Last week, POV hosted a screening of The Silence of Others at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Attended by filmmakers Robert Bahar and Almudena Carracedo, film protagonists and U.N. members, the event included a panel discussion on transitional justice.
POV is heading to Austin for this year's SXSW film festival. POV Shorts producer Opal H. Bennett and vice president of external affairs Theresa Navarro are featured at film mentors and round tables, and members of the POV Engage team are attending SXSW EDU. Stop by and say hello!
NYWIFT and The D-Word are co-hosting a panel discussion “Mental Health and Career Sustainability in the Doc World” to open up a conversation on the financial, psychological, and emotional work required of filmmakers and how to best seek out as well as provide support. The event takes place March 31 at 6pm. Register here.
With support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, CAAM is now accepting submissions for documentary projects in production or post-production looking for funding. The project must be intended for public-broadcasting. Apply here by March 27.
The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship is now accepting submissions for their 2020-21 Emerging Editor Fellowship. Editors who want to grow more in their field can apply here by March 13.
Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyncote Foundation. Additional funding comes from The John S. and James Knight Foundation, Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Chicago Media Project, Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
