Hot Docs and the Panicaro Foundation announced 20 October $80,000 CDN in CrossCurrents Doc Funding to four international projects, and with R&M Lang Foundation its support of two films ($15,000 CDN total) via the CrossCurrents International Doc Fund. Ten Canadian projects receive development and production grants totaling $245,000 from the CrossCurrents Canada Doc Fund, established with the support of Netflix.
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the Panicaro Foundation announced October 20 that four doc projects have received a total of $80,000 CDN in funding from the CrossCurrents Doc Fund International/Theatrical Stream.
The selected films are: Concrete Land (dir: Asmahan Bkerat, Jordan), Out of Place (dir: Mohammed Al Majdalawi, Sweden), There Was, There Was Not (dir: Emily Mkrtichian, Armenia), and A Woman’s Path (dir: Marjan Khosravi, Iran, Germany).
Launched at the 2016 Festival by the Panicaro Foundation, the international/theatrical stream of the CrossCurrents Doc Fund has allocated $30,000 CDN each year to one or more full-length feature projects in production by emerging filmmakers. This year, given the overwhelming number of applications and the burden on filmmakers created by the pandemic, Hot Docs topped up the Fund by $50,000 CDN to support more filmmakers and their doc projects.
Together with the R&M Lang Foundation, leading North American doc fest Hot Docs also announced the two films selected to receive a total of $15,000 CDN in production funds from the CrossCurrents International Doc Fund in its ninth round of disbursements.
The two supported films are The Third Season (dir: Stéphanie Saxémard/Zephrine Royer, Martinique) and Isagani (dir: Jeremy Luke Bolatag, Philippines).
Established in November 2013 by the R&M Lang Foundation, the CrossCurrents Doc Fund aims to support short, interactive and experimental documentaries from emerging filmmakers working within communities whose perspectives have been historically underrepresented or marginalized.
Each year, the Fund has provided one successful applicant with a grant of $10,000 CDN. This year, an additional $5,000 CDN was awarded to support the production of an additional doc project.
Ten Canadian films—seven features and three shorts—have received development and production grants totaling $245,000 from the CrossCurrents Canada Doc Fund. The Fund, established with the support of Netflix, was launched during the 2018 Hot Docs Festival and supports a diversity of voices and perspectives with the goal of building a more vibrant, representative and sustainable industry.
