The New Boats is an investigative documentary that presents an eye opening look at the impact of International Industrialized fishing in West African waters and it's disastrous effect on local communities. Sulaiman Kamara a local fisherman and Woody Backie Koroma the Public Relations Officer of Sierra Leone Artisanal Fishermen Union are passionately advocating on behalf of local fishermen and are desperately trying to prevent an environmental disaster with West African fisheries on the brink.

The WeOwnTV Filmmaker Fellowship is a regional film fund and professional development program supporting the production of independent documentaries directed by Guinean, Sierra Leonean and Liberian filmmakers. The program was founded in the wake of the West African Ebola outbreak (2014-2016). Today, now faced with a global pandemic, social unrest, and economic uncertainty, we believe it is critical to provide forums for self-expression and peaceful debate through the medium of documentary film.

The Genius of Caring is an interactive project that presents documentary portraits of family caregivers and those impacted by Alzheimer's and other caregiving diseases. We're raising funds for production of new family caregiver portraits and to produce a series of community based events. This project is supported in part by an award from the NEA and through the generous support of these organizations: Sundance Institute, The Fledgling Fund, Home Instead Senior Care, San Francisco Film Society.

"Heaven Through the Backdoor" explores identity, judgment, and spirituality through the experience of Swiss emigre Yo (Yolanda Shae), a fiercely independent 88-year old woman who we meet as she prepares for her next great adventure: death. The project juxtaposes intimate documentary footage of the last year of Yo's life with cinematic interpretations of her stories. The film highlights the enduring power of friendship and what we learn from each other in life and through death.

WeSurvive: Stories of the Ebola Outbreak is a web-based, oral history database that allows users to access a substantial collection of personal video testimonials from Ebola survivors, their family members, and other community members affected by the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak. We believe it is vital that West Africans contribute directly and significantly to the historical record and deepen both how this catastrophic Ebola outbreak and the region are understood.

WeOwnTV & the Freetown Media Centre is raising funds for the inaugural Idriss Kpange Filmmaker Fellowship. The fellowship will keep Idriss' dreams and legacy alive. The Filmmaker Fellowship is a film fund and professional development program supporting the production of independent documentaries directed by Sierra Leonean filmmakers. The program will provide filmmakers with funding for their projects, creative labs, one-on-one mentoring, professional development workshop

Speaking Through Dreams is a haunting, bold and genre-bending film. Tyson Conteh, the film's Director, embarks on a spiritual journey to investigate, the unnerving circumstances surrounding the death of his girlfriend Fatmata, who bled to death after a forced female circumcision ritual. Shortly after her death, she began to appear in his dreams - angry, crying and restless and pleading with him to bring the true cause of her death to light.