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Artists-in-Residence: Lorena Luciano & Filippo Piscopo
As part of our ongoing interviews with Artists-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center, we caught up with filmmakers Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo earlier this month to discuss their current work-in-progress. Lorena and Filippo’s nonfiction project #NunsToo was selected for the 2024 Sundance Institute Documentary Edit Intensive, which was advised by filmmakers Mike Palmieri [...]
Artist-in-Residence: Lala Aliyeva
As part of our ongoing interviews with Artists-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center, we recently caught up with filmmaker Lala Aliyeva to discuss her current project. This residency, presented in collaboration with the Close Up Initiative, is a result of the 2024 Close-Up Pitching Forum in Tbilisi, Georgia, held earlier this year. JBFC Programming [...]
Artist-in-Residence: Anahit Ghazaryan
As part of our ongoing interviews with Artist-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center, we recently caught up with filmmaker Anahit Ghazaryan to discuss her current project. This residency, presented in collaboration with the Close Up Initiative, is a result of the 2024 Close-Up Pitching Forum in Tbilisi, Georgia, held earlier this year. JBFC Programming [...]
Artists-in-Residence: Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri
As part of our ongoing interviews with Artists-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center, we recently caught up with filmmakers Donal Mosher & Michael Palmieri to talk about their current work. This residency is presented in collaboration with the Sundance Institute. Donal and Mike will be performing their piece at the JBFC in a private [...]
Artist-in-Residence: Santiago Giralt
As a part of our ongoing interviews with Artists-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center, we recently caught up with Artist-in-Residence—Santiago Giralt—to talk about his current work. 1. How did this residency come about, and how did you learn about the Burns? I heard about the Burns through Bruni Burres, a very talented and [...]
📽️ Rewinding 2023: The Year in Review
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Artists-in-Residence: Ana Kvichidze and Avto Khorava
As a part of our ongoing interviews with Artists-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center, we recently caught up with Artists-in-Residence—Ana Kvichidze and Avto Khorava—to talk about their current work. 1. How did this residency come about, and how did you learn about the Burns? Our project participated in the development program Close Up [...]
Artist-in-Residence: Maksim Shved
As a part of our ongoing interviews with Artists-in-Residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center, we recently caught up with Artist-in-Residence Maksim Shved to talk about his current work. 1. How did this residency come about, and how did you learn about the Burns? I first heard about the residency from Ryan Harrington (JBFC’s Director [...]
JBFC Launches Partnership with United Nations Development Programme-Led Equator Initiative
Welcomes Kynan Tegar as JBFC Artist-in-Residence Pleasantville, NY—March 21, 2023— The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) announces the launch of a new partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-led Equator Initiative. The Equator Prize, organized by the Equator Initiative within the United Nations Development Programme, is awarded biennially to recognize outstanding community efforts to [...]
