- GIRL MODEL (premiering at the Toronto Film Festival)
- Give Up Tomorrow
- The History of the Universe As Told By Wonderwoman
- Writ Writer
- Serious Play: The Worlds of Helen Levitt
- Inside The Circle
- Invisible Girlfriend
- Tattooed Under Fire
- Flying On One Engine
- Where Do Soldiers Come From
- The Dressmakers
- Holy Ghetto
- Girl Wrestler
- Lucky Express
- Nous Sommes Le Sang
- Whales of Gold
- The Way North
- Learning To Swallow
- The Gospel Bus
- Are the Kids Alright?
- Atomic Ed & The Black Hole
- The Informant
Grant Writing for Documentary Films
Share with me your notes, ideas, or draft proposal; send me footage to watch—a dvd by mail or a quicktime link; talk to me about your project on the phone, or convey your thoughts and aims by email, from wherever you are. I can rapidly compile an effective proposal that speaks to the potential funder, be it ITVS, the Sundance Documentary Fund, Cinereach, Chicken and Egg, The Fledgling Fun, NYSCA, Creative Capital, the Ford Foundation, NEH, or any other grantmaking body. Whether you need a full 5 page proposal, or help crafting an effective letter of inquiry, I can do it. I’m happy to write as much or as little as you need: a treatment, a synopsis, a logline. I understand documentary form, audiences, and trends in grantmaking. Documentary film grant writing is my specialization.
I am also an excellent researcher—archival, background and story research—you name it, I can dig it up and track it down.
Joanna has a way of seeing the story even if the story isn’t actually in the film and this film [tentative title GIRL MODEL] will certainly be shaped by her vision and helpful direction […] Joanna Rabiger [is] a close advisor for our projects and someone who understands stories from the inside out.
—David Redmon/Ashley Sabin, Carnivalesque Films