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IWFF LABS invited six filmmakers from the 2022 film selections to be special guests and recipients of the 2022 LABS Fellowship. LABS Fellows are in residence during the festival and represent their film at local screenings. Lodging, travel, and a professional stipend are provided. Fellows will collaborate with two other team members to create a short film made in the 10 days they spend in the area.
These short-turn-around filmmaking challenges demand good results in unreasonable timelines yet LABS will still match that IWFF down-home feel. We’ve built in time for Fellows to soak up the festival screenings, bask on the Blackfoot River, meet important researchers and community leaders, and get to know Montana. IWFF encourages LABS Fellows to approach this challenge as an opportunity to get to know their collaborators, learn new artistic approaches from each other, see Montana’s wildlands, and revel in the luxury of making a short film together in a spontaneous and creative environment.
Two teams of LABS fellows will create a 3 - 5 minute film focused on a Montana Wildlife conservation subject. Teams are curated to encompass exceptional inventiveness, creativity, technical capability, fresh perspectives, and a variety of experience levels that are conducive to exciting collaborations.
Finished films are presented to the Missoula audience at the The Wilma, during IWFF’s 2022 Awards Presentation on Thursday, April 28th, and will live on through the filmmaking team, the festival, and the highlighted organization’s wishes.
Teams are assigned a local Field Producer, gear, and a loosely outlined film focus. Thanks to the professionals who make themselves available to our LABS film crews under such short time constraints and with such good humor. Special Thanks to: Kari Eneas & Stephanie Gillin with the CSKT NRD, and to Seth Wilson and the entire team at the Blackfoot Challenge for their time and support.
The BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE Watershed Management in the West
The Blackfoot Challenge is redefining cooperative & community-based resource management in the west. Filmmakers will have a chance to explore how the BC coordinates sustainable, equitable, and non-partisan watershed management in the Blackfoot Valley.
https://blackfootchallenge.org
Team:
Andrea Odezynska Kika Tuff Johnny Holder
Wildlife by the Roadside - Wildlife management and conservation along the HWY 83 Corridor
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have an award-winning natural resource management department. Filmmakers will explore the CSKT NRD’s methods and outcomes of wildlife management along the HWY 93 corridor, which sees high wildlife and vehicle traffic throughout the year. https://csktnrd.org | https://bisonrange.org
Team:
Lara Tomov Jerry van de Beek Nick Stone Schearer
MEET THIS YEAR’S LABS FELLOWS
Johny Holder
Sonora
KIKA TUFF
The Oyster Farmer
Nick Stone Schearer
Don’t Feed the Coyotes
Andrea Odezynska
Return Sasyk to the Sea
JERRY VAN DE BEEK
Yellowstone 88: Song of Fire
LARA TOMOV
Returning Fire to the Land & Life in the Land: The Big Hole Valley
