$140,000 Awarded to 11 Documentary Filmmakers; Majority of Projects are Directed by Women and Explore Female-led Stories

Elisabeth Condon creates paintings and works on paper that overlap natural and built environments with references to scrolls, décor, and calligraphy. Experience how her lattice, bird, and flower motifs bring nature into this urban corner. Hop on the subway to see Urban Idyll where she

IF/Then Shorts is a new filmmaking initiative that awards monetary grants and provides year-round distribution mentorship to filmmakers creating short documentaries. The program provides new audiences, starting in the U.S., with a better understanding of American and international stories by discovering

The Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize, created with the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, inspires the next generation of filmmakers to create realistic scripted films about science and technology. The exceptional screenplays chosen to receive the prize challenge existing stereotypes about scientists and

The TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund provided grants and professional guidance in support of innovative and compelling scripted features and series that offer a fresh take on scientific, mathematic and technological themes. The fund supported writers, filmmakers and producers from systematically excluded communities.

Having graduated from Concordia University in Film Production, Audrey-Ann starts off her career under the influence of Sylvain Corbeil and Nancy Grant, producers from the Montreal based production company, Metafilms. She participated at the EURODOC program in 2015 (specialized training for documentary producers) on top

Aman Mann is a filmmaker and media researcher based in New Delhi. Aman was the associate director of CITIES OF SHEEP (Dir. Shaunak Sen, 74 mins, 2016), which was screened in various international festivals and won 6 international documentary awards. Aman has produced various ad films, short documentaries and

SHAUNAK SEN is a filmmaker, video artist and film scholar based in Delhi. CITIES OF SHEEP(2016), his first feature length documentary, was shown at various major international film festivals (European premiere at DOK Leipzig) and won 6 international documentary awards. Shaunak received the Films Division