Concordio Studio Documentary Filmmaker Fellowships Awarded To Contessa Gayles, Jason M. Harper, Mohammed Naqvi, Jennifer Tiexiera

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Concordia Studio has selected four filmmakers for its 2025 Documentary Filmmaker Fellowship, a prestigious artist development program cultivated within the independent film and television production studio co-founded by Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim.

The fellows, selected on the basis of “excellence in craft, collaboration, and cinematic exploration of unknown worlds,” are Contessa Gayles, Jason M.

Harper, Mohammed Naqvi, and Jennifer Tiexiera. Read more about the filmmakers below. “At a time of rapid and dramatic changes in our film ecosystem, one thing has remained consistent; the bright light of creative imagination of filmmakers like these,” commented Rahdi Taylor, EVP of The Concordia Fellowship. “That’s why we believe that now more than ever, creative, strategic, financial and convening support can help visionary filmmakers chart their course to the future.” Fellowship candidates are eligible for consideration by direct invitation and private nomination only, Concordia Studio notes. “Nominators for the 2025 Fellowship class included industry veterans from CAAM and True/False Film Festival, representing the program’s commitment to diverse storytellers and regional voices in documentaries.” Current Documentary Filmmaker Fellows include Rita Baghdad (Sirens, My Country No More); Edward R.

Buckles Jr. (Katrina Babies); Jarrod Cann (Good White People); Lindsey Dryden (The Callers, Lost and Sound); Twiggy Pucci Garçon (MnM); Tracy Jarrett (Victim/Suspect, The Fire That Took Her), and Cinque Northern (Angola Do You Hear Us?).