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WOMEN'S VISION FILM GRANTS

Film Action's Women’s Vision Film Grants are offered to women flmmakers based in Oregon. Projects must be directed by a woman and include at least two women in key roles - producer, writer, editor or cinematographer. Eligible film projects must tell bold stories about the human experience, especially those stories that challenge and actively engage viewers in thought and discussion.

Established in 2006, the Women's Vision Grants are part of Film Action Oregon's Women's Film Initiative.

In 2006, Film Action awarded $10,000 to two Oregon filmmakers: Randi Jacobs, director/producer of “A Sentence for Two,” and Rolla Selbak, director/producer/writer of “3 Veils.” These inaugural grants were made possible through the support of the Faerie Godmother Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation.

In 2008, three additional filmmakers received a total of $7,500 toward their projects: Janet McIntyre for her documentary “Faded” about the growing problem of binge drinking in teenage girls; Elle Martini for her narrative “person, place or thing” about a young woman struggling to make a living while homeless; and Jackie Weissman for her documentary “Rock and Roll Mamas”

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2008 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Elle Martini is recipient of a $2,000 Women’s Vision Film Grant for her film titled ”person,place or thing," an eighteen-minute narrative film about a drifter who is faced with the choice to preserve her anonymity or reconnect with the world around her. Martini explores the way a woman may navigate the difficulties of her life by isolating and detaching herself from the world. The film takes an inside look at how we often mask our true desire as a means of self-preservation. This raw and moving film is set in Portland and stars Zoe Mclellan of the ABC series “Dirty, Sexy Money.” Martini will use the Women's Vision Film Grant funds on post-production costs.

Jackie Weissman is the recipient of a $500 Women's Vision Grant for “Rock N Roll Mamas," a documentary about what it means to be both a mother and a rock star. Weismann documents the lives of several rock musician mothers and explores the challenge of maintaining one’s creative passion while being a nurturing parent. Money from the Women’s Vision Film Grants will help obtain archival footage and stills that will be used as part of the film’s historical focus on mothers in rock ‘n roll.

Janet McIntyre is the recipient of a $5,000 Women’s Vision Film Grant for her film, “FADED,” a feature documentary film profiling adolescent girls from the Portland-metro area as they battle varying degrees of binge drinking and alcoholism. A recent article in the Oregonian (“Youth Drinking at Crisis Point,” Sept. 2007) reports Oregon far outpaces the national average in underage drinking statistics and that for the first time in history girls are drinking more than boys. “FADED” is currently in production with completion slated for January 2009. Funding from the Women’s Vision Film Grant will go toward production expenses, including sound, equipment and administrative costs