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New and innovative work, fiscally sponsored by Film Independent.
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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Ray’s Theorem

Ray has a quiet, unassuming job as a statistician for the Paris Metro, but one lost opportunity convinces him to risk his entire department's future on the chance that he might be able to recreate that moment and get it right that time.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Producer: Brad Torreano

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Reaching New Heights: Fazlur Rahman Khan and the Skyscraper

Story of the American structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan, known as the ‘Einstein of structural engineering’ and ‘father of modern-day skyscrapers.’ Khan, a Muslim immigrant, built the iconic Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center in Chicago. His pioneering innovations literally transformed the landscape of America’s largest cities and paved the way for supertall skyscrapers worldwide.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer: Laila Kazmi
Cinematographer: Ryan Purcell
Graphics and Animation: Begoña Lopez
Associate Producer: Arnila Guha Nolok

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Real Magic

Perpetually disappointing his strict parents, a young man relies on his imaginary brother for a semblance of freedom.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director: Dominik Czaczyk
Actor/Producer: Riley Anthony
Actor: Bobby Kiner

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Reckless

A teenage boy is dropped off to work on a school project with a classmate. The strangers are forced to connect and a harsh reality is revealed.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Writer: Major Dorfman
Producer: Creighton Dorfman
Producer: Grace Merriman
Producer: Justin Gonçalves
Producer: Will Pinke
Cinematographer: Cinematographer

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Red

In rural Pennsylvania, a teenage couple’s — James and Lizzy — relationship is interrupted by Aaron, the guy James almost hooked up with four months ago. Red explores being queer in conservative towns during hard times with empathy rather than disdain.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director/Producer: Scott Sullivan
Producer: Annalea Fiachi

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Red Velvet

A charismatic serial killer goes on his dream date with his dream victim. But little does he know…. she has plans of her own.

Writer/Director: Haley Hope Bartels
Producers: Liz Daering-Glass, Gabrielle Cordero
Director of Photography: Haley Min Young Kreofsky

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Red, White & Boricua
Since July 25, 1898, Puerto Rico and its people have made countless contributions to the giant melting pot that is the United States. Yet, because Puerto Rico remains a territory, the contributions of the Puerto Rican people to the great project we call the United States remain largely unacknowledged by Americans at large. This series aims to redress that oversight.

Director/Producer: Ian Roumain
Producer: Sevier Crespo

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Redlight to Limelight

A group of sex workers and brothel youth form a film production house in the Kalighat redlight area, Kolkata, India. Despite the opposition from the conservative society, they are determined to become filmmakers, resist prostitution among the second generation, survive through the art of cinema, and aspire to transform the redlight area into a professional film colony in the post-pandemic time.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Bipuljit Basu
Producer: Nilotpal Majumdar
Producer: Max Tuula
Producer: Uldis Cekulis
Creative Consultant: Martijn te Pas
Cinematographer: Subhadeep Dey
Editor: Anirban Maity

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Renovating Hope

In the heart of Atlanta, best-selling author, stroke survivor, and wheelchair user Katherine Wolf transforms a 1990s Italian restaurant into Mend, a new coffee & retail concept intentionally built to offer people with disabilities meaningful community and dignified employment.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Directors/Producers: Jaye and Adam Fenderson
Executive Producers: Katherine & Jay Wolf
Director of Photography: John Gardiner

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Represent

A young, struggling actor tries joining his friend’s growing YouTube channel and get his new family out of poverty. But he must prove himself when nobody trusts him.

Project type: Fiction Short
Producer: Miguel Contreras, IV
Lead Actor: Branden Mankin

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Restarting The Motor City

Restarting The Motor City is a documentary about how post-bankruptcy Detroit is transforming, the innovators and creators who are making it happen, and the obstacles they must overcome to free themselves from the shackles of 20th-century thinking and work together to create a city of the future.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director/Producer/Cinematographer: Melissa Dowler
Producer/DP/Editor: Tom Dowler
Executive Producer: Shane Kelly, Ted Serbinski

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Retina
A photographer progressively losing his sight is stalked by a vampiric creature that forever alters his grasp of reality and memory.

Project type: Fiction Short
Writer/Director: Kyriakos Kanellos
Producer: Annalisa Shoemaker, Liska Ostojic
Cinematographer: Sara Ross-Samko
Editor: Dan Myers

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Return from Tomorrow

A young man unexpectedly dies. Guided by a brilliant being of light, he is transported to hell, heaven, and other dimensions in between. He is returned back to life into his body against his will. Though transformed by his encounter with infinite love, he struggles to accept his fateful return to earth and the responsibilities that come with it.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Producer: James Guyer
Writer: Kevin Bernhardt
Legal & Sales: George Rush

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Ricky

A young ex-convict struggling with new freedom pursues redemption at all costs when given a job from his neighbor.

Project type: Fiction Short
Director/Writer: Rashad Frett
Executive Producer: Mark Manson
Producer: Pierre Coleman, Ramfis Myrthil
Cinematographer: Sam Motamedi
Lead Actor: Melvin Mogoli

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Riding on the Moon Boat
An adolescent girl faces adversity and discrimination as her father is shunned by the majority of the village, but she perseveres with resilience and hope, to overcome these challenges and thrive.

Project type: Fiction Feature
Writer/Director/Producer: Triparna Banerjee
Producer: Sue-Ellen Chitunya
Creative Producer: Shivajee Chandrabhushan

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Robogee

Forced to flee Syria, a group of award-winning teenage engineers found hope in robotics. Now, as they prepare for a life-changing international robotics championship in Panama City, they must confront their past, their dreams, and the daunting question: can they rebuild their lives - and their country?

Co-Director/Producer: Dr. Natalie Garland
Co-Director/DP: David Gösta Dawson

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Rosemead

Inspired by the harrowing true story, Lucy Liu transforms in a riveting, career-redefining performance as an ailing woman who takes drastic measures to protect her troubled teenage son.

Screenwriter: Marilyn Fu
Director: Eric Lin
Cinematographer: Cinematographer

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Roswell

In the desolate New Mexico desert, a solitary coyote, lost in the vastness of his existence, discovers a UFO and an unexpected romance with a Martian, sparking a whimsical journey of self-discovery and intergalactic love.

Director: Chris Sasaki
Producer: Rachelle Federico

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Row of Life

Row of Life is a feature documentary that follows Angela Madsen, a former Marine, 3x Paralympian, and renowned ocean rower, on her attempt to solo row unsupported from LA to Hawaii. Row of Life captures the year before the row and her preparation alongside her wife as well as the journey from LA to Hawaii – up until they unexpectedly lose contact with her.

Project type: Nonfiction Feature
Director: Soraya Simi
Producer: Nicholas Weissman

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Run 4 Ben

During the Coronavirus pandemic, a man runs to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease to honor his father, enduring the chaotic and profound unexpected impacts on his life.

Creator/Producer/Star: Jamen Spitzer
Director/Writer/Producer: Mike Piccirillo

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