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.