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 […]

Register now for Getting Down to Business! Getting Down to Business is a 3-Part Webinar Series to help filmmakers manage budgeting, accounting, and fiscal sponsorship for their films. Presented by Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media Free / Sliding scale donation ($0 and up)More info and registration: https://filmmakerscollaborative.org/events

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 […]

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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Filmmaker Updates

PARAMITA, directed by Re-Take Oakland filmmaker Kirthi Nath will be screening at 2025 CAAMFest. Sat, May 10, 7:30 pmAMC Kabuki 4, San FranciscoShorts Program: Inheritances Tickets PARAMITA is a documentary short that blends poetry, memoir, and prayer to explore the transformative power of mindfulness, acceptance, and belonging. The film bears witness to Prajna Choudhury’s 25-year journey […]

Congratulations to Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, Jessica Jones, for being selected for the 2025 Cucalorus Works-in-Progress Lab. The program supports social justice documentaries with a focus on Black storytelling. Co-designed and coordinated by Working Films, participating artists receive feedback on their work-in-progress and explore audience engagement strategies through workshops, consultations, and community screenings during a residency […]

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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.”

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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