The Non-Fiction Cartel

07/30/2021

Looking for some plans this weekend? Stream Son of Fukushima at the Woods Hole Film Festival.

Former Cartel member, Beth Balaban spent years working on this documentary and it is a must-see.

In the area? There is a live screening Monday August 2nd, check out the link for viewing options.

The heart-rending story of a family profoundly impacted by not one but two nuclear tragedies: Hiroshima and Fukushima. Against the backdrop of the world’s largest radiological clean-up, a family lives through the unthinkable: a second nuclear disaster. A universal and deeply personal story about t...

07/19/2020

Congrats to Cole Sax, for his short film "Second Sight" winning the Non-Fiction Cartel Best Short award at the Salem Film Festival. 👏👏👏

Like most fests this year, Salem Film Festival went virtual, come and see the world and Second Sight: https://bit.ly/32ymGzb

09/25/2019

Congrats to cartel members, Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip, Kristen Salerno and Michelle Mizner on their Emmy wins last evening. 👏👏👏🏆🎉

Adam, Ben and Kristen are part of the "Dawnland" team, that won Outstanding Research.

Michelle, is part of an excellent team at Frontline that won Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary for their interactive documentary, "The Last Generation."

09/17/2019

The Camden International Film Festival short film award honorable mention goes to an imaginative film that is a personal conversation between past and present. It is a tender love letter to getting through grief. The 2019 honorable mention goes to "A Love Song for Latasha". Congrats Sophia Nahli Allison!

A Love Song For Latasha is a dreamlike archive in conversation with the past and the present to reimagine a more nuanced narrative of Latasha Harlins by excavating intimate and poetic memories shared by her cousin and best friend.

09/17/2019

This years Camden Cartel award at the Camden International Film Festival goes to a short film about trauma, healing and love. Using New York City as its dancing stage, the film masterfully weaves together a story of veterans' recovery from PTSD told through the medium of dance. With poetry and gracefulness, the films lyrical scenes unfold like a performance. Congrats, Mohammad Gorjestani!

“Exit 12: Moved by War" is the fifth film in Square's For Every Kind of Dream series. See the other films at square.com/dreams. Like many veterans,…

07/27/2019

Congrats to members Jessie Beers-Altman and Heather Cassano for each receiving pre-production grants from the LEF Moving Image Fund!!!

Check out all grantees and learn more about their films here:

07/26/2019

What's that?! Emmys!!

Three Cartel members have received Emmy nominations:

Michelle Mizner, Producer at Frontline - Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary for "The Last Generation".

Ben Pender-Cudlip and Adam Mazo, Directors - Outstanding Research & Outstanding Music and Sound for "Dawnland".

Congrats to all our Cartel Emmy nominees, we are so thankful and proud of the work you do!

05/10/2019

Tomorrow, member Joel Roston has a new chamber piece, "Communing Strata" debuting in Medford. Check out his work!

The First Baptist Church of Medford is delighted to present a concert of music for viola and piano featuring the RAHA Duo: violist Amelia Hollander Ames, and pianist Elaine Rombola Aveni. May 11th, 7:30 PM FREE ADMISSION || $10 Suggested Donation Curtis Hughes: Dept. Of Levitation Studies (World Pre...

04/19/2019

Big congrats to board member Michelle Mizner whose work with her FRONTLINE PBS colleagues on "The Last Generation" received both the World Press Photo award for Interactive of the Year AND the Kim Wall Citation for Excellence at the from the Overseas Press Club of America.

You can see their reporting here:

Explore an island threatened by climate change through the eyes of three children who call it home. FRONTLINE and The GroundTruth Project present "The Last Generation."

04/12/2019

This year, the Non-Fiction Cartel started sponsoring an award at Emerson College's It's All True film festival. We are excited to announce that the first ever Emerging Filmmaker Mentorship Award goes to Carrie Cullen for her films, "Me&Ric" and "Anthropocene".

Watch "Me&Ric" on YouTube

and Congrats Carrie!

**sadly not color corrected by bradley cooper

04/06/2019

The Non-Fiction Cartel is excited to present the Cartel Award for Best Short at the Salem Film Festival to "Last Sermon at George's Creek" a film by Bobby Moser and Spencer Creigh

Every film shown at Salem Film Fest is an extraordinary viewing experience. The festival honors eight filmmakers with awards which represent the appreciation of our audience and jury, and recognition of achievement in different disciplines in filmmaking. All Award winners will be presented an origin...

01/23/2019

Check out member Beyza Boyacioglu's work with the BBC for their new series Bright Sparks:

More honey bee colonies are disappearing every year. Leigh-Kathryn Bonner is using generations of family beekeeping knowledge to think up a promising solution.