Fiscal Sponsorship
Fiscal Sponsorship is a program that allows a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization like NMFF to support film and media projects. The Foundation acts as an umbrella agency, allowing the project to share in the benefits of non-profit status, like applying for grants and soliciting tax-deductible contributions, while receiving mentorship and support by the Foundation. Project applications are reviewed to ensure alignment with the Foundation's core mission and, if accepted as a Fiscal Sponsor, New Mexico Film Foundation will align with its sponsored partner and enter into a signed agreement.
The following are benefits that are available under our program:
Receive tax deductible donations on behalf of project
Thank you (Tax receipts) letters to all donors
Management of funds with quarterly reporting
Support at events + Assignment of a MENTOR + Grant writing support
Access to grants that otherwise would not be available
Quarterly meetings with Fiscal Committee
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.
**The NMFF accepts no liability for material, pictures or media submitted and or used under the agreement.**
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.
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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.
Almost every person in the world will eventually be invited to attend their High School Reunion. Why would you want to do that?! In the days of social media, are High School Reunions even important anymore?
“SHOULD YOU GO?” is a Feature Length Documentary Film that tracks classmates who have attended their high school reunions over a period of 50 YEARS in Austin, Minnesota. It is possible that this may be the longest development of a documentary film in history!
Produced by multiple Award-Winning Director Barbara Bentree, the film includes fascinating archive photos and video that further illuminate the intimate interviews with these former colleagues. Ms. Bentree asks her classmates compare notes on Love, Success, Aging, Legacy, “Minnesota Nice" and the transformative power of Reunions. Within the film are surprising revelations about High School and the power of in-person communication that just might be the answer to some our country’s most challenging problems.
A unique Native American Fashion Film, "Made For Her" will highlight the exquisite attire of Southwest Native American Designer, Loren Aragon of the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. His designs have pushed the boundaries of American Couture with vibrant imagery, elegant
patterns and beautiful Native designs that invoke centuries old cultures and traditions. Our film will stand proud as an ambassador of modern Native American fashion, art and culture.
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Our Story follows two women, The Cultivator and The Potter, who are spiritual beings, bound by their love for one another. In a small village in a high-fashion dimension, The Cultivator and The Potter find each other fall in love, but they must hide their relationship as their love is unaccepted. One fateful day, The Potterʼs parents offer her hand to The Warrior, the great protector of the village. The Warrior demands that the wedding happen immediately. Taken by surprise, The Potter runs from the altar. The Warrior gives chase.
The Potter finds The Cultivator, they embrace. Suddenly, The Warrior finds them. Seeing them, he angrily pulls The Potter away. The Cultivator sees the ring and knows what is happening. She runs away from the village, past the magic barrier that protects the land. She
runs through.
In an unknown land, The Cultivator walks alone in sadness. Her tears invite a great storm and she is swept away by the water. Beneath the depths, she sinks below. As she settles, the water recedes, leaving The Cultivator left. She is now clay. Just then the potter finds her. She
collects her love, who is now clay. Back at The Potterʼs studio, she uses the clay and creates a masterpiece. A vase that will hold their love forever. It was Made For Her.
The He She Bang! Project tells a tale of one man’s journey of addiction, recovery and redemption through the lens of The He She Bang, a long running drag show that started as an AIDS benefit in the small eccentric town of Madrid, New Mexico.
A classic psychological horror, "The Black Dog" is about the downward spiral of a young woman who is followed by a phantom black dog. As her trust in her own mind deteriorates and her relationship falls apart, the apparitions tormenting her become increasingly threatening and more real. In mythology, black dogs are often seen as harbingers of death or supernatural protectors, embodying both fear and mystery. “The Black Dog” uses these motifs to explore the primal fear of the unknown that lingers where consciousness and sleep intersect.
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After committing a heinous crime in revenge for enduring years of abuse at his hands, 15 year old Willow escapes with her father's pistol and cash. Meantime, 17 year old Joe has accidentally poisoned his obese mother and, though he is flat broke, he's got a Mickey Mantle Baseball card worth millions. They chance upon each other at a gas station and flee their horrendous pasts heading west.
With the law, Joe's landlord and Willow's Uncles hot on their heels, the distraught teens disguise themselves as newlyweds to great effect. Despite his resistance, Joe recognizes himself in Willow when he discovers that they are both on the run from abusive home lives yet still hold out hope for a brighter future. Joe vows to buy themselves a home of their own with the money from the Mickey Mantle. But just years away from the baseball card convention where he can cash in the Mickey, the law guns them down.
Thought their ordeal, the teens discover the inexplicable resilience of life and that the home they ere seeking was within each other all along.
On a deserted industrial road in Albuquerque, Candy, a teen girl from a broken foster home, and her manipulative trafficker, Joey, argue in his tricked-out pickup truck. Shaken by the exchange, Candy reluctantly sets out for another night of forced sex work.
Things take a turn when she finds herself with a drunk and aggressive John, a lawyer and family man who unleashes his sinister side in seedy motel rooms. Desperate to avoid the fate she knows awaits her, Candy makes a desperate choice that will alter her life forever.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Those facing barriers, you’re not alone. Acknowledge experience leads to change. Take-in the value.
Originating from one of the darkest regions remaining in the Northern hemisphere comes 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 bottle class 1 dark sky region is vital to astronomy, nocturnal wild life, bird migration, knowledge of the universe, human health, future generations.
Told through the encounters and conversations with regional astronomers, native people, astrophysicists, astrophotographers, biologists, local and on-foot travelers along the Continental Divide trail.