2023 Grant Award Winners

Tracker - Courtney Quirin, Director. *Saul Zaentz Award

Who Moves America - Yael Bridge, Director, Yoni Golijov, Mars Verrone and Jeremy Flood, Producers. *Al Bendich Award

Finding Ma - Thanh Tran, Director. *Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Elevate Award

Finding the Money - Maren Poitras, Director, Marc Smolowitz, Executive Producer.

Friendly Signs - Rahsaan “New York” Thomas, Director, Producer and Writer, Brian Asey, Director of Photography, Producer and Editor, Christine Yoo, Producer.

Gloria - Kim Blanck, Writer and Director, Caitlin Machak, Cinematographer.

Growing Up with Ghosts - Marilyn Mulford and Aleixo Gonzalves, Co-Directors, Co-Producers.

Holder of the Sky - Tsanavi Spoonhunter, Director.

Midwaste - Liz Roberts, Director.

Mother - Meg Shutzer and Brandon Yadigari Moreno, Co-Creators.

My Sister-In-Law the Prime Minister - Lexi Leban, Director and Producer, Violet Du Feng and S.Leo Chiang, Producers.

¡Quba! - Kim Anno, Director and Co-Producer, Kyung Lee, Co-Producer and Editor.

Sinking Feeling - Zachary Epcar, Director.

Sweeping Graves - Kevin Duncan Wong, Writer and Director, Vanessa Moreno Gentry, Writer and Producer.

The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane - Maureen Gosling, Director, Jed Riffe, Producer and Nina Menéndez, Executive Producer.

The Eclipse 5:40 - Maria Victoria Ponce, Writer, Director and Producer, Liz Anderson, Producer, Alexander Fletcher, Director of Photography.

The Highest Standard - Isara Krieger, Director, Producer and Cinematographer, Jessica Estelle Huggins, Producer.

Tulare Lake - John Picklap, Director.

Undocumented Justice -Marlene (Mo) Morris, Director and Producer, Jed Riffe, Producer, Nicole Solis-Sison, Producer.

Wood Street Untitled Documentary - Caron Creighton, Director, Estevan Padilla, Producer.

STUDENT FILMS

ARTificial Intelligence - Tanay Gokhale and Zhiwei Feng, Co-Creators (University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism). 

Jardines - Alfredo Torres (University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism).

That Kid from Oakland - Pablo Hernandez and Ciella Sfirri, Co-Creators (University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism). 

The Spark - Gabriel Studer-Randall, Co-Producer and Cinematographer, Emrys Mayell, Co-Producer and Cinematographer, Brian Barth Director and Co-Producer (San Francisco State University).

The Weight They Carry - Grace Galletti and Zhiwei Feng, Co-Creators (UC Berkeley School of Investigative Journalism).