Filmmaker Support, Re-Present Media

FILMMAKER SUPPORT

Our professional development activities include public and cohort-based programs, including mentoring, masterclasses, and workshops.

Current Activities

We are excited to announce our 2025 For Us, By Us fellows! The For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator, presented by Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media, is a seven month intensive that supports a cohort of local documentary filmmakers of different backgrounds who are telling personal stories from Bay Area communities not often seen […]

Getting Down to Business A 3-Part Series to help filmmakers develop practical business strategies to move their project forward. Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media are presenting a three-workshop webinar series dedicated to helping emerging and mid-career filmmakers develop strategies for the producing and business side of independent films to ensure they are effectively moving […]

We are excited to announce that Re-Present Media received a California Humanities grant for our event series, For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities. The series is planned to take place in Spring 2024. In partnership with Filmmakers Collaborative SF, we are presenting a film screening and discussion event series highlighting six documentary films made […]

Filmmaker Updates

PARAMITA, directed by Re-Take Oakland filmmaker Kirthi Nath will have a film screening and healing workshop on March 7. This experiential workshop invites you to slow down and experience what it means to belong—to oneself, one another, and the natural world. The workshop weaves together meditation, healing rituals, sacred reflection, community care circles, and a […]

For Us, By Us fellow Priyanka Suryaneni was awarded the East Bay Fund for Artists grant from the East Bay Community Foundation for her film, Inkilab (Revolution). All works supported by the East Bay Fund for Artists highlight narratives of cultural identity, resistance, healing, and belonging, centering the histories and futures of BIPOC communities in […]

For Us, By Us fellow Deepa Nair was awarded a 2025 Community Engagement Artists and Creatives Grant. This grant provides financial support to independent creatives making or presenting creative work relating to or encouraging community engagement. Deepa’s current project is Claire’s Crunch Cake, a documentary short film featuring Claire Mack, a beloved 88-year-old local baker, […]

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Angie Morales, editor

Editor Development Program

Our Editor Development Program supports an emerging BIPOC editor in editing a feature length documentary film through weekly mentorship meetings, technical editing advice, and a participant stipend.

Doc Watchers

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We gather documentary film professionals to watch and discuss recent and past documentary films, including works-in-progress. We meet in downtown Oakland.

If you are interested in joining, please fill out our contact form and mention “Doc Watchers.”

For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator

The For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator nurtures a cohort of Bay Area documentary filmmakers from different backgrounds who are telling personal stories from communities in the Bay Area not often seen in media.

This seven-month intensive offers workshops, mentoring, and filmmaker stipends.

Learn more about the 2025 fellows!

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About the 2023-2024 Incubator

In 2023, Re-Present Media and Filmmakers Collaborative SF launched the For Us, By Us Filmmaker Incubator with an inaugural cohort of seven filmmakers.

Following the six month program, we collaborated with the filmmakers to present community screenings and discussions in our event series, For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities.

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Past Activities

Re-Take Oakland (2019-2021)

Re-Take Oakland was a two-year public education and filmmaker mentoring program. Documentary filmmakers of color created short personal films featuring stories of individuals, families, and communities in Oakland. They presented these films in collaboration with community partners in post-film dialogues.

We focused on emerging filmmakers of color living in the San Francisco Bay Area, with priority given to Oaklanders identifying as Asian American (including South, East, and Southeast Asian), mixed race, and LGBTQ+ people of color.

Throughout the program, we offered master classes, film screenings with private filmmaker talks, and mentoring with award-winning documentary filmmakers. Modest stipends were available to filmmakers for production costs.

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Re-Take Oakland filmmakers presented their films at Oaktown Stories, a film screening and community dialogue series.

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