16:9 festival and grant cuts
Cinema-grade work samples and artist shorts
Multi-camera performance capture, director statements, and short nonfiction artist profiles made to win arts fellowships and documentary media grants.
Nonfiction cinema and social storytelling
First Person Cinema & Digital Lab
A collective of documentary directors of photography, location sound recordists, and nonfiction editors dedicated to observational truth and narrative equity. The unit carries the cinematic authority major documentary grantmakers expect, while delivering agile vertical reels built for social reach.
What the lab makes
From festival cuts to field capture.
9:16 social and campaign reels
Vertical cuts and audience growth
Every studio shoot and field interview is framed and edited for vertical social use at the same time, so grassroots movements and artists build public momentum.
Low-disruption field capture
Technical assistance fieldwork
The crew embeds alongside our evaluation team during on-site strategy interviews to film donor impact stories without interrupting daily staff workflows.