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Eminent Indian documentarian Nishtha Jain's latest effort is an account of the epic, year-long farmers' protest that took place in India in 2020-21.

Three programs supporting Muslim Americans in Hollywood are getting $6 million in grants from the Doris Duke Foundation.

Ken Brecher, former president of the Los Angeles Library Foundation, executive director of the Sundance Institute and associate artistic director of the Mark Taper Forum, has died.

Ken Brecher, former president of the Los Angeles Library Foundation, executive director of the Sundance Institute and associate artistic director of the Mark Taper Forum, has died.

Eleven documentary projects from 11 countries have been selected for the Intl. Documentary Assn.’s annual Enterprise Documentary Fund Production Grant. Selected from 371 applicants, the 15 directors behind the 11 docus will receive a total of $435,000 in production grants. Established in 2017, the IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund supports in-depth explorations of original, contemporary stories …

The IDA's Enterprise Documentary Fund has awarded $435,000 to 11 documentary productions.

Eleven documentary projects from 11 countries have been selected for the Intl. Documentary Assn.’s annual Enterprise Documentary Fund Production Grant.…

Newfest announces 35th anniversary winners.

NewFest, the LGBTQ+ film festival, has announced the award winners for the festival’s 35th anniversary run. The Grand Jury prizes included Erica Tremblay’s Fancy Dance for Narrative Feature, Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping For Beginners for International Feature, Daniel Goncalves’s Acsexybility for Documentary Feature, and Nyala Moon’s Dilating For Maximum Results for New York Short. The announcement, …

Bipuljit Basu’s ‘Redlight to Limelight’ follows children from a Kolkata brothel who help cultivate change in sex workers’ lives