UnionDocs is delighted to spotlight In the Keeping by Emily Drummer, a project fiscally sponsored by UnionDocs, and a recipient of an LEF Moving Image Preproduction Grant!
The LEF Foundation has awarded 11 Moving Image Fund grants totaling $47,500 in support of feature-length documentary works by New England-based filmmakers.
The LEF Moving Image Fund invests in feature-length documentary films that demonstrate excellence in technique, a resonant story or idea, and originality of artistic vision and voice. The most recent round of awards includes eight grants of $5,000 to projects at the Pre-production stage and three grants of $2,500 to projects at the Early Development stage.
The projects in this round reveal the scope and scale of belonging, from the intimate realms of family and identity to larger ones of community, culture, and the natural world. With focuses that shift across borders from New England to Appalachia and Puerto Rico, and further still to France, Venezuela, Colombia, Morocco, and Japan, the films navigate the unique ripple effects of inheritance and intervention alike. Whether their interest is in the fate of a generations-old restaurant, the fault lines in a family’s history, or the unexpected relationships that fuel our understanding of ourselves, the filmmakers receiving grants approach their material with sensitivity and deep curiosity.
