{{Short description|U.S. nonprofit organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Cinereach | image = Cinereach_logo_actual_size.png | image_border = | image_size = 100px<!-- default 200px --> | image_alt = <!-- alt text; see WP:ALT --> | caption = | map = <!-- optional --> | map_size = <!-- map size, optional, default 250px --> | map_alt = <!-- map alt text --> | map_caption = <!-- optional --> | map2 = | abbreviation = | predecessor = | successor = | formation = {{Start date and years ago|2006}} | type = Nonprofit | status = Foundation <!-- ad hoc, treaty, foundation, etc --> | purpose = Film funding | headquarters = New York, NY | location = | coordinates = <!-- Coordinates of location using a coordinates template --> | membership = | language = <!-- official languages --> | general_secretary = <!-- Secretary General --> | leader_title = Founder & Executive Director | leader_name = Philipp Engelhorn | leader_title2 = Co-Founder | leader_name2 = Michael Raisler | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | key_people = | main_organ = <!-- gral. assembly, board of directors, etc --> | parent_organization = <!-- if one --> | affiliations = <!-- if any --> | budget = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | website = {{URL|http://cinereach.org}} | former_name = }} '''Cinereach''' is a nonprofit<ref>[https://www.irs.gov/app/pub-78/search.do?nameSearchTypeStarts=false&names=Cinereach&nameSearchTypeAll=false&city=New+York&state=NY&country=USA&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=search&submitName=Search "Online Version of Publication 78 Search Results"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225181816/https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/tax-exempt-organization-search |date=2023-02-25 }}. IRS.gov.</ref> story incubator and media production company working at the intersection of impact storytelling and popular entertainment. Founded as a film foundation and production company in New York, NY in 2006, the organization provided grants, awards, and an annual fellowship,<ref>[http://cinereach.org Cinereach] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929155821/http://www.cinereach.org/ |date=2011-09-29 }} website.</ref> working closely with other film development organizations such as the Sundance Institute<ref name="Smith">Smith, Shannon (July 6, 2009) [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005713?refcatid=2470 "Sundance adds $1.5 million grant - Cinereach to fund projects, establish fellowship"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109053856/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005713?refcatid=2470 |date=2012-11-09 }}. ''Variety.''</ref> and other film funding organizations.<ref>Farhat Kassab, Sally (September 6, 2011). [http://www.skollfoundation.org/skoll-foundation-extends-partnership-with-sundance-institute-documentary-film-program/ "Skoll Foundation extends partnership with Sundance Institute Documentary Film program"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926160626/http://www.skollfoundation.org/skoll-foundation-extends-partnership-with-sundance-institute-documentary-film-program/ |date=2011-09-26 }}. Skoll Foundation.</ref> In 2021, Cinereach expanded to incorporate a systems thinking approach to developing original content, and began working in additional media including television and video games.
== History == Films supported by Cinereach in the past include: ''Marcel the Shell with Shoes On'', ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', ''The Florida Project'', ''The Assistant'', ''After Yang'', ''I Am Not Your Negro'', ''Return'', ''Donor Unknown'', ''The Forgiveness of Blood'', ''Pariah'', ''Entre nos'', ''Bully'', ''The Boy Mir'', ''Kinyarwanda'', ''Circumstance,''<ref>[http://www.cinereach.org/grants/grants-recipients "Grants - Recipients"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016183436/http://www.cinereach.org/grants/grants-recipients |date=2011-10-16 }}. Cinereach.org.</ref> ''Akicita: The Battle of Standing Rock'', ''Black Mother'', ''Chained for Life'', ''Hale County This Morning, This Evening'', ''Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.'', ''Monsters and Men'', ''Night Comes On'', ''Phantom Cowboys'', ''Shirkers'', ''Sorry to Bother You'', ''This Is Congo'', ''Wild Nights with Emily''<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Work |url=https://www.cinereach.org/all-work/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Cinereach |language=en}}</ref> and ''Suburban Fury''.
Collectively, films supported by Cinereach have received seven Academy Award nominations, over twenty Sundance wins, over twenty five Independent Spirit Award nominations, and over forty Gotham Award nominations.
Filmmakers that have been supported by Cinereach have included Sean Baker, Boots Riley, Damien Chazelle, Chloé Zhao, Ryan Coogler, Robert Eggers, Barry Jenkins, Kelly Reichardt, Dee Rees, Karin Chien, Julie Goldman, Lars Knudsen, Heather Rae, Joslyn Barnes, Shrihari Sathe and Jay van Hoy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/effie-brown-among-cinereach-producer-award-recipients/5127475.article|title=Effie Brown among Cinereach Producer Award recipients|access-date=2018-06-21|archive-date=2018-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621170811/https://www.screendaily.com/news/effie-brown-among-cinereach-producer-award-recipients/5127475.article|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Expansion == With a growing interest in narrative change and systems thinking, Cinereach developed a research and development process to further understand how to create stories that cut through silos and move audiences to greater curiosity, empathy, and agency. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Process |url=https://www.cinereach.org/our-process/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Cinereach |language=en}}</ref> The insight garnered from this research enables Cinereach to strategically partner with storytellers and other organizations to create original content in film, television, video games, and other media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Complex |first=Valerie |date=2024-04-03 |title=Cinereach Pivots To Media Incubator Under New CEO Jennifer Strachan; Company Will Now Focus On Narrative Research And Strategy Development |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/cinereach-pivots-to-media-incubator-under-new-ceo-jennifer-strachan-1235874490/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
The organization also continues to invest in film productions that align with their values, including ''Reality'' (2023), ''Tuesday'' (2023), ''Mustache'' (2023), and musical documentary ''New Wave'' (2024).
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://cinereach.org}}
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