Tribeca Film Institute and Renew Media (formerly National Video Resources), founded by The Rockefeller Foundation, will formally combine their organizations and operate going forward under the name of the Tribeca Film Institute. Find out more >>

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The tragic murder of 2004 Fellow Helen Hill, which took place in New Orleans at the beginning of the year, has inspired memorial screenings, filmmaking awards and press coverage. All these tributes attest to the effect Helen’s work and life has had on those who knew her and her films.
For those who wish to [...]

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Renew Media extends congratulations to the eight Fellows whose work will be shown at the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival!
Arthur Dong’s Fellowship-funded documentary Hollywood Chinese will receive its international premiere at the festival. Drawing from a trove of memorable film clips, and incorporating interviews with well-known actors, Hollywood Chinese documents the visual and social history [...]

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Priamo Lozada passed away on Wednesday, June 14th in Venice, Italy. Priamo was co-curator of the Mexican Pavilion at the Venice Biennale this year, the first in over 50 years. We at Renew Media are very saddened by the sudden loss of Priamo.Born in the Dominican Republic in 1962, Priamo served as chief [...]

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2006 was a year of change and new activity for Renew Media. It also was a year that saw a great number of accomplishments on the part of the Fellows. Renew Media has expanded the opportunities we provide to our Fellows and to the Media Arts community
at large.
Included in this expansion in 2006 the organization:

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Re:New Media is the new name for National Video Resources, a not-for-profit organization established by The Rockefeller Foundation in 1990.
Re:New Media supports media artists & advocates on their behalf, connects audiences with independent films and contributes to the media arts field, via innovative programs and direct cash support.
In 2007, Re:New Media celebrates 20 years of [...]

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New York, NY - National Video Resources (NVR) named Eileen Newman as deputy director, serving as the organization’s chief programmatic and operating manager, overseeing all NVR programs, including the Media Arts Fellowships, which award approximately $800,000 annually to media artists. Newman comes to NVR from the National Board of Review in New York, where she [...]

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Brian Newman, executive director of NVR, contributed an article to IndieWire
in which he talks about the problems confronting nonprofit media
organizations, which came to light as AIVF announced a fiscal crisis.
In the article, Newman examines the history of the crisis and why these
organizations are important to independent media artists. Says Newman,
�At the very least, those of [...]

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