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Democracy Now! | Interview with Set Hernandez
Set Hernandez wins 2024 Truer Than Fiction Award | Film Independent Spirit Awards
IDA FallDocs | unseen | Q&A Panel with Set Hernandez and Pedro
Blackstar Film Festival panel: Disability Justice | Spotlight on unseen
Set Hernandez wins the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards
unseen | Message from director Set Hernandez | POV on PBS
CAAMFest Filmmaker Summit: A Story Only You Can Tell
NFMLA Stage 5 Filmmaker Interview | Set Hernandez Rongkilyo
Source: Film Threat, March 2024
“Unseen”: New Film Profiles a Blind, Undocumented Social Work Student, Humanizing Disabled Migrants
Source: Democracy Now!, March 2024
Set Hernandez on Taking the Long View of What It Means to Be Undocumented in “Unseen”
Source: The Moveable Fest, March 2024
A Blind Undocumented Social Worker's Journey in "Unseen"
Source: WYNC’s All of It, March 2024
A story of resilience and healing set in the Intersection of disability and migration
Source: WOUB, March 2024
Broadcast Premiere of the Independent Spirit Award Winner ‘UNSEEN’ on PBS’ POV Series on March 18
Source: Culture Elixir, March 2024
Cleveland International Film Festival Announces Program Highlights
Source: iIrish newsmagazine, March 2024
Cleveland International Film Festival to Feature Flicks About Devo, Scam Callers and More
Source: Cleveland Magazine, February 2024
Source: ClevelandFilm.org, February 2024
Source: Seattle Asian American Film Festival, February 2024
Alpha-Male Hyperbole, Gender Fluidity, and Confronting White Privilege Highlight NFMLA’s DocuSlate Program
Source: MovieMaker, February 2024
Addressing Immigrant and Disability Rights in the film UNSEEN with Set Hernandez & Pedro
Source: Woodstock Film Festival LET'S TALK FILM! Podcast, February 2024
Doc, unscripted winners at PGA Awards, Berlinale, Spirit Awards
Source: RealScreen, February 2024
Pro-Palestine Protest Disrupts Film Independent Spirit Awards
Source: Vulture, February 2024
Spirit Awards 2024: The full list of winners
Source: Far Out Magazine, February 2024
“Past Lives” Wins Big as Sundance Institute Projects Are Honored at the 2024 Spirit Awards
Source: The Sundance Institute, February 2024
Film Independent Spirit Awards 2024: See the full winners list
Source: Entertainment Weekly, February 2024
Loud Pro-Palestine Protest Causes Major Disruption at Indie Spirit Awards
Source: IndieWire, February 2024
Source: Variety, February 2024
Behind the Scenes at the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Source: Film Independent, February 2024
Source: Film Independent, February 2024
‘Thelma’ and ‘Devo’ will be Cleveland International Film Festival’s opening and closing night films
Source: Cleveland.com, February 2024
Seattle Asian American Film Festival marks 12th anniversary
Source: AsAmNews, February 2024
Seattle Asian American Film Festival Returns With 12th Anniversary
Source: South Seattle Emerald, February 2024
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Highlights
Source: KULR-TV, February 2024
“UNSEEN” Film Broadcast Release on PBS’ POV Series
Source: Industry.biz, February 2024
Undocumented but no longer Unseen: An Interview with Filmmaker Set Hernandez
Source: Good Docs, February 2024
Two Latinx Films Win Emerging Filmmaker Independent Spirit Awards
Source: Cinema Tropical, February 2024
What to Watch at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Source: International Rescue Committee, January 2024
Letter from the Editor, January 2024
Source: Documentary Magazine, January 2024
Embodying Accessibility: Six Tips for Incorporating Access Into Your Filmmaking
Source: Set Hernandez for Documentary Magazine, January 2024
Announcing the 2024 Impact Kickstart Awardees
Source: Working Films, January 2024
Distribution Advocates Presents: The Truth About Sales Agent (featuring Set Hernandez)
Source: Distribution Advocates, January 2024
Ford Foundation invests over $4.2 million to support new documentary films focused on social justice
Source: Ford Foundation, January 2024
Source: Deadline, January 2024
Monica Sorelle, Monique Walton, Set Hernandez Win Independent Spirit Emerging Filmmaker Awards
Source: The Hollywood Reporter, January 2024
Here are the 2024 Emerging Filmmaker Awards.
Source: Film Independent, January 2024
Monica Sorelle, Monique Walton, Set Hernandez Win Indie Spirit Emerging Filmmaker Awards
Source: The Wrap, January 2024
Monica Sorelle, Monique Walton, Set Hernandez Win Independent Spirit Emerging Filmmaker Awards
Source: Yahoo Entertainment, January 2024
Source: Reporter, January 2024
Sorelle, Hernandez, Walton named winners of Film Independent's Emerging Filmmaker honors
Source: Shoot Online, January 2024
Monica Sorelle, Monique Walton, Set Hernandez Win Independent Spirit Emerging Filmmaker Awards
Source: IMDB, January 2024
Emerging Filmmakers Honored with Grants at 2024 Spirit Awards Nominees Brunch
Source: BNN Breaking, January 2024
Film Independent Honors Artistic Achievement with the 2024 Spirit Awards Nominations
Source: Film Independent, December 2023
Film Independent Spirit Awards - Nominees for Truer Than Fiction Award
Source: Film Independent, December 2023
The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Source: Vulture, December 2023
Film Independent Spirit Awards: Full List of Nominees
Source: The Hollywood Report, December 2023
Spirit Awards nominations: Full list in all 23 movie and TV categories
Source: Gold Derby, December 2023
167 Documentaries Enter Oscars Doc Race – See the Full List
Source: The Wrap, December 2023
2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations: See the full list
Source: Entertainment Weekly, December 2023
Source: The Movie Buff, November 2023
DOC NYC to Screen Films from Latin America and Latino USA
Source: Cinema Tropical, November 2023
Set Hernandez's Debut Feature UNSEEN to Premiere In Theaters And POV
Source: Broadway World, November 2023
Source: American Documentary, November 2023
IDA Documentary Awards Unveils 2023 Shortlists for Best Features, Shorts
Source: The Hollywood Reporter, October 2023
New York Times Tops Shortlists for IDA Documentary Awards
Source: The Wrap, October 2023
IDA Documentary Association Announces Shortlists for 39th Award Ceremony
Source: IndieWire, October 2023
38th IDA Documentary Awards Shortlists for Best Features and Shorts
Source: International Documentary Association, October 2023
Watchlist: 7 Impactful DFP-Supported Documentaries by Artists with Disabilities
Source: Sundance Institute, October 2023
October 2023: Hot Docs Alumni Successes
Source: Hot Docs, October 2023
Documentary tells a story of migration
Source: University of Windsor DailyNews, October 2023
Understanding What Is Unseen with Set Hernandez and Pedro
Source: Down to the Struts, October 2023
IDA Announces FallDocs 2023 Film Lineup, Big Platform For Documentaries Seeking Awards Glory
Source: Deadline, August 2023
2023 Woodstock Film Festival: A Conversation with Filmmaker Set Hernandez
Source: Inside + Out Upstate New York, August 2023
The 2023 BlackStar Film Festival starts Wednesday. Here’s what we are watching
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2023
Source: Billy Penn at WHYY, August 2023
Journey into 'Unseen': Set Hernandez's Feature at BlackStar Film Festival
Source: The Truth In This Art, August 2023
Firelight Media x BlackStar Film Festival 2023
Source: Firelight Media, July 2023
The Network of Support behind POC Filmmakers
Source: Color Congress, June 2023
Flipping the Script on Audio Description: Describing What is Unseen
Source: ReadMyMindRadio, June 2023
Source: FilmSnobReviews, June 2023
PBS Series ‘POV’ Reveals Film Lineup For 36th Season, Packed With Oscar Contenders, Award Winners
Source: Deadline, May 2023
39th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Announces Award Winners
Source: Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, May 2023
CAAMFest 2023 Celebrates 11 Joyful Days of Gathering in Community and Storytelling
Source: CAAMFest, May 2023
Source: Sundance Institute, April 2023
35 Documentaries Tapped for Hot Docs Deal Maker
Source: Point of View Magazine, March 2023
Ford Foundation invests over $4M to support social justice documentary film projects in 2022
Source: Ford Foundation, December 2022
Open Society Foundations Announce 2022 Soros Equality Fellows
Source: Open Society Foundations, November 2022
The Gotham Doc Lab Welcomes 10 Projects Chosen For Prestigious Program – Deadline
Source: Deadline, November 2022
AXS Lab names inaugural film fund recipients
Source: RealScreen, May 2022
NBC announces recipients of 2022 Original Voices Fellowship (nbcnews.com)
Source: nbcnews.com, April 2022
Firelight Media Documentary Lab Names Its 2021 Fellows
Source: Deadline, December 2021
Doc Society has unveiled the recipients of its New Perspectives fellowship
Source: Variety, November 2021
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and WarnerMedia OneFifty Announce Winners of New Artist Grant Program
Source: Moviemaker Magazine, November 2021
20 Nonfiction Projects Receive Grants from the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
Source: sundance.org, November 2021
Emerging Filmmaker Set Hernandez Rongkilyo Strives for Poetry in the Political
Source: Center for Asian American Media, October 2021
White Feather Farm is incubator for Woodstock Film Festival’s first residency program
Source: Hudson Valley One, May 2021
Woodstock Film Festival's Inaugural Filmmaker Incubator
Source: WAMC Northeast Public Radio, May 2021
IDA Announces Emerging Filmmaker Mentorship Program
Source: International Documentary Association, January 2017