May 2026

Five C&E-supported films will have their World Premiere at Tribeca this June! Together, these films reflect the range, ambition, and urgency of the documentary form, and we couldn’t be more proud to celebrate this moment in their creative journeys.

Plus: We’re excited to partner with Tribeca Festival to co-host several screenings throughout the fest. Enjoy 20% off tickets to supported film screenings with the code tf26chickegg at checkout!

✦ Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, and Mike Attie’s Hollywood Does Abortion⁣
✦ Cynthia Lowen and Jon Cohrs’ Kids Like Me
⁣✦ Gabriela Díaz Arp’s Matininó
✦ Habiba Nosheen’s The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony
⁣✦ Natalie Baszile and Hyacinth Parker’s Harvest
✦ (AlumNest) Aurora Brachman’s When the Revolution Doesn’t Come
✦ (AlumNest) Violet Du Feng’s Only the Lonely

Sheffield DocFest takes place this June 10–15, and we’re excited to see the C&E community well represented. The festival lineup includes Gabriela Díaz Arp’s Matininó, Jeanie Finlay’s All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea, and films from AlumNest filmmakers Maite Alberdi and Tia Lessin.

The MeetMarket includes Sara Chishti’s Taxi Driver and Alyse Shorland’s The People’s Network, and the industry program will feature sessions with Maite Alberdi, C&E Board Member Christie Marchese, Lindsey Dryden, and Gabriela Díaz Arp. Program Director Kiyoko McCrae will also be in attendance at the festival. 

Plus, Sheffield DocFest has shared a 30% discount on the Standard Industry Pass for our community: 

We’re heading to DC/DOX this June 11—14, where supported films and filmmakers will be featured across the festival lineup and Reality Check Forum:

✦ Natalie Baszile and Hyacinth Parker’s Harvest 
✦ Cynthia Lowen and Jon Cohrs’ Kids Like Me⁣ 
✦ Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig’s Jaripeo 
✦ Viv Li’s Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
✦ (AlumNest) Aurora Brachman’s When the Revolution Doesn’t Come 
✦ (AlumNest) Leah Galant's Landscapes of Memory
✦ (AlumNest) Maite Alberdi’s Un hijo propio (A Child of My Own)⁣ 
✦ (AlumNest) Michèle Stephenson’s True North
✦ (AlumNest) Kenya Jade Pinto’s Signal to Noise

In the Reality Check Forum, CEO Jenni Wolfson joins supported filmmakers Kenya Jade Pinto, Michèle Stephenson, Shalini Kantayya, Catherine Gund, Penny Lane, Ema Ryan Yamazaki, and Stephen Maing for conversations on archival practice, editing, development, funding, and the future of documentary storytelling. Development Director Amber Sasse will also be in attendance at the fest.  

Cannes 2026 is a wrap! Nearly-finished films that made waves included Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi, and Arya Rothe’s Green is the Fire’s Tint and Rand Beiruty’s Portrait of A, alongside new projects from AlumNest filmmakers Svitlana Lishchynska and Ash Goh Hua. Filmmakers also shared insight and expertise in industry talks, including Viv Li at DAE’s 'Ask Me Anything' Consultations and Ema Ryan Yamazaki at The Edit IS The Film.  

CEO Jenni Wolfson’s 2025 FIFDH keynote has been newly published in Documentary magazine. Her remarks hone in on three core principles that shape impactful storytelling: intimacy, proximity, and agency. Drawing on her background in human rights and examples from our supported films, including Black Box Diaries, Black Snow, Pay or Die, and Songs from the Hole, Jenni shares how docs move audiences from understanding to action, and why collaboration between filmmakers, advocates, and funders is essential now and always. Read the full piece here.  

“As fear is contagious, courage is also contagious.” —Marjan Safinia

In an episode of Doc Talk, Board Member Marjan Safinia joined Independent Lens' Lois Vossen to discuss the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger and its potential impacts on the documentary field.

The conversation explored media consolidation, shrinking independence, viewpoint suppression, and restricted access to archives. But it also emphasized the power of collective action. As Marjan shared, “This is not a done deal." Thousands of film workers and industry members have united in opposition to the merger. 

The conversation is a reminder that documentary communities have always fought to protect independent voices, and that courage can catch fire. Listen in full here. 

“Finlay has a keen eye for details that lovingly evoke the textures of the wider community… Ultimately, the film is a celebration of the region and its people, and a much-needed amplification of voices that are all too frequently drowned out in the rush to redevelop.” —Screen Daily

All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea brings us to the fishing community of Teesside in Northern England, the hometown of director Jeanie Finlay, as townsfolk confront an ecological disaster threatening both their livelihoods and their way of life. Bringing empathy, urgency, and deep local knowledge, Jeanie creates an intimate portrait of a community fighting political manipulation while holding onto each other and the waters that have sustained them for generations.  

All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea had its World Premiere at CPH:DOX this year and will continue its festival tour at Sheffield DocFest and beyond. 🎣

✦ Watch Kimi Takesue’s full filmography, including her supported film Onlookers, on the Criterion Channel
✦ Chithra Jeyaram’s Love Chaos Kin won the Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary at the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal
✦ Catch Elana Meyers and Katie Heiserman’s Survival Without Rent this summer at Rooftop Films

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