NYC Women's Fund Grant Recipient, Zoya Baker
Ghosts of Derwyddon by Professor Zoya Baker (Documentary Short) wins NYC Women's Fund Grant. The NYC Women’s Fund is a groundbreaking initiative intended to address the underrepresentation of women in film, music, digital media and theatre.
Ghosts of Derwyddon, a hybrid animated documentary about Baker and her family’s multi-generational relationship with a suburban forest.
The NYC Women’s Fund is a groundbreaking initiative intended to address the underrepresentation of women in film, music, digital media and theatre. It is a $5.5 million, three-year program funded by MOME and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). New York is the first city in the country to provide direct grants to women working in these industries. During the Fund’s first round, last year, MOME awarded a total of $1.5 million to 63 film, digital and theater projects, up to $50,000 per project.
The full list of projects that received awards and panelists can be found at Women's Fund for Media, Music & Theatre. Grant guidelines can be found on NYFA’s website.