FILMS

GRANTS
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SOROS/ SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY FUND
ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND
NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS (N.Y.S.CA)
JEROME FOUNDATION
CHICKEN AND EGG
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS ( N.Y.F.A)
ARTS LINK FOUNDATION
DOBKIN FAMILY FOUNDATION
LUCIOUS AND EVA EASTMAN FOUNDATION
MICHELLE MILES FOUNDATION
CONJUNCTION ARTS (CHINA RESIDENCY)
VIRGINIA CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS (RESIDENCY)
BANFF CENTER
(CANADA RESIDENCY FOR PRODUCTION) 
WHITNEY MUSEUM AMERICAN ART (NY RESIDENCY)
RED GATE (CHINA RESIDENCY)

BROADCASTS
(SELECTION)

​CNN 
 Al Jazeera
TV3 (Spain) 
HKN (Japan)
ARTE (France)
RAI2  (Italy) 
Canal+ (Spain)
Docu Channel(US)
Link T.V. (US)
TV4 (Belgium)
​SIC (Portugal)
TVP (Polonia)

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FESTIVALS
​(SELECTION)

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (New York City)
DOCS D.F. (Mexico)
​LONDON HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
FILM PANORAMA (Greece) 
STUTTGARD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OUTFEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
FRAMELINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TEL AVIV L.G.B.T. INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
OUTTAKES NEW ZEALAND
THE NEW FEST ( New York) FILM FESTIVAL
WOMEN IN REEL (Los Angeles)
WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL
ALBA HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL
A.F.I. LATIN AMERICAN
FILMPODIUM
XII MOSTRA DO DOCUMENTARIES SINTRA (Portugal)
WATCH DOCS "PANARAMA" SERIES
WARSAW  INTERNATIONAL (Poland)
HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL( Nairobi)
FESTIVAL DES LIBERTEES (France)
GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 

WHO ARE WE

​ALESSANDRA ZEKA
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Alessandra Zeka is a Director, Producer and Cinematographer. Since founding Adrenaline Films in 1998, she has created a dynamic cinematic style wherein her subjects tell their stories compellingly and intimately. Her work often focuses on the lives of women and gender identity. She documents hard-to-find stories in locations spanning from Beijing to India, New Orleans, Albania, Coney Island, Central America and more. Born in Spain, she lives in New York City when she is not working or around the world.

“Ever since I can remember I have been driven by a curiosity for other people’s traditions, cultural identities and political histories; and the way they reverberate in our own lives. The nature of my documentary work reflects this, by focusing on people’s everyday lives. I seek to create an evocative and poetic portrait of my subjects by letting them tell their stories in their own words, thus hoping to  bring insight and understanding to myself and to the viewer".
HOLEN KAHN
Holen is a creative producer, director and editor of films and installation projects. Her work has been exhibited widely in festivals, galleries and broadcast in the U.S. and internationally. Since 1998 she has partnered with Adrenaline Films to produce and direct human rights based documentary films.

​She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and as held Fellowships at Yale University's Center for International and Area Studies, and at the Whitney Museum of American Art's Independent Study Program. Holen has also worked as a post-supervisor for HBO, and an editor on numerous documentary films in the US and Canada.  When not making films, she climbs volcanoes and lives in a geodesic dome.

 

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