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Cara currently serves as Founding Director of the International Resource for Impact and Storytelling (IRIS), a donor collaborative focused on supporting creative visual storytelling and narrative analysis in the public interest internationally.
Apr 25, 2024 · Cara Mertes: I’m the founder and director of something called IRIS, which is the International Resource for Impact and Storytelling; a sponsored initiative of RPA [Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors].
Director at IRIS (International Resource for Impact and Storytelling) · Experience: IRIS (International Resource for Impact and Storytelling) · Location: New York City Metropolitan Area. View...
Jul 28, 2021 · Recognized by multiple Emmy, duPont-Columbia and Peabody awards as well as a Webby for her on-line webisode series P.O.V.’s Borders, Cara Mertes will lead IRIS as its founding director. Mertes most recently served as project director for the Ford Foundation’s Moving Image Exploration.
Cara Mertes. Cara Mertes joined Sundance Institute in late 2006 and currently oversees the Documentary Film Program and Fund. The Fund currently grants $1 million per year to contemporary issue independent documentaries globally, and the Program runs three Creative Labs and provides documentary planning at the Creative Producing Summit and the ...
Jul 12, 2022 · As part of their celebration of the 20th Anniversary, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors had the chance to catch up with IRIS leaders: Cara Mertes, the Founding Director of IRIS, Graciela Selaimen, Regional Lead for IRIS work in Latin America, and Laila Hourani, Regional Lead, MENA.
Cara Mertes is a long-time advocate for independent media artists, and an award-winning filmmaker, programmer, teacher and writer whose work has been featured widely in museums, festivals, on PBS and internationally.
