The Film Collaborative

Golden Globe Foundation Donates $3 Million in Grants to 86 Nonprofits Grant recipients support filmmakers, storytellers, journalism and higher education. Also included: A gift to provide a movie pass and screening series to L.A. first responders and families following t...

Honored to be among 86 orgs awarded funding by the Golden Globe Foundation to support indie film, arts, and press freedom. Grateful for this investment in creative ecosystems. Congrats to all grantees! 🎬
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Registration is open for the 3rd annual Hot Springs Documentary Filmmaker Forum.
Early Bird: $95 through July 31
Our members get $10 off with code: PartnerOrg25Forum
Panels, meetings, screenings & more
Learn more: hsdfi.org/filmmaker-fo...

‘Have you heard of this BDSM trend?’ What I learned recording thousands of hours of teens on their phones When documentary-maker Lauren Greenfield immersed herself in the online and offline lives of 25 teenagers, she unearthed a world of sexually explicit images, rape culture, bullying and suicidal ideati...

🌀 BDSM meets Gen-Z?
Lauren Greenfield’s Social Studies captures teen life shaped by algorithms, trauma, and TikTok. A must-watch for doc makers exploring intimacy + identity.
🎥 Big questions from small moments.

Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything | 2025 Tribeca Festival | Tribeca Few American journalists have had a career as trailblazing and transformative as Barbara Walters, whose astonishing life and work are recounted in her own words in this raw, intimate, decades-spanning...

🌌 Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything hits Hulu June 23.

Tribeca-premiered & archive-rich, it reminds us why cultural legacy matters.

Indie docs: What overlooked footage or forgotten voices could elevate your story?

#BarbaraWalters #Documentary #IndieFilm #ArchiveMatters

Holding Liat After Liat Beinin Atzili is kidnapped on October 7th, her Israeli-American family faces their own conflicting perspectives to fight for her release and the future of the places they call home.

Filmmaker Brandon Kramer documents his family’s quiet strength after Liat Beinin Atzili’s kidnapping (on Oct 7). Holding Liat is about staying close to pain, letting the camera witness without rescue—a story for those who see storytelling as care.

Sean Baker reflects on becoming a 'weird spokesperson' for theatergoing Sean Baker used his acceptance speech for best director at this year's Academy Awards to make a pitch for seeing movies in cinemas.

Indie theaters are cultural lifelines—and Sean Baker knows it. 🎥 As doc creators, how can we rally artists, venues & platforms to bring underrepresented stories to real people, not just algorithms?

More here: bit.ly/APScottBaker...

TFC's entire team is attending @sundancefest.bsky.social
from January 22-29, 2025.

2025 marks TFC’s 15th anniversary!

Learn more in our December Newsletter bit.ly/TFCDec24

Speak. Five top-ranked high school oratory students spend a year crafting spellbinding spoken word performances with the dream of winning one of the world’s largest and most intense public speaking competiti...

SPEAK is one of three documentaries announced by
@sundancefest.bsky.social yesterday for which The Film Collaborative is handling Festival Distribution. 🎥

Third Act THIRD ACT is a deep dive into the life and work of pioneering photographer and filmmaker Robert A. Nakamura, made by his son Tadashi Nakamura. On its surface, the documentary is a biopic that explores...

THIRD ACT is one of three recently announced @sundancefest.bsky.social docs for which The Film Collaborative is handling Festival Distribution. 🎬

Heightened Scrutiny ACLU attorney Chase Strangio goes all the way to the Supreme Court to fight one of the greatest civil rights rollbacks in modern history. Chase, journalists, and activists battle anti-trans backlash a...

Heightened Scrutiny is one of three documentaries announced by @sundancefest.bsky.social yesterday for which The Film Collaborative is handling Festival Distribution. 🎬