Origins is a Cascade PBS docuseries project that allows us to collaborate with PNW and Canadian filmmaking communities. We are looking for stories that reflect the makeup of our region told from an insider’s perspective: stories grounded in ancestry, connection, culture, influence and rootedness. Stories that reflect our place, values and people. Every year, through an online submission process, the Cascade PBS Original Productions team will select a project and award $40,000 to go toward producing a five-part short form docuseries. The key requirement is that the filmmaker needs to be part of the community they are documenting (Indigenous stories told by Indigenous filmmakers, Latinx stories told by Latinx filmmakers, etc.). The winning project has the chance for a premiere event at SIFF Uptown as well as the potential to broadcast on Cascade PBS and our on-demand platforms.

Submissions are now open for the next season of Origins.