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DOC NYC x VC Storytelling Incubator
A global mentorship initiative for first-time feature makers.
The DOC NYC x VC Storytelling Incubator, an initiative from DOC NYC and the Video Consortium, provides first-time feature documentary filmmakers with hands-on creative consultation and professional guidance from established industry voices. In a six-month mentorship, emerging filmmakers with underrepresented perspectives receive support and feedback on their story development, creative process, and funding and distribution potential.
The program runs January through July, 2023.
Mentorship pairs will be announced in January.
About the program
Following an open call for applications, the Video Consortium’s Filmmaker Advisory Council, in collaboration with DOC NYC, reviewed more than 200 promising work-in-progress documentaries and selected 8 film teams to participate as mentees in the program.
Mentors provide feedback on the filmmaker’s work-in-progress, offering advice and insight on story, creative process, and funding and distribution potential over the course of six months.
In addition to tailored mentorship, filmmakers are supported with peer-to-peer group sessions, guided conversations to meet their needs, and a capstone virtual celebration for project and program completion. As Incubator participants, mentees also receive free access to DOC NYC’s online educational events; complimentary access to its 8-day professional conference, DOC NYC PRO, and waived submission fees to its Industry Roundtables networking program for works-in-progress.
The Second Incubator
2022 Mentees
This second Incubator cohort comprises filmmakers based around the world, from the U.S. and Mexico to Spain, South Korea, and Jordan.
Martin Awano
Life of the Mind
Marta Effinger-Crichlow
Little Sallie Walker, Medium Impact
Berenice Fernández Mateos
Mined Land
Sareen Hairabedian
Swinging Fields (WT)
Azza Hourani
Swinging Fields (WT)
Jennifer Huang
The Long Rescue, Treeclimber Media
Patrick Lee
Untitled KQT Project
Kryhzal Olalde Dávila
Mined Land
Jethro Patalinghug
The Long Rescue
Alexandra Roca
Urge (WT), Freelance
The First Incubator
2021 Mentees
Our inaugural Storytelling Incubator cohort included filmmakers from cities across the world, including Oakland, Brooklyn, Washington, DC, Miami, Detroit, New Orleans, and Atlanta, as well as Mumbai, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Adelaide, India, and the Australian Gold Coast.
Jessamyn Ansary
Writer
Gabriela Díaz Arp
Director/Producer
Nada Bedair
Writer/Director, Cinematographer
Natalie Chao
Freelance Director / Cinematographer / Editor
Poorva Dinesh
Documentary filmmaker and editor, Independent/self-employed
Ludwig Hurtado
Director
Divya Kharnare
Director, Editor, Cinematographer
Loulwa Khoury
Filmmaker, Editor
Michelle Leung
Director, Video Journalist
Khaula Malik
Brenda Lee Matthews
Director, Author, Public Speaker
Joyce H Mishaan
Executive Producer / Showrunner / Director / Producer
Ragini Nath
Director, Liminal Pictures Production LLP
Eden Bernal Ponce
Director, D.P., Editor, Producer
A.K. Sandhu
Andy Sarjahani
Director/Cinematographer
Nathaniel Schmidt
Director. Cinematographer. Editor
Chinmoy Sonowal
Director of Photography
