It’s almost the new year, which means it’s time for a new batch of Bay Area–based storytellers to take up residence at FilmHouse, SFFILM’s dynamic shared workspace for independent filmmakers. FilmHouse residencies, made possible by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation with additional funding from the McBaine family, supports both narrative and documentary films by providing 12-month residencies to filmmakers actively engaged in various stages of production.
In addition to flex use workspace, FilmHouse residents are provided with dedicated rooms for writing and editing their features, and special access to established industry professionals offering mentorship, office hours, and deeper artistic guidance from their various areas of expertise. Other resident benefits will include a robust guest speaker series, featuring lectures and presentations by leading industry professionals; workshops led by prominent filmmakers and other members of the independent film industry; peer-to-peer support; work-in-progress screenings; bi-weekly production meetings; access to meaningful networking opportunities; and numerous other community-building programs.
Let’s meet the 40 (!) residents that will be taking their projects to the next stage —whether it be screenwriting or post-production — at FilmHouse in 2019.
2019 FILMHOUSE RESIDENTS — 12-MONTH TERMS
(* denotes extension of previous residency)
Fawaz Al-Matrouk* — Anwar — narrative feature, screenwriting
Liz Anderson — Cordyceps — narrative feature, screenwriting
Joseph Applebaum* — Minister of Loneliness — documentary feature, production
Natalie Baszile — Good People — narrative feature, screenwriting
Yael Bridge — Socialism: An American Story (working title) — documentary feature, post-production
Javier Briones — Our Nightly Walk — documentary feature, development/pre-production
Christy Chan — Dear Wizard — narrative feature, screenwriting
Daniel Chein — Sonsplitter — documentary feature, post-production
Alexia Colette-Sauvageon* — Untitled — narrative feature, development
Darren Colston — Grandpa’s Hands — narrative feature, screenwriting
Maria Fortiz-Morse* — The Departure — documentary feature, development
Daniel Freeman — Teddy, Out of Tune — narrative feature, production
Jason Hanasik* — Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body — documentary short, pre-production
Dee Hibbert-Jones — Run with It — documentary feature, production
Alexandra Hsu — Queens — narrative feature, screenwriting/development
Emily Cohen Ibañez — Fruits of Labor — documentary feature, production
Yvan Iturriaga — American Babylon — narrative feature, screenwriting
Joshua Losben — The Unbabymoon — narrative feature, screenwriting
Stewart Maddux* — Minister of Loneliness — documentary feature, production
Benjamin MulHolland* — The Lake Merritt Monster — narrative feature, development
Cameron Mullenneaux* — Untitled South Dakota Project — documentary feature, production
Hung Nguyen — TBD — documentary feature, production
Nicole Opper — The F Word: A Foster-to-Adopt Story — web series, production
Elena Oxman* — Outerlands — narrative feature, screenwriting/development
Erin Persley — Human Shield — documentary feature, development and pre-production
Tijana Petrovic — 10,000 Years — documentary feature, production
John Picklap — Perennial — documentary feature, development
Victor Pineda* — 12 Bends — documentary feature, post-production
Rajal Pitroda* — Untitled Race & Criminal Justice Project — documentary feature, post-production
Maria “Vicky” Ponce* — Washing Elena — narrative feature, screenwriting/development
Débora Silva — Black Mothers — documentary feature, production
Andrew Smith — Untitled Walt Whitman Project— narrative feature, screenwriting
Kristine Stolakis* — Pray Away — documentary feature, production
Molly Stuart — Bedding — documentary short, development
Cyrus Tabar — My Body Electric — narrative feature, screenwriting
Nomi Talisman — Run with It — documentary feature, production
Deniz Tortum — Hospital with two exits — documentary feature, post-production and distribution
Marcus Ubungen* — Beyond the Fields — documentary feature, production
Dawn Valadez — Fruits of Labor — documentary feature, production
Julie Wyman — Untitled Dwarfism Project — documentary feature, development/production
For more information about SFFILM’s artist development programs, visit sffilm.org/makers.
