The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation is calling for documentary photography and film projects for 2016 and invites professional and emerging photographers and film makers in all countries to participate. Eligible for entry are projects about human suffering and unrest, forgotten communities, exploited lands and people, on communities ravaged by war, poverty, famine, disease, and the exploitation of global resources. The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation will award two $5,000 grants in 2016 — one for the completion of a photography project proposal and one for an already completed documentary film.

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The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation has recently opened the 2015 call for submissions for documentary photography & film grants, inviting photographers and filmmakers in all countries to submit their best work. Documentary photographers and filmmakers around the world are invited to submit documentary photography and film projects on the topics of human suffering and unrest, forgotten communities, exploited lands and people, on communities ravaged by war, poverty, famine, disease, and the exploitation of global resources. The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation will award two $5,000 USD grants, one for a documentary photography project and one for a documentary film project.

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The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film recently announced an expanded 2013 grant program that now includes an award for short-short documentary filmmaking. In addition to their third annual call for documentary photography submissions, the foundation is now seeking outstanding entries in social documentary film focusing on the lives and populations ravaged by war, famine, disease, poverty, religious persecution, political oppression, forced migration and other human injustices. One winning submission in each category will be selected by a distinguished jury. The foundation will once again award a $5000 USD grant for the production or completion of a social documentary photography project, and a $5000 USD prize for a completed social documentary film. The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Expands into Documentary Film and Opens 2013 Call for Entries“The addition of documentary film to our grant programs is a natural progression for the foundation,” says Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, foundation Founder and President. “Expanding beyond still images to moving pictures brings us full circle within the realm of documentary reportage and maximizes our impact on effecting change and social justice through journalistic humanitarianism.”

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The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for International Photography is currently seeking to award one outstanding global, social documentary photographer with a grant of $5,000 to be utilized in the production or completion of a social documentary project. Last year’s call for entries garnered an astonishing 184 entries representing some 45 countries around the world. This year the organizers hope to do even better by gaining even entries from Latin America, and from Sub-Saharan Africa. Photographers of all nationalities who are 18 years of age or older are eligible to apply.

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