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Bal Maiden Films produces independent, feature-length documentaries as well as shorter work-for-hire videos for advocacy, fundraising, national conventions, labor organizing, and activism, etc. We work closely with our clients to develop a unique style and vision for your visual media needs, from scripting and storytelling to all aspects of video production, and distribution if needed.

CLIENTS

USAID
UNHCR
Care/International
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Bread for the World
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Latino Public Broadcasting
CineVegas International Film Festival
SG&A Campaigns
Ross Communications
Kaiser Family Foundation
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation
Rotarians Against Aids
International Longshoreman and Warehouse Workers Union
Coalition for Clean Ports
Sierra Club
United Food and Commercial Worker’s Union
UNITEHERE
Annie Leibovitz Photography
Family Services Private Sector, Kenya
Ford Foundation, Kenya

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Bal-Maiden Films has produced over twenty short and feature-length documentaries for broadcast and distribution, under various fiscal sponsors and grants, including: the John T. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the International Video and Television Service (I.T.V.S.), National Endowment for the Arts, the American Film Institute, the Streisand Foundation, the California Council for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Pioneer Fund, the Paul Robeson Grant, Women in Film, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund and the Shinnyo-En Foundation.

Full list of awards

American Film Institute/ US Presidential Comm. On the Arts 20/20
Program, World Tour for NO SWEAT, 2006
International Documentary Association Short List, Best Documentary, “VIEW” 2006
Best Documentary, Lake Arrowhead Film Festival, for “FALLON,” 2003
National Endowment for the Arts, for “VIEW” Media Grant, 2002
American Library Association (ALA) Top Ten Videos of 2001 for ONE DAY LONGER, 2001
Paul Robeson Award, Newark Black Museum for ONE DAY LONGER, 2000
Booklist “TOP TEN VIDEOS” Award for STRIPPED AND TEASED, 1999
National Endowment for the Arts, Nevada Travel Grant, Japan Tour, 1999
California Council for the Humanities Grants (Stripped & Teased and Uncommon Ground)
Golden Apple Award, National Educational Media Network, 1994 and 2000
Slamdance On The Road Tour for STRIPPED AND TEASED, 2000
Best Documentary, Rivertown Fest and Sedona Film Festival for Stripped and Teased, 1999
Silver Award, Houston Film Festival for STRIPPED AND TEASED, 1999
Honorable Mention, Columbus Film Festival, STRIPPED AND TEASED, 1999
Best Documentary, Feminale, Cologne, Germany for STRIPPED AND TEASED, 1999
Women's Film Fund, Paul Robeson Grant, New York, 1996
SONY/Streisand Award for Emerging Women Directors, 1993
Best Documentary, Honorable Mention, SXSW Film Fest for UNCOMMON GROUND, 1993
Eastman Kodak Product Grant Award for UNCOMMON GROUND, 1993
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Peace Award for UNCOMMON GROUND 1991
American Film Institute, Indie Film and Videomaker’s Award, UNCOMMON GROUND, 1993
Motion Picture Association Award--UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television
Funding Exchange, The Women's Fund, Grant to Women Filmmakers, 1991