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The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund has awarded a total of $395,000 in grants to help fund 11 feature-length documentaries. The fund, established in 2002 by a gift from the Open Society Institute, is dedicated to supporting U.S. and international documentary films and videos that focus on human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice and civil liberties. The fund has three categories: work in progress, development and supplemental. The amount of each grant varies depending on the status of the project. The recipients for work-in-progress grants are: Anne Aghion, In Rwanda, We Say 'The Family That Does Not Speak Dies' (U.S./France); Shantha Bloemen and JoMarie Fecci, "Western Sahara, Africa's Last Colony" (U.S.); Julie Mallozzi, Monkey Dance (U.S.); Patrice O'Neill, The Fire Next Time (U.S.); Jed Riffe, Waiting to Inhale: Marijuana, Medicine and the Law (U.S.); Susan Stern, The Self-Made Man (U.S.); Pamela Yates, Passage Through Fear (U.S.) The development grant recipient is Fibi Kraus, Marry Me Out (Italy) Receiving supplemental grants are: Simone Bitton, The Wall (Israel/France); Khalo Matabane, Story of a Beautiful Country (South Africa); Jonathan Stack, War Without End (U.S.). Since its inception at the institute, the fund has disbursed more than $2 million to 62 projects.