FILMMAKER SUPPORT

 

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

Current Activities

Getting Down to Business Workshops

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

Workshop Series: Getting Down to Business

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 […]

Re-Present Media awarded California Humanities Grant – For Us, By Us: Our Beloved Communities

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 […]

For Us By Us Filmmaker Incubator. Application Open Feb 3. Deadline Feb 24. Filmmakers Collaborative SF. Re-Present Media. National Endowment for the Arts.

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 six-month intensive offers workshops, mentoring, and filmmaker stipends.

 

Applications are now closed.

 

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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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For Us By Us Program Report

 

Filmmaker Updates

Jennifer Huang selected for Inaugural Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency

Re-Take Oakland filmmaker, Jennifer Huang, was selected for the Inaugural Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency for her film, The Long Rescue. The residency program was created in honor of social justice advocate Michael Latt’s legacy and aims to uplift early-career underrepresented storytellers with a focus on creative, social, and cultural impact. The Long Rescue follows Filipina […]

Irei: To Console the Spirits – Films of Remembrance

Irei: To Console the Spirits, directed by For Us, By Us fellow Megan Martinez Goltz, will be screening in Films of Remembrance, a showcase of films commemorating the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans in American concentration camps during World War II. Sat, Feb 22nd, 2:30 PM @ AMC Kabuki 8, San FranciscoSun, Feb 23rd, 3:00 […]

PARAMITA and Saranam Gacchâmi – 3rd i Film Screening

Two of our supported films will be screening together in 3rd i Shorts: Women Behind the Lens, presented by 3rd i Films. The films are PARAMITA, directed by Re-Take Oakland fellow Kirthi Nath, and Saranam Gacchâmi, directed by For Us, By Us fellow Priyanka Suryaneni. Sat, March 15, 1:30 pmRoxie Theater, San FranciscoFREE – Tickets […]

 

headshot of Angie Morales, Afro-Latinx woman with curly hair

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

projector showing a film

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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Oaktown Stories Saturday June 5th 7-9pm

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