The Fledgling Fund is Modifying its Application Process

In an effort to streamline our application process, The Fledgling Fund will no longer consider creative media proposals on a rolling basis but instead will consider them in three funding cycles as follows:

Cycle 1

Deadline for Initial Letter of Inquiry	Sept 30th
Applicants Notified as to Request Status	Oct 15th
Materials Due by Invited Applicants	Oct 31st
Applicants Notified as to Outcome of their Request	Dec 15th

Cycle 2

Deadline for Initial Letter of Inquiry	Jan 31st
Applicants Notified as to Request Status	Feb 16th
Materials Due by Invited Applicants	Mar 2nd
Applicants Notified as to Outcome of their Request	Apr 15th

Cycle 3

Deadline for Initial Letter of Inquiry	May 31st
Applicants Notified as to Request Status	Jun 15th
Materials Due by Invited Applicants	Jun 30th
Applicants Notified as to Outcome of their Request	Aug 15th

All Letters of Inquiry received after June 25, 2008 will be considered in Cycle 1. Please review our application process for more information about our funding cycles and our application process.

FREEHELD wins Academy Award

We congratulate Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth on their Academy Award for Freeheld. The film, which follows the historic battle of Lieutenant Laurel Hester, a dying New Jersey police officer who fights to transfer her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree, took home the Oscar for best documentary short at the 80th Academy Awards on February 24th. http://www.oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/?pn=detail&nominee=Freeheld%20-%20Documentary%20Short%20Subject%20Nominee

 

THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO receives award at Sundance

THE GREATEST SILENCE: RAPE IN THE CONGO receives a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Congratulations to Lisa Jackson on a terrific premier! http://www.sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/2008-01-26-Awards.asp

 

 

FREEHELD is nominated for an Academy Award

We congratulate Freeheld on its Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject!   The film join three other nominees in this category with the winner to be announced at the 80th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2008. http://www.oscar.com/nominees.

FREEHELD is nominated for the IDA Award

FREEHELD is one of five Short Film Nominees for the distinguished International Documentary Association (IDA) Award. The IDA Award winner will be announced at a Gala Benefit at the Director's Guild of America in Los Angeles on December 7, 2007.
http://www.documentary.org/programs/awards.php