series Director/Creator: Bruce Donnelly
Producer: Fermin Rojas

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After Antarctica

After Antarctica is a feature-length documentary that follows polar explorer Will Steger's life journey as an eyewitness to the greatest changes in the polar regions of our planet. Now, thirty years after his historic coast-to-coast expedition across the coldest continent on Earth, Steger is not only known for being the first in history to complete this historic feat - he is also the last.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Tasha Van Zandt
Producer: Sebastian Zeck

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After This

Terminally-ill Annie and the two loves of her life - her partner Liam and their dog Whiskey - retreat to the mountains for what seems like a relaxing weekend away. In reality, it's their last weekend together.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Lizzie Germann
Writer/Producer: Kaitlyn Clare
Director of Photography: Laura Jansen
First Assistant Director: Liz Holland
Co-Executive Producer: Philip Anderson

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After, All

An uninvited guest and a famous painter reunite on the eve of an art opening. After years of estrangement can two former friends rekindle their friendship without collateral damage?

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director: Jennifer Berry
Producer: Mandi Reno
Director of Photography: Mike Berlucchi
Consulting Producer: Jane Charles

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AHMAD ZAHIR : The Voice of Afghanistan

AHMAD ZAHIR explores the extraordinary life of Afghanistan’s most revered musician, the “Elvis of Afghanistan,” who rockets to stardom in the 60s and 70s – a time when women in Kabul wear mini-skirts, foreigners flock to Afghanistan on the “hippie trail,” and progressive change swept the country.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Shabnam Humphrey
Executive Producer: Sam French, Tom Freston

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Alaska Is a Drag

Tough, but diva fabulous, Leo, aspiring drag superstar, is stuck working in a fish cannery in Alaska. He and his twin sister are trapped in the monotony of fist fights and fish guts. Out of necessity, Leo learned to fight back, which catches the attention of the local boxing coach. When a new boy moves to town and wants to be his sparring partner, Leo has to face the real reason he's stuck in Alaska.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director: Shaz Bennett
Producers: Diane Becker, Jean-Pierre Caner, Melanie Miller

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All Saints Day

To prevent his oldest brother from drinking himself to death, Ronan Connolly must seek help from their estranged priest brother, leading to an unexpected family reunion with their long-lost sister, and a botched intervention.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Director/Producer: Matt Aaron Krinsky
Screenwriter: Julianne Homokay
Director of Photography: Sam Krueger
Editor: Connor Linnerooth
Casting Director: Sarah Steiker

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All That’s Left of You

In the moments before a Palestinian teen is confronted by Israeli soldiers at a protest in the West Bank, his mother recounts the series of events that led him to that fateful moment, starting with his grandfather's displacement from Jaffa in 1948. All That's Left of You is an epic historical drama chronicling the story of one family over three generations and examining the passage of trauma to each.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer: Cherien Dabis
Producer: Thanassis Karathanos

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All We Carry

All We Carry follows one family’s extraordinary journey as they flee persecution in Honduras and endure months in US detention. Upon release, they are sponsored by a synagogue in Seattle and move into a borrowed home, all while they await their asylum verdict. Over three years, the family navigates countless life-altering and every-day moments where memory, joy, and grief collide.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Cady Voge
Producer: Laura Pilloni, Laura Tatham
Executive Producer: America Ferrera, Ryan Piers Williams, Michael Skolnik

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An All American Affair: The True Story of Maxene Andrews

Maxene Andrews, of the famed musical trio “The Andrews Sisters”, lived parallel lives. In the eyes of the American public, she was a beloved icon of 1940s patriotism. In private, she had many secrets that would have shocked America and destroyed the sisters’ careers and legacy.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Directors/Producers: Amanda Spain & Sandra Alvarez

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Announcements

A Bay Area transplant fights to survive in a Los Angeles high school where announcements often signal tragic farewells, caught between gang violence and forbidden attraction.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: D’Angelo “D’Lo” Louis
Producer: Jamari Perry, David Hunter, Jr
Executive Producer: Yhá Mourhia Wright, Michelle A. Daniel

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Another Happy Day

Desperate for some company, a delirious new mother tumbles into a magnetic friendship with her estranged aunt – an eccentric recluse with even more demands than her baby.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer: Nora Fiffer
Lead Cast/Executive Producer: Lauren Lapkus
Featured Cast/Executive Producer: Carrie Coon

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Anti-Venom for a Snake

Set in 1993, a New York City drag queen suffers from AIDS as she mourns the loss of her soulmate, both by reliving past traumas and conquering current ones.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Cameron Kostopoulos
Writer: Gerardo Garcia
Producer: Valerie Tan
Producer: Alex Jiang

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Any Moment Now

At an inflexible Japanese immersion school, multi-ethnic students battle biases and risk everything not to get expelled in order to beat their Kpop dance team rivals, while untangling who they are inside.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Producer: Marco Palou
Producers: Sofia Terpou, Elena Viklova

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Apophenia

An aimless loner claims to have the psychic ability to find serial killers, but suspicions rise when she happens to brutally murder them every time.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Morgen A. Whiteman
Producer: Aliya Brooks
Director of Photography: Liz Charky
Editor: Jazmin Jamias
Composer: Evo Jackson

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Apricot

A talented young chef struggles to grow her confidence during an intense service at a once legendary restaurant at risk of losing its coveted Michelin star.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Frank Frascella
Producer: Annie Huang
Co-Producer: Neale Brown

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Are You Ready?

A man takes his wife on a trip down memory lane if only to share a few moments of lucidity in her battle with Alzheimer’s, showing how love can transcend time and tribulations.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer: Laura Walker
Director: John Lazear
Producer: Leilani Turner
Lead Actor: Sally Struthers
Lead Actor: Joe Estevez
Casting Director: Lisa Zambetti
Gaffer: Dwight Campbell
Grip/Lighting: Eamon Shannon

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