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My 4th World Media Lab Journey

Festival, Industry

My 4th World Media Lab Journey

October 28, 2025

A Diné and Salvadorian Two Spirit writer, producer, photographer, and storyteller from L.A., Steph Viera writes about their experience as a 4th World Media Lab fellow. The program is a year-long fellowship for emerging and mid-career Indigenous filmmakers, providing opportunities to develop filmmaking skills and networks through festival participation, hands-on training, masterclasses, workshopping projects in development, pitch activities, and meetings with funders and other industry decision-makers.

Cinema, Events

Immerse Yourself in Kino Armenia: A Triad of Past and Present

August 28, 2025

Discover the vibrant landscape of Armenian film at the SIFF Film Center this September. The first program in a series of global cinema will focus on Armenia, through a triptych of curated films that connect the past and present of Armenian cinema, exiled and domestic. Join the journey on September 20.

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