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Show WedThursFri, April 30-May 2, 2003 The Park Record B-11 Smdance Institute Today, the Sundance' Institute Documentary Fund, a program of Sundance Institute announced the 14 projects that will receive funding grants for 2003. The Fund is dedicated to supporting U.S. and international documentary documen-tary films and videos that focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice, jus-tice, and civil liberties. A committee of human rights experts and film professionals selected the 14 feature-length documentary film projects from around the world. These projects represent a wide range of topics: revealing perspectives on the IsraeliPalestinian conflict; : the lasting effects of war; human rights issues in modern South Africa; the trial of an accused war criminal; in-depth stories about the lives of immigrants and refugees; and the search for justice jus-tice and coexistence. In supporting support-ing such work, the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund encourages the. diverse exchange of ideas crucial to developing an open society, raising public consciousness con-sciousness about human rights abuses and restrictions of civil liberties, and fostering an ongoing ongo-ing debate about these issues. . "These 14 projects are powerful power-ful stories from Latin America to Scandinavia, the Middle East to Eastern Europe, and the U.S. to South ; Africa," said Diane Weyermann, Director, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program. "From the legacy of the Vietnam war to the current crisis in the Middle East, they illuminate the global society we live in. There could not be a more urgent time for supporting international documentary filmmakers film-makers whose work is intended to inform, heal, and inspire." The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund considers projects in three categories Work-in-Progress, Development, and Supplemental. Documentaries in production or postproduction are eligible for the more substantial work-in-progress grants. Development grants provide seed funds to filmmakers whose projects are in the early research stage or in pre-production. Supplemental grants are given to projects that meet the criteria for work-in-progress grants, but have been previously awarded Development grants. Details on the .FundV award guidelines Can THURSDAY Sl.OOTacos $2.50 Reversed Margaritas 1.50 Domestics in the bottle lflBBS NOT NO WONDER PEOPLE GESUNDHE IT" WHEN fifi on the website, 14 Sundance www.sun- Sundance Documentary Fund grant recipients-are: ' ;' . .. Work In Progress" Michael Christoffersen, "Milosevic on Trial" (Denmark) This film follows the case of Slobodan Milosevic from his trial before the War Crimes Tribunal in The ' Hague through '; the appeals process. ' Saleem Daw, "Mafeteeh" (Palestine Israel) Mafeteeh (The Keys) tells the stories of loss experienced by Israeli Palestinian refugees who still retain the keys to the homes from which they were evicted. Fabrizio Lazzaretti, "Justice" (Italy) JUSTICE; follows Sisto Turra, the father of a young man murdered by police in Colombia, and his groundbreaking struggle to bring the Colombian government govern-ment to justice. Hart Perry, "Valley of Tears" (US) Explores the ethnic divisions divi-sions and inequalities within a small south Texas farming community com-munity that is home to a large population of Mexican American migrant workers. Foke Ryden, "The Boy With No Face" (Sweden) Follows a Swedish man's attempts to help a young Vietnamese boy severely disfigured by an American phosphorus phos-phorus bomb nearly. 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War. : , Jamie Stobie, "Freedom Machines" (US) Explores the struggles of people with disabilities disabili-ties as .they contend with the promise of new technologies and the realities of governmental paralysis, economic hurdles, and pervasive discrimination. Shiri Tsur, "On the Objection Front - A Personal Journey" (Israel) Presents the stories of Israeli combat soldiers who refuse to serve in the Occupied Territories of Palestine and are willing to voice their objections. Development Grants Simone Bitton, "The Wall" (France) C Studies the IsraeliPalestinian conflict by tracking the Israeli construction of a gigantic wall, designed to prevent Palestinian terrorist infiltration, along the northern West Bank. Dong Block, "Two Men Talking" (US) Investigates the complexities pf, South Africa's be found Institute dance.org. The human rights issues lltfQuglLJhefthris supported bv the Fund mi 412 l$l?0 Ail American Bistro In the Bistro Bar SUNDAY 2 fori p. 412 J I 4 JJ A private club for members 412 Main Street 649-8211 ENOUGH ART IN OUR SCHOoi announces grants autobiographical storytelling pertormance of two white, gay South' African expatriates who' return home to tell their story. Angelika Schuster and Tristan Sindelgrnber, ; "Operation Spring" (Austria) Follows the developments surrounding the trials of black Austrians arrested as suspected drug dealers in 1999. The film focuses on several cases that are currently being appealed, and questions the motives of "Operation Spring", the police code name for the massive arrests: David Van Taylor, "Advise and Dissent" (US) This film will chronicle the potential controversy contro-versy around the next U.S. Supreme Court justice confirmation confirma-tion battle, and explores fundamental funda-mental questions of the Judiciary's role in an open society.' socie-ty.' Supplemental Grants Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz, "Garden" (Israel) Through the stories of four teenage boys from Israel, Palestine, Russia, and Jordan, who work as prostitutes in downtown Tel Aviv, the film reveals the plight of rejected young immigrants struggling for a better future. ' Meema Spadola, "Red Hook Justice" (US) Explores a controversial contro-versial new approach to justice for low-incOme neighborhoods, by following the daily activities of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, a pilot project in Brooklyn that houses a court and an array of social services. Lilians Sulzbach, "Prink InfernoFour Prison Stories" (Brazil) This film depicts daily life at a correction house in Brazil, run by nuns, as the female inmates struggle with loss of freedom and autonomy and reintegration rein-tegration into society. Created in 2002, the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund is made possible by a $4.6 million grant from the New York-based Open Society Institute (OSI). Originally established in 1996 as the Soros Documentary Fund, the Fund is widely respected for the quality and exposure of the projects it supports. Films supported sup-ported by the Fund not only receive widespread distribution to their intended audiences via broadcast and theatrical release, but also have garnered an exceptional excep-tional number of industry awards and recognition. Among the impressive list of SAY YOU SAY w Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco's "Daughter from Danang," winner, of the 2002 Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize and nominated for an Academy Award; Kate Davis's "Southern Comfort," winner the 2001 Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize; . Edet Belzberg's "Children Underground," winner of a 2001 Sundance Special Jury Prize; and "Long Night's Journey Into Day," winner of the 2000 Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize and an Academy Award nominee. Beginning on April 25, 2003, Sundance Institute in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art will present Sundance at MoMA: Illuminated Voices, an exhibition of 20 nonfiction films, from 15 countries, supported by the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and the Soros Documentary Fund. The series runs at MoMA's Grammercy Theatre until May 2. Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is dedicated to the development of artists of independent vision and the exhibition of their new work. Since its inception, the Institute has grown into an internationally recognized resource for filmmakers filmmak-ers and other artists. Sundance Institute conducts national and international labs for filmmakers, filmmak-ers, screenwriters, composers, writers, and theater artists. The annual Sundance Film Festival, a major program of Sundance Institute, is held each January and is considered the premier showcase for American and international independent film. The Institute supports non-fiction non-fiction filmmakers through the Documentary Film Program by providing year-round support through the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and a series of programs, which nurture their growth, encourage the exploration explo-ration of innovative nonfiction storytelling, and promote the exhibition of documentary films to a broader audience. Through the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, the Institute is committed to invigorating invigor-ating the national theater movement move-ment with original and creative work and to nurturing the diversity diver-sity of artistic expression among theater artists. 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