IN-PERSON ONLY

The LEF New England Fellowship, supported by LEF New England of the LEF Foundation, provides funding for two New England-based documentary filmmakers to attend the Seminar in person.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be living and working in one of the six New England states:

• Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, or Rhode Island.

• Must not have received a Flaherty Fellowship in the past.

• Must not be enrolled in an undergraduate or master’s degree program at the time of application.

Three LEF New England Fellows will be selected. Travel is not included.

IN-PERSON ONLY

Supported by the Wyncote Media Fund, this Fellowship enables Philadelphia-based film professionals and students to attend the in-person Seminar.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must reside in Philadelphia.

• Must not have received a Philadelphia Fellowship in the past five years.

• Preference will be given to first-time Fellows.

Five Wyncote Media Fund Philadelphia Fellows will be selected. Travel is not included.

ONLINE ONLY

The George Stoney Memorial Fellowship is awarded to an emerging or mid-career filmmakers, programmers, writers, scholars, archivists, or media professionals from the US or abroad whose work aligns with the activism and community engagement of the late George Stoney. An American documentary filmmaker, educator, and the "father of public-access television”, Stoney directed the revolutionary Challenge for Change initiative. He was a dedicated member of the Flaherty community for decades.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be an emerging or mid-career filmmaker, programmer, writer, scholar, archivist, or media professional.

• Open to applicants from the U.S. and abroad.

• Must demonstrate excellence in their craft and practice.

Six George Stoney Memorial Fellows will be selected.

ONLINE ONLY

Purin Pictures is a film fund that supports independent cinema in Southeast Asia.  Since 2017 under the Purin Foundation, Purin Pictures has looked for artists and organizations doing unique and essential work in a region lacking adequate governmental support.  Managed by Anocha Suwichakornpong and Aditya Assarat, Purin Pictures funding programs cover film production, film post-production, and film-related activities.

The Purin Pictures Flaherty Fellowship is open to emerging or mid-career filmmakers, programmers, writers, scholars, archivists, and media professionals from and based in Southeast Asia.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Open to emerging or mid-career filmmakers, programmers, writers, scholars, archivists, and media professionals

• Must be from, living, and working in Southeast Asia.

• Must not have received a Flaherty Fellowship in the past.

• Must not be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at the time of application.

Two Purin Pictures Fellows will be selected.

ONLINE ONLY

The Nazaara Media Lab is a political and visual anthropology lab at Cornell University focusing on aesthetics, spectacle, ethnographic film, documentary, borders, migration, state power, and beyond. “Nazaara” means sight, scene, show, or spectacle. It is related to “nazar”, a Perso-Arabic word used in South Asia to refer to gaze and the evil eye, and “nazar aana”, to be visible or to appear.

The Nazaara Media Lab Fellowship supports an early-career, South Asia-based applicant with active involvement in research, filmmaking, or related organizational project-based work in the above thematic areas.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be an early career researcher, filmmaker, artist, film programmer, or critic.

• Must be based in South Asia.

• Researchers and practitioners familiar with visual anthropology, focusing on aesthetics, spectacle, ethnographic film, documentary, borders, migration, and state power are encouraged to apply.

One Nazaara Media Lab Fellow will be selected. The Selected Nazaara Media Lab Fellow is invited to offer a virtual session with the lab to share their work within 6 months of the Fellowship.