Past Fiscally Sponsored Projects

When Depression, an African American woman in her 30s, finds herself overwhelmed by life's challenges, her three friends—Anger, Grief, and Pain—arrive unexpectedly to help her confront her struggles.

In April 1997, Martin Thomas, a popular Kansas City church minister, pled guilty to the murder of a man who he once knew. Never revealing why he took the man’s life, Martin’s family was shattered and left with unanswered questions.

A Holocaust Journey: Lessons We Learned presents a group of students who traveled to Berlin/Poland with the aim of trying to comprehend the reality of the Holocaust.

A Vow From the Ruins is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate, 85 year-old woman who survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

A horrific murder of a 15 year old boy riles a small town community, exposes deep fault lines, and leads to the 1999 convictions of four Native boys based on questionable evidence.

A feature documentary about women in politics in the post suffrage era.

Meet four young women who tell the stories of their struggles to escape poverty and pave the road for others to follow.

Aspiring Taiwanese artist Mia marries fellow artist Joe at Brooklyn's Court House. Meanwhile, Mia's aunt Lilian also immigrates to the U.S., marrying Richard and settling in rural town upstate New York.

AmeRican Poet Tato Laviera tells the story of a prolific poet, playwright, and community activist from the Lower East Side.

Madagascar’s ecosystem is one of the most threatened on the planet.

A young researcher aboard an interplanetary mission gets a brief chance to observe the subject of her academic obsession up close, a species on the brink of extinction: humans.

The idea for Arena came to me as a question: if I take everything away from you—your family, your friends, your material possessions, and the stories that led you to success or trauma... Who you?

In a prosperous suburb in 1986, New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl discovers her father is a child molester and has been using her as bait. Will she protect him or tell the truth in this heartbreaking true story?

Beautiful Pasadena tells the story of a marriage in crisis at the start of the economic collapse in 2008.

What people can do and talk about in the bedroom? Creativity has no limit in this anthology series.

This 30 minute series celebrates strong, opinionated women and emphasizes that we don’t need to agree (or even like each other) to peacefully co-exist. All we need to do is find common ground and laugh about it!

Black Enuf* is an animated documemoir that takes a playful approach to heavier questions of identity, difference, and self-acceptance.

Teenage Rylie buckles under the weight of her PTSD, and forces herself on a journey to find where the painful parts of her were born and now live.

A survivor of the deadliest day in Mt. Everest’s lurid history, journalist and adventure-filmmaker Michael Churton returns to the Himalayas to pay respects to the past and rediscover what was lost.

CAP is a father-son love story set in Los Angeles and inspired by true events. This two part story explores the devastating effects of gun violence on a family.

cataclysm.begins is a LGBTQ+ centric YA sci-fi dystopian series set in a not-so-distant dystopian future about a pair of queer teenage twins coming of age during a traumatic time in their life.

Over the course of twenty-five years, Creatively Speaking has become the leading, curated film series offering a diverse forum that highlights independent film by and about women and people of color.

Feature-length experimental documentary reimagines this countercultural festival, known as the Rainbow Gathering, as a psychedelic trip to another planet

Dust highlights the tragedy of the people who relive 9/11 and deal with its deadly legacy on a daily basis.

The Ecuadorian Film Festival in NY, EFFNY, brings some of the best and latest Ecuadorian films to the Ecuadorian community and film aficionados in New York City.

Edith Prentiss: Hell on Wheels examines the life and advocacy of this feared, fierce, and fair advocate who, ironically, is a very private person.

A short film about another side of Blackness. A coming of age story about the demons that haunt us.

In Feel Memory, artist Viviane Silvera combines live action with stop-motion made out of thousands of hand-painted stills (approximately 50,000).

Through running the diner Victor tries to establish his masculinity, while Nick follows, resulting in a huge argument and Nick looking over his sperm donor files, pondering if this really could be his father.

This is a love story. Between a Seamstress and her own Right Hand.

An aging blues singer returns to the stage 17 years after music broke his heart. Frank Bey’s incredible journey reaches a climactic year as he overcomes the loss of his backing band to record his dream album in Nashville.

A Native American woman and a Black man walk into a bar taking refuge from the “die-in” protests at Grand Central over police brutality. With the pub deserted and bartender strangely absent, these two strangers have their run of the place. But as the liquor starts to flow, so do some inconvenient truths.

The ABFF Greenlighters Academy is an educational incubator program for college students with an interest in pursuing corporate careers in film, television and new media.

On August 21, 2017 a Total Solar Eclipse crossed the length of the United States from the Oregon coast to North Carolina.

Twenty-five year old nanny and aspiring writer Sophie can’t believe her luck when she lands a gig babysitting for the daughter of her favorite author, Linda Carson.

We've all heard about sexism in Hollywood, but sometimes it's hard to see. In the documentary “Just Ad Man” the point is brought to life through talented but struggling director, Jody Lauren Miller.

When Sabrina ropes her ex-girlfriend Andy into meeting postbreakup, she attempts to revive their love with a life altering secret.

A story of the Kianda Foundation through the eyes of its’ graduates, current students, and educators. An important and vivid story of commitment, contribution, equality, and community.

Kingfish is a feature film that fans of The Goonies and Stand By Me will love. The story takes us to Montauk, NY, where a small fishing community is being overrun by real estate developers and wealthy vacationers.

“A family of animated precocious grade-school bugs confront bullying and the stigmas of being from “the wrong side of the tracks” while pursuing their dreams of becoming all-star basketball players.

New York Women in Film and Television is proud to serve as fiscal agent for the Lights! Camera! Access! 2.0 Initiative by The Loreen Arbus Foundation and EIN SOF Communications.

After learning of the war in Ukraine, a Michigan writer races to finish the script about love & vodka to bring back the One who got away.

In her own words, comedian Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career.

Luke and Emma is a semi-autobiographical short film based on two young individuals in 1986 rural America.

On a cold December day, Magan (Barkhad Abdi), a pragmatic ride-share driver from Somalia, takes Jorani, an older woman from Cambodia with mild dementia back to her nursing home. The facility has, however, given up her bed and refuses to accept her back. Thus begins a day long odyssey where Magan must figure out what to do with Jorani and decide how far he will go to help her.

Nobody escapes from blood and thunder in Colombia, and definitely not in the archipelago of San Andres. The Raizal people are excruciatingly persecuted by their government.

This short (15 minute) film comedy set in 1941 The Bronx, New York is a window into the world of a loving Jewish family during World War II.

From Dawn Scibilia, the director of the Emmy Award winning documentary HOME, Mrs M is a documentary about Belle Moskowitz, former political strategist to NY Governor Al Smith. She exercised power in a feminine way, not wanting to be a threat to the men in the room, she sat in the corner of cabinet meetings, knitting.

A 16-year old with dreams of rock stardom, has become the “special friend” of Schwartzey, a powerful music producer with a penchant for teenage girls who promises to make her dreams come true.

The New York WILD Film Festival showcases a spectrum of topics, from exploration and adventure to wildlife and the environment, bringing all things WILD to one of the most urban cities in the world.

Say the name Oliver Stone and you get a reaction. Once the firebrand voice of America’s radical left and the country’s most political filmmaker, he now finds himself in uncertain territory — his legacy hanging in the balance.

“On the Road with David Amram” is a documentary film about Jewish-American composer, conductor and multi-instrumentalist David Amram, for whom the adjective “eclectic” is entirely fitting.

Paradise Lost is a short dark comedy exploring themes of obsession, double life, and isolation. Do we ever really know those we’re closest to? What is the meaning of closeness at all? What constitutes a relationship?

Park Slope Moms is a dark comedy series created and produced by NYWIFT member, Alexandra Foucard and directed by NYWIFT member and Primetime Emmy winner Annetta Marion.

The project designed to help storytellers get their projects from script to screen, helping in three ways: producing shorts workshops and a festival to connect filmmakers in industry experts and opportunities.

Queen Idia of the great Benin Kingdom in the Midwestern part of Nigeria is the only child of her parents. She uses everything in her arsenal - Wit, Guts, Strength, Mystical powers and a mother's love to achieve her Goal.

A little girl defying many stereotypes. A mother intent on raising an independent child. Follow the journey of renowned French tap dancer Roxane Butterfly and her daughter Zuly who has Down syndrome.

This project examines the future of public media in the United States, with a focus on sustaining independent documentary and community-rooted storytelling as vital resources for democracy.

Against the backdrop of Purim in Los Angeles, an Orthodox Jewish teen spends his first night alone guarding a body awaiting burial and ends up fighting for his own life.

A deeply moving documentary about homeless man Roosevelt Wilkerson, whose passion for carving walking sticks connects him to a world beyond the streets and launches him on an incredible journey.

While I was in Berlin, I was handed a flyer for a "Stolpersteinverlegung". A Stolperstein is an art piece, a single memorial for an individual victim of the Nazis.

Super Fire Woman And Her Sparks is a talk show hosted by Super Fire Woman that celebrates people with unique challenges to show case their talent.

Their farm failing, the lives of Dex and Marla Clayton begin to unravel after a traumatic loss. A young neighbor, Parker, approaches Marla for help and opens the door for a new life for Marla.

An eerie scream from a woman being attacked penetrates the meat packing district while busy New Yorker's question their consciences about taking action.

Set in 1964 Haiti, during the reign of François Duvalier, Ti Zwazo (Little Bird) tells the story of Rene, and his family as they navigate the dangers of political unrest. Ti Zwazo is a moving exploration of love, resilience, and sacrifice in the face of political turmoil, highlighting a family’s unwavering hope and determination to survive.

This story offers a window into how society relates to our elders, especially those with cognitive impairment.

Silent film urging the people to stop for a few minutes and ask themselves, “What is it that they are chasing so much while they don’t spend enough time with their family?"

An interabled queer couple confronts their individual relationship with intimacy and desire when they spend the night together for the first time.

A High Plains, neo-gothic story of a city-slicker reporter hunting out a scoop in a brutal, gruesome, rural landscape.

Immerse yourself in the extraordinary lives of the Sisters of Rosary Hill who care for their "guests" who come for their last waltz, with remarkable impact.

This is about victim blaming from the point of view of real sexual assault survivors.

Rebecca Byerly tells a powerful story about three seemingly ordinary – yet truly extraordinary – women who run the world's longest, most mountainous ultra-marathons.

Short Film Lab: Women’s Empowerment Digital Storytelling Through STEAM education