Applications are OPEN ✨ LEF New England x Flaherty Fellowship is calling for New England filmmakers ready to join the 71st Flaherty Seminar Fellowship cohort.
Three in-person slots will be awarded to New England-based filmmakers. Visit our website, check your eligibility, and get your application in before June 9.
We can't wait to meet you!
A huge thank you to our incredible partners at @lef_foundation . We are ever grateful for your decade-long support!
Come meet others attending @iffboston from New England and beyond. RSVP to the Filmmaker Reception hosted by LEF and the @docproducers (Northeast) with the link in LEF’s bio.
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The deadline for LEF/CIFF 2026 applications has been extended to April 6th at 11:59pm ET!
If you’re a New England-based filmmaker with an in-progress feature-length nonfiction film, apply now! This is a great opportunity to build community with fellow filmmakers, participate in a hands-on workshop series with established filmmakers, have 1:1 meetings with documentary industry professionals, and take part in all the incredible events during CIFF weekend!
Find the application link in our bio. Spread the word!
Our call for submissions for our 2nd edition of Docs-in-Progress is now open! Taking place during SFF 2026, three New England filmmakers will be selected to present up to 15 minutes of a nonfiction feature or short work-in-progress, followed by live feedback from a panel of industry professionals and audience members.
Selected projects will receive a $500 travel stipend, 1-year IDA Doc Maker Membership, and all access festival badge, generously sponsored by the @lef_foundation !
Learn more about eligibility requirements and submit your project by January 19, 2026: https://forms.gle/YtcbFkCtpZoSRJju7
This program is co-presented by @cid_documentaryfilms , Filmmakers Collab, and @docued .
Applications for the 2026-27 Film Study Center-LEF Foundation Fellowship are now open to Boston-area nonfiction filmmakers who are not affiliated with Harvard. Learn more and apply at the link in LEF’s bio.
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To learn more about applying to the Moving Image Fund for Production and Post-production grants, join LEF staff for a virtual info session hosted via Zoom from 3:00–4:00pm ET on December 4. Link to register in bio.
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📣 Calling New England-based directors and producers seeking production and post-production funds for feature-length (40+ min) nonfiction film and video projects! Learn more and submit your letters of inquiry through the link in our bio.
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Image description (1 of 3): Over a swirling, scalloped blue-green pattern, text reads: Production and Post-production Letters of Inquiry, Apply by January 16.
Image description (2 of 3): Over a swirling, scalloped blue-green pattern, text reads: A maximum of eight (8) Production grants of $15,000 each will be awarded for the use of shooting picture and sound, early stage editing, equipment costs, materials, travel, and staffing (creative, technical, or otherwise). A maximum of six (6) Post-production grants of $25,000 each will be awarded for the use of editing costs, rights, online, sound mix, color correction, transfers, distribution strategy, and staffing (creative, technical, or otherwise).
Image description (3 of 3): Over a swirling, scalloped blue-green pattern, text reads: Filmmakers interested in applying for project support must first submit a letter of inquiry. From these initial inquiries, a smaller pool of applicants is notified in early March about whether they are invited to submit a full application. To be eligible for Post-production funding, the project must have already received support from LEF at a previous stage (Early Development, Pre-production, or Production).
Announcing LEF’s 2025 Moving Image Fund grantees for Pre-production! Read the full announcement at the link in our bio.
Feu de Lune
Directed by Dominic Yarabe
Produced by Eliza Soros
Feu de Lune follows two ten-year old twins in a rural West African village as they reenact an epic myth to preserve their community’s fading oral histories. But the spell is broken when their play reveals a buried secret—a civil conflict largely erased from national memory.
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Image description: In dim blue-cast light, a group of children, some with checkered dresses, look down at the camera, trees behind them.
Announcing LEF’s 2025 Moving Image Fund grantees for Pre-production! Read the full announcement at the link in our bio.
Green Light
Directed by Anna Barsan
Produced by Paige Wood, Kate Levy
Green Light follows the expansion of a video surveillance network in Detroit, investigating the promises of public safety while probing the tensions between visibility and control. Through the lens of a city under constant watch, the film asks: Who feels safe? Who is seen? And what remains beyond the camera’s gaze?
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Image description: From below, a green light shines out from the facade of a building, with a security camera beneath it.
Announcing LEF’s 2025 Moving Image Fund grantees for Pre-production! Read the full announcement at the link in our bio.
Letters Of Elsewhere
Directed by Abhi Indrekar
Produced by Dakxin Chhara, Michaela Henry
Caught in immigration limbo in America, a filmmaker unable to return home to Chharanagar turns his lens on the stillness around him—capturing the beauty, grief, and ghosts of exile—while composing poetic letters to the homeland he can only now visit through memory.
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Image description: A subway car at the platform under fluorescent lights.
Announcing LEF’s 2025 Moving Image Fund grantees for Pre-production! Read the full announcement at the link in our bio.
Rompío Fuente en la Noche (Water Breaks at Night)
Directed and Produced by Rosalyn Negrón
Intimate portraits of pregnant women in Vieques, a Puerto Rican island without a hospital, once a site of U.S. military exercises. As they prepare for childbirth, they hope for safe births amid the lingering threats of contamination and hurricanes. For them, bringing new life into Vieques is both a blessing and an act of defiance.
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Image description: From above, two children with dark hair and warm-weather clothing stand near a trampoline casting shadows on the dry ground.
Announcing LEF’s 2025 Moving Image Fund grantees for Pre-production! Read the full announcement at the link in our bio.
The Eye of Eternity
Directed and Produced by Matteo Moretti
Three Shakers sustain a centuries-old faith as their Maine village becomes a haven for seekers—a former Shaker, Franciscan friars, and other kindred spirits. In a world that often writes them off as relics, this documentary offers a rare, present-tense portrait of belief, belonging, and the quiet strength it takes to carry a fragile tradition into an uncertain future.
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Image description: A bald figure with a gray beard stands at a pulpit, alone in a room with empty benches facing the center.
