The Women In Film Foundation has announced the nine female directors and producers who will receive finishing funds this year. In its 29th year, the fund will provide cash grants and in-kind production services to help complete one narrative feature, seven documentary features, and one experimental short by, for, or about women.
“It’s always interesting to see what subjects are attracting women or what female-oriented topics are being explored,” said co-chairs Betsy Pollock and Nancy Rae Stone. “It reminds you that women are interested in a lot more than female-oriented stories. They explore the topics of art, personal freedom, independence and bravery.”
Here are the 2014 grantees:
Narrative Feature Films
I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced
Khadija Alsalami –Director/Producer
Documentary Films
Tyrus Wong: Brushstrokes in Hollywood
Pamela Tom — Director/Writer/Producer
Journey to Normal: Women of War Come Home
Julie Hera DeStefano — Director
The Mask You Live In
Jessica Anthony — Producer
Hardy
Natasha Verma — Director
Children of Giant
Evelyn Galan — Producer
A Classy Broad
Anne Goursaud — Director/Producer/Editor
Driving with Selvi
Elisa Paloschi — Director
Experimental Short Films
Zoetrope
Margaret Singer — Director/Actor