From The Heart Productions
Fiscally Sponsored Indie Films and Projects
From the Heart Productions Fiscal Sponsorship Program
is designed to carry out our mission to help independent filmmakers who have unique projects that make a contribution to society, get their films funded.
Working with our 501(c)3 non-profit, fiscally sponsored filmmakers can offer donors tax deductions for their donations. Our “boutique” program sets itself apart by offering hands-on personalized attention, support, and film funding advice from our board members and staff.
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The Fat Lady
Short Film
The First Martian
Short Film
The flight of the bat
Short Film
A man, Mr Skyness, is in the intensive care in the hospital, infected by covid 19. Suddenly a vision of a big bat appears at the window and he's drawn into a flight that changes his current circumstances.
Animation/metaphorical story inspired by the covid 19 pandemic, and the likelihood that the virus came from bats. It addresses the perspective of what can inspire human beings to change in challenging times, and the benign symbolism that can be perceived amidst a catastrophe
The Frequency of Miracles
Documentary Film
Imagine... if we had the power to create miracles. Imagine a Frequency we can access for knowledge, wisdom, and guidance to transform our lives overnight. Welcome to The FREQUENCY of Miracles. The Frequency is an energy field that exists everywhere, beyond time and space, powering the miracles we witness in our bodies, nature, and everyday life. It’s not separate from us—it’s within us. We've overlooked it because it is everywhere and everything, remaining untapped until now.
The Gates of Friendship
Documentary Film
The harrowing journey of Afghani translators who risked everything to serve with U.S. troops but were left behind in the aftermath, along with the veterans and volunteers working to get them out alive and resettled in the US.
August 15, 2021, the Taliban seized the Afghan capital in a bloody show of power, creating panic and chaos as they ousted the Afghan government and abruptly ended the American presence in the country. Afghans who served with U.S. troops were instantly in danger, branded as traitors and marked for execution. The Gates of Friendship is the compelling story of the Afghan translators and their families left behind as the United States withdrew, forcing them to flee.
The Gift
Short Film
The Gift focuses on mental health and the traumatic impact it has on the individual and those whom they love. A chaotic family party erupts amidst a mother’s impending death to highlight the lack of support adult men sometimes encounter in coping with life’s struggles. The Gift asks the question of a society that often overlooks a person, who on the outside, appears to hold it all together. The film follows Nick's journey as he struggles to manage the end-of-life care for his mother while his siblings seem oblivious to the toll it is taking on his well being. The purpose of The Gift emerges as the story is told: Supporting and listening to those who deal with trauma, especially adult men.
The Great Divide
Narrative Feature
The Heart Of Long Beach
Narrative Feature
The Insurance Man
Narrative Feature
The Lake in the Sky
Short Film
The Last Real Person
Short Film
The Lights Above
Short Film
The Long Rescue
Documentary Film
The Long Rescue, a feature-length documentary, begins where most trafficking stories end: after the rescue. Following teenage survivors in Cebu, Philippines, the film explores how girls can recover from deep violation to find stability, love, and personal agency. Over six years, they grow from idealist teens into struggling young women – sobered, but driven by hard-won inner strength.
The film opens at the hidden shelter of My Refuge House, where the girls are full of laughter and song, eager to work toward a brighter future. In a world shrouded in confidentiality and shame, these teens want to show their faces and speak their truth. But as they leave the shelter, ghosts of the past emerge.
THE MEMOIRS OF SUMMER RAY - PILOT
Narrative Feature
A Texas rancher inherits his great-great grandmother's stone farmhouse in Gettysburg, and after finding a secret time capsule, he and his wife unlock mysteries of his grandmother's past that may or may not, should have stayed hidden.
The protagonist is Summer Ray, a free spirit struggling with a past that tries to dominate her and pull her back into the life of darkness she grew up in. Yet, an unexpected trip to the Gettysburg Battlefield changes the course of her life forever. She unknowingly helps to awaken the Union and Confederate Unknown Soldiers and comes face to face with an angry ghost, the Union Colonel McDaniels. The antagonist, Woeburn also demands her demise! Will faith win?
The Mystery of the Star of David
Documentary Film
"The Star of David: Symbol Beyond Time" explores the journey of the Star from mystical origins to contemporary significance: its ancient roots, its role in various cultures and religions, mathematical, physical and mystical properties, its poignant symbolism during the Holocaust, and its current embodiment of Jewish identity, strength, and endurance.
The Nearly Forgotten Incident
Short Film
Dr. Emeka Okoro arrives under cover of fog, burdened by the weight of his own invention—“Candy Cane,” a device with the power to reshape the future. When ordered to hand it over to shadowy government agents, he faces a painful reckoning: trust the system or destroy what he created. As betrayal looms, Okoro must confront the terrifying cost of his own brilliance in The Nearly Forgotten Incident.
The Night Before
Narrative Feature
This is the third part in a trilogy of historical fiction films after "La Noche Antes" (2006) and "La Notte Prima" (2007). We explore what a public figure may have thought and said in an intimate conversation the night before they died. In "The Night Before" Black slave Sara Hemings fights for her freedom, and for that of her children with Thomas Jefferson, at the Virginia estate “Monticello” on the last night of Jefferson’s life, July 3, 1826. Opposing her is a White granddaughter of Jefferson, who tries to convince him to sell Sarah and the children on the slave auction block.
The Note
Short Film
Logline:
Small town boy finds love through his Church and later, as an adult, suffers the loss of a guiding figure which shows him his true self.
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Studio 301's Mission:
Our mission is to tell stories on behalf of those who seek to do more good. “The Note” will become a portfolio piece for Studio 301 - a demonstration of our ability to elevate the voices of the most marginalized and vulnerable in our communities. Leveraged correctly, it will show others that we truly can make a difference through the art of storytelling. As the saying goes, no one trusts you to build a building until you’ve built a building.
The Nurse
Short Film
Logline: When a person living with Alzheimer’s doesn’t recognize his wife and asks her to leave their home of twenty years, she must find a way back to care for the man she loves. Comps: This story is what you would get if you combined Still Alice with The Vow. The blend culminates in a heartfelt story of love, loss, and the strength of the human spirit. Tag Line: Their life together shattered before she could wipe the sleep from her eyes.
The Pact
Short Film
An exploration of end-of-life issues through the eyes of a mother and son. After a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and after a lifetime of being dominated by the expectations of others, Fran makes the most consequential decision of her life and wants to exercise some control over her life before all control is taken away. Her son Terry, struggling to accept it, wants to parent the parent and cast a deciding vote in his mother’s quality and duration of life.
The Past is Patient
Short Film
Years after his sister’s suicide, a grief-stricken man is pulled into a surreal reckoning with her memory — confronting the silence he inherited and the healing he never believed he deserved.
The Phoenix
Short Film
THE POWER OF THE DRUM
Documentary Film
The Power of the Drum is a feature documentary exploring the mystical world of African-rooted drumming and its incredible power to heal, communicate, and transform through its complex history and rich culture.
The film traces its roots to the Motherland and its journey through the Middle Passage, which helped lay the groundwork for its development as a powerful healing instrument.
The Presidents’ Tailor - From Auschwitz to the White House
Documentary Film
The Process
Short Film
The mental breakdown of a black man processing grief as he battles alcoholism.
The Process is an experimental exploration of black men and mental health. In a world where examples of addiction and grief within the black community aren’t as varied as they deserve to be, The Process provides a unique outlet to reach audiences who aren’t being represented.
The film is lead by black creatives who wrote, directed and star in this short narrative; which adds to the authenticity of the story being told.
The Quiet Canadians
Narrative Feature
The Radiant Film Project
Narrative Feature
Radiant is a fantasy drama set in the land of Zoran. The story follows a humble Shepherd named Tristan who inadvertently saves a princess named Neriana and through the events that unfold, they discover a hidden secret that threatens to overcome their Kingdom of light with a deep darkness. Together they must uncover this mystery and stop the ancient power before it's too late.
The script was written to fit an indie budget. Though it is fantasy we kept in mind what would be practical to film on a low budget and believe that it can be effectively executed given today's filming capabilities.
The Road to Record Documentary Series
Documentary Film
The Road to Record is a documentary project that includes several films and book that digs into the world of recording studios and the people who own and run them. Stories that dive into the past, present and look to the future as the recording industry has seen so many changes in the last 40 years. Since the 1950s recording studios have long been the lifeblood of the music business. But with the home studio revolution and digital recording, a major shift has occurred with many cases of dying facilities, aging engineers, and a revival of analog tape, consoles and vinyl records.
The Root
Short Film
Bethany, a young woman, decides to work on a secluded farm for the near future at the suggestion of an acquaintance. As she meets the others that reside there, she discovers that they are a group of like-minded individuals who, through therapeutic exercises, expel information from their guests. They decide she needs to get to the root of her problems, whether she wants to or not.
The Search for The Lost Gold Patecte of Ecuador
Documentary Film
An investigative team goes in search of pre-Columbian treasure.
The lost gold Patecte of Ecuador is more than a piece of metal. Its symbols represent the identity of Latin America.
Synopsis:
Chordeleg, Ecuador, 1869. A treasure hunter discovers a pre-Columbian royal tomb. Its riches include a mysterious gold relief -- the Patecte.
Suddenly, the Patecte vanished.
Stolen? Hoarded?
Destroyed for its gold content?
Mislaid in a museum? Lost at sea?
The only proof the Patecte existed is an oil painting commissioned by Heduvides Serrano, the legendary tomb raider who discovered the Patecte.
The rest of the story is paved with double and triple-bottomed boxes
The Show
Short Film
Logline: To accept duality is to earn identity....
Synopsis: Maestro Oliver Webb is the greatest pianist of his generation. When an amateur journalist afflicted with nervous ticks arrives at his home to interview him, he tries to throw her out but ends up relaying a story from his childhood and how he resolved his anxiety through the music of Joseph Haydn and magically uncovered his artistic genius.
The Space Between
Documentary Film
The Space Between is a feature-length documentary that exposes America’s deepest held secret: we have much more in common than we think. The film explores the forces driving unfounded political and cultural division in America—and how those forces are shaping our daily lives and relationships. Filmed over four years in communities across the east coast, the documentary weaves together evidence and intimate stories from experts and everyday Americans to reveal how our shared values are being overshadowed by systems that benefit from keeping us apart. Viewers will learn why we feel divided, and what we can do about it.
The Spirit Moves Through Motown
Documentary Film
Jack Ashford, the last surviving Funk Brother, shares his story and how God led him to MoTown where he became one of the Funk Brothers - MoTown's original studio musicians. weaving together music, history, and spirituality, this documentary will celebrate Motown’s cultural impact while revealing the divine inspiration behind its sound, offering a fresh perspective on a well-known legacy.
The Spirit Moves Through Motown is more than a film—it’s a cultural event celebrating a living legend and a musical dynasty that shaped modern pop.
The Steward - Quest For The Sword
Narrative Feature
The fate of civilization is uncertain as rumors spread across the land of an ancient evil king and impending war. Upon hearing such news, many leave their homes in search of a mythic sword wielded long ago by a hero known as the STEWARD. But the sword has been lost for centuries and the Steward of old has also faded into into myth and legend.
The Strait Guys
Documentary Film
Whatever happened to that monumental dream to finally connect the USA and Russia across the Bering Strait? Ask the passionate team of seniors known as the “Strait Guys”, who have been fighting for decades to convince international governments, corporations, and indigenous tribes to greenlight their $100 billion railway project which promises to become the Panama Canal of the 21st century. As they struggle to keep their “peace, progress, and prosperity” project alive, the Strait Guys leave us wondering: What is really preventing us from being connected?
The Tater Tot and the Quest for the Holey Board
Documentary Film
The Test
Narrative Feature
The Tiny House Movie
Narrative Feature
The Water Cell
Documentary Film
"How a Maverick Inventor is Bringing Light and Power From Water to the World"
A 40 year quest for the unusual and "impossible" renewable energy source lands on a simple solution. One that was hidden in plain sight, this series will open the eyes of people of all ages and backgrounds to further innovation with the technology. It has the potential to replace solar panels and batteries with a non-toxic, regenerative fuel cell. Unlike solar panels and wind turbines, there is no end of life solid waste. As will be demonstrated in the series, it can be scaled from a single LED to household size.
Join us as we travel the World, sharing "The Gift of Light Equality"
The Weight of Honor
Documentary Film
The Weight of Honor is the first comprehensive documentary to chronicle the lives of families caring for their catastrophically wounded returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Over the course of five years we follow the arc of what happens when some of America's best and strongest volunteer to protect our nation, but return home physically and emotionally broken and disillusioned. What happens when they return is not only a personal journey but also that of their family caregivers who have no training other than the love for their wounded.
The Weight of Honor tells the stories of strength, exhaustion, conflict, and even humor as these families chart a course through the unknown.
The Winemaker
Short Film
The Woman is Perfected
Short Film
These Stones
Web/TV Series
When her mother is killed, a wayward daughter is drawn into the secret program her mother tirelessly maintained, in the interest of giving hope and help to others. Though the daughter struggles to believe in God, she finds herself amid an expansive supernatural program—matching mysterious visitors from the past to people facing present day challenges. It’s all this daughter can do to keep up the appearance of living a normal life while seeking redemption for her past mistakes.
This Boy's Vida (made in america)
Short Film
Based on true events, this coming-of-age story follows Little Joe, a first-generation American Latinx boy growing up amidst extreme poverty and violence. Forced to navigate the underbelly of America to keep food on the table for his family, will Little Joe become another statistic or achieve the American dream?
Three Times A Lady
Narrative Feature
TIME
Short Film
Tin Hill No.9
Short Film
Midwest — 1961. On his last shift before Christmas, MARION (30s) finds himself trapped in a collapsed tunnel with three fellow miners. He scribbles a farewell note to his wife and children on the inside of a cigarette package, unsure that help from above will reach their ill-fated group in time. The stillness is broken by an eerie, monotonous knocking that echoes from deep within the mine. While the others try to ignore the tone, Marion investigates. Above ground and miles away, Marion’s daughter TINA (9) practices her cursive at their local church. When she hears the same mysterious knocking, their joint pursuit of the sound cosmically intertwines them.
Topping Out
Documentary Film
A rock climber from a sleepy town challenges himself to ascend to greatness on the world stage. Along the way, we meet his competition and the gatekeepers of the newest Olympic sport.
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Internationally ranked paraclimber Ben Mayforth eats, sleeps, and breathes rock climbing. He works at a gym where he coaches the next generation of climbers. He even built a wall in his backyard. The only thing standing between him and the number one spot on the global podium in Moscow is himself. Born with spina bifida, Ben has to work on his skills every day to make sure he doesn’t fall off the wall and lose his spot. Will this year be his year?
TORN FROM THE FLAG: the 70 for 70 Anniversary Commemoration Series
Event
Be part of the 70th Anniversary Commemoration Series of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956! Our film production of Oscar contender and multi-award-winning documentary, TORN FROM THE FLAG, about the 1956 Hungarian Freedom Fight and the Cold War, is leading the new, international initiative, the 70 for 70 Anniversary Commemoration Series paying homage to the Hungarian heroes and the events of 1956, and celebrating the brave Hungarian spirit.