HBO/NALIP DOC GRANT

The submission deadline has passed for the 2011 HBO-NALIP Documentary Contest 

HBO has teamed with NALIP to find the next great Latino documentary film. They will award $10,000 to the winner of their 2011 Documentary grant. Applications are now online. Deadline is June 10 to submit.

Social change has been the consistent undercurrent for HBO's critically acclaimed and award-winning documentary programs, with myriad issues presented in uncompromising quality and honesty. HBO created this $10,000 cash award for Latino filmmakers, and announced the third annual contest at The New Now conference this month.

The idea of this grant is for HBO to focus its lens on the Latino experience, and to support the growth of social commentary by Latino documentarians. Films will be judged based on the uniqueness of their topic/subject matter, the professional quality of the film, and the structure, tone and style planned for presenting the topic to an audience. Films may be works-in-progress, rough cuts, or completed features.

HBO Announces 2011 HBO-NALIP Documentary Grant Winner and Finalists!

With great pride, NALIP announces this year's HBO Documentary Grant winner and finalists. Social change has been at the core of HBO's critically acclaimed and award-winning documentary programs, with a myriad of issues presented in uncompromising quality and honesty. A long-term sponsor of NALIP, HBO created in 2009 this $10,000 cash award for Latino filmmakers to focus its lens on the Latino experience. With this award HBO supports the growth of social commentary by Latino documentarians. Films were judged based on the uniqueness of their topic/subject matter, the professional quality of the film, and the structure, tone and style planned for presenting the topic to an audience

Out of the many high quality submissions this year, a winner and two finalists were selected by a panel of professional filmmakers and the HBO Documentary Films executives.

2011 HBO DOCUMENTARY GRANT WINNER

PequeñasVoces (Small Voices)
Jairo Eduardo Carrillo Peña

The animated documentary Pequeñas Voces is a tale about children, ages 8 to 13, internally displaced by the war and violence in Colombia. Told with first-person interviews, each of the four children's story is a chronicle of his or her family's history. Using their drawing, the film focuses on their memories, dreams and hopes for the future. 
 
 
 FINALISTS

Code Of The West
Francisco Bello (LPA 2007, NALIP Estela Documentary Award 2011)

Code of The West follows the life a contentious medical marijuana bill through the Montana state legislature. It is a film about the many lives and fraught emotions tied to the most challenging drug policy reform debate in the country today.

Guests of Space
Alba Roca Mora

Guests of Space explores the encounter between the Nukak Maku people and the white man in 1988. Known as the last nomads to be contacted in South America, this film observes the collision of two alien worlds where settlers, missionaries, armed groups and Colombia's drug war unexpectedly meet and confront.
Click here to download the application (Be sure to save it to your computer before filling in the fields)

Click here to download the application (Be sure to save it to your computer before filling in the fields)