About
Non-Fiction Hotlist seeks to champion compelling, unproduced nonfiction projects and create momentum for them, regardless of market trends. The inaugural 2025 list featured 23 curated, unproduced projects. In 2026, the project partnered with Yahoo Media Group to help distribute and fund 20 short documentary films. Hotlist co-founders Adam Neuhaus and Isis Masoud have conversations with documentary directors about the trajectory of their films, their experience on the hotlist, the impact they hope to make, and inspiration for filmmakers in the trenches right now. Moderators: Isis Masoud and Adam Neuhaus Panelists: Daniel Lombroso (Manhood) and Lev Omelchenko & Nolan Huber-Rhoades (A City in the Forest) Isis Masoud is a casting director, actor, director, producer, and founding member of the nonfiction hotlist , a volunteer-led initiative to find new pathways forward for nonfiction stories. Working in commercials for over a decade, she has produced work for clients including Apple, Facebook, Visa, NFL, Under Armour, Ancestry.com, Uber, Disney, CVS, IBM, and SnapChat. Isis is also the Webby Award-winning director and choreographer of The Last Goodbye . She has choreographed and performed alongside Nas at Radio City Music Hall, appeared in the Netflix series Bloodline and feature films such as Rock of Ages , True Love Blooms , and South Mountain . Most recently, Isis worked as a story producer for Volvo: American Love Stories , a brand sponsored Doc Series for Amazon Prime. Adam Neuhaus is the founder of Neuhaus Ideas focused on creative development and production. He is CEO and Co-Founder of the Nonfiction Hotlist, championing exceptional nonfiction storytelling connecting storytellers with audiences, industry opportunities, and sustainable pathways to success. Daniel Lombroso is the founder of Outerboro Films, a premium documentary studio he launched in 2025 after eight years building the video departments at The New Yorker and The Atlantic. His films, which explore extremism and American politics, have premiered at Sundance, Tribeca, and TIFF, earning Emmy, IDA, and Critics Choice nominations along the way. His latest feature, MANHOOD , premiered at SXSW last month, where Deadline and IndieWire highlighted it as one of the lineup's most exciting titles. Lev Omelchenko is an Emmy® Award-winning film director and cinematographer based in Atlanta, GA. He is a Ukrainian-born Brooklyn-raised immigrant and Jewish Anti-Zionist. Utilizing both documentary and narrative forms, Lev’s work focuses on telling stories of joyful militancy and collective solidarity of the American South underground. Atlanta-based filmmaker Nolan Huber is an Emmy Award–winning director, cinematographer, and video journalist whose work blends cinematic storytelling with urgent, real-world stakes. They are the Head of Video News at the Atlanta Community Press Collective and the co-director of the feature documentary A City in the Forest , which follows a radical movement to protect Atlanta’s urban forest from "Cop City". Their work has been featured by VICE, NPR, More Perfect Union, and Al Jazeera.
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