New Mexico Film Foundation
a 501(c)3 non-profit
Fiscal Sponsorship
Fiscal Sponsorship is a program that is provided by the NMFF and that allows a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization to support film and media projects. By submitting to the NMFF, the team reviews the projects information to ensure alignment with its core mission. If accepted into the sponsorship and as a Fiscal Sponsor, New Mexico Film Foundation will align with its sponsored partner and enter into a signed agreement. The foundation will provide mentorship and by providing fiscal sponsorship, that will enable a sponsored project to apply for grants and solicit tax-deductible contributions.
Under ther Fiscal Sponsorship Program, the foundation acts as an umbrella agency for the film project, allowing the project to share in the benefits of nonprofit status. The following are benefits that are available under our program:
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Management of funds with quarterly reporting
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Receive tax deductible donations on behalf of project
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Thank you (Tax receipts) letters to all donors
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Access to grants that overwise would not be available
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Assignment of a MENTOR
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Quarterly meetings with Fiscal Committee
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Support at events
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Grant writing support
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Private access up to 1 hour at a local cinema for FINAL EDITING on project
The foundation in no way maintains any ownership of the project but provides resources and simplifies organizational functions.
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*The NMFF accepts no liability for material, pictures or media submitted and or used under the agreement
Dark Sky Land
a film by Marisela La Grave
DARK SKY LAND is a documentary film about an environmental night sky conservation movement.
The urgent fight to save the night sky
ORIGINATING FROM ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS REMAINING IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE COMES A MODERN-DAY ENVIRONMENTAL STORY ABOUT A NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY’S EFFORT TO PROTECT A ONE HUNDRED MILE DARK SKY ASTRONOMICAL CORRIDOR.
THREATENED BY THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT POLLUTION, THIS RARE BORTLE CLASS 1 DARK SKY REGION IS VITAL TO ASTRONOMY, NOCTURNAL WILD LIFE, BIRD MIGRATION, KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIVERSE, HUMAN HEALTH, FUTURE GENERATIONS.
TOLD THROUGH ENCOUNTERS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH REGIONAL ASTRONOMERS, NATIVE PEOPLE, ASTROPHYSICISTS, ASTROPHOTOGRAPHERS, BIOLOGISTS, GEOLOGISTS, ARTISTS, RANCHERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, ASTRO-ARCHEOLOGISTS, LOCALS AND ON FOOT TRAVELERS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL .
Crossing The Line produced by REEL Indian Pictures
CROSSING THE LINE is a four-part docuseries that tells the stories of Bordertown violence in communities surrounding the Navajo Nation.
Supported by funding by ITVS, Vision Maker Media and the 4th World Media Lab
In border towns like Gallup, Farmington and Albuquerque, New Mexico and Flagstaff and Winslow, Arizona, Native Americans are statistically twice as likely to be victims of violent crime and also just as likely to be victims of the
police department. Because of lack of infrastructure on the Navajo Nation, Navajo people are dependent on these towns for even basic necessities. This docuseries will examine the epidemic of violence that surrounds Navajo
communities, identifying and exposing much of the racial tension that exists in these towns and hearing the stories of not only the victims of the violence but of those who are fighting to make change in these spaces.
This four-part series will showcase one city per episode, telling the histories of these communities through the voices of Native women scholars and historians and through the voices of the activists working to make change in
these places. https://vimeo.com/640488278
Sight Unseen a film by Marti Reggio
A quest for her roots of dance, her life itself. Travel through the Nature of Holy Mountain culture in Bali and modern arts and psychology from an arts community perspective of North America. 1979-1982
Once a western interpretive dancer in Toronto had gone way neutral and silent from the times, the place, and her conditioning. A serendipitous phone call from a Canadian woman friend invited her to Bali. Followed by a dreamtime vision by a Pemangku Dalang, a Bali Priest-Shadow Puppeteer, dressed all in white. He welcomed her into his Holy Mountain culture and presented stories, symbols, masks, and music. She’s given a list with a Bali dance teacher who works with the Pemangku. She accepts the challenge and enters a quest for her roots of dance, her life itself. Access through their traditional Agama Bali Dharma (Hindu) culture, with a Shiva cult emphasis, within the theatrical arts. Tantra, formulas of behavior, embeds every move. Bali, an island that considers itself in balance of Good and Evil.
Those facing barriers, you’re not alone. Acknowledge experience leads to change. Take-in the value.
The Pain Game produced by Quarter Turn Media
The Pain Game is a hard-hitting, irreverent documentary series that questions much of the official narrative surrounding pain, addiction, and opioids by exposing who has a stake in that narrative and why
In the works since 2004, the series focuses at close range and in real time on a sequence of criminal prosecutions of physicians, and through this lens provides a valuable— and unexpected — account of the opioid crisis as it unfolded.A deep dive into a sequence of prominent “pill mill” prosecutions reveals the inside, untold history of America’s overdose crisis.
Steal The Words produced by OS Films
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“Steal the Words” is an eco-horror story set on the outskirts of a booming oil town near Midland, Texas where an ex-oil baron is holed up in his run down ranch.
“Steal the Words” is heavily informed by Maki’s own journey witnessing environmental destruction in the communities she has lived in, and how these practices continue today as they are normalized by the use of “double-speak” - a term derived in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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OffSet Web Series produced by JoLo Entertainment LLC
OffSet Web Series in a COMMUNITY BASED open platform educational mockumentary skit comedy about in the day of the life of characters from movies and TV shows when they are OFF the film SET
Venancio Argon Documentary
A documentary film following Venancio Aragon a researcher and practitioner of Diné textile arts. This film will challenge that framework by attempting to portray Diné weavers with humanity and having the capacity of producing their own narratives of agency.
Venancio Aragon is a researcher and practitioner of Diné textile arts. His education started many generations ago, through the innovations and developments of his ancestors. Diné weaving serves as a repository of cultural, historical, and ecological knowledge. Weavers have been an important source of ethnographic data and their contributions have provided an invaluable window onto Diné history and culture. Venancio will be sharing how the intergenerational transmission of knowledge in Diné communities preserved a vibrant culture and how his tapestries are not only woven with wool, but with the fibers and threads of his people’s history and struggles.
Wallflower a IIJAH production film
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Wallflower is a short film that unveils the inner life and hidden paintings of Lewis B. Sherman during his overnight janitorial shifts
Creativity, artistic or not, is the central theme of this short film. Lewis is an artist who must express himself regardless of his situation or circumstances. He is an extension of myself and so many others who create out of necessity.
Bloom
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Constantly being derailed by her inner director Razum; Rose, an actress, discovers her true voice and
lives out her dream.
"Bloom" is all about that voice we know. That voice is named Razum, who resides in the theater of Rose's mind, an actress in pursuit of her dreams. With every
step forward, her inner director constantly derails her. "Bloom" asks,
"Who is running the show?"
Blueprint: Genius Of Production Design/Visual Storytelling From Silent Era to SGI a Linda Carfagno film
The ART and SOUL of visual story telling from the Silent Era to current CGI
Blueprint: The Genius of Production Design is a feature documentary project spanning over a decade searching for stories, personalities and artwork that represents the core of this magical cinematic craft: the visual creation of what we see on screen, and what the characters of movies exist in- the past, present, and future all represented and explored. During this journey we have compiled many hours of footage of some of the most prolific and groundbreaking filmmakers speaking in depth about their careers, creative process and experiences making some of the greatest movies ever made through the production design lens.
Three Generations a film by Kelly Byars
Three Generations is a short documentary film that chronicles the lives and histories of the Track/Shorty family in Taos, New Mexico.
Through almost one hundred years, the family has been a part of the art history of the Taos Pueblo community and of the art community of New Mexico. Whether working as models for some of the most iconic artists to come from New Mexico’s long-standing artistic traditions, or creating their own art, the Track/Shorty family continues to contribute to our state’s important art industry.