Doorpost Awards $300,000 to “Undiscovered” Moviemakers

By Jessica Wall
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/doorpost_awards_300000_to_undiscovered_moviemakers_20080722/
The Doorpost Film Project, a “contest aimed at discovering and developing moviemakers capable of producing films that inspire and influence rather than simply entertain,” just finished round one and is now left with 15 finalists who are described by Nathan Elliott, the Project's director, as “a globally, ethnically and racially diverse group of filmmakers that have one important thing in common: They're enormously talented."