Project Grant 18947273422

Firelight Media Inc. was awarded a $199,595 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant will support the development and delivery of a new series of virtual humanities workshops for documentary filmmakers. Specifically, Firelight Media will retain five staff positions to create and conduct workshops focusing on integrating rigorous humanities scholarship into historical...

This $100,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) supports artistic and professional development resources and incubator labs for independent nonfiction filmmakers. The award recipient, Sundance Institute, a non-profit organization, will use the funding to operate its Feature Film Program and Documentary Film Program, which provide artistic and professional...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) will support the production of a documentary film about Shirley Clarke, the pioneering American independent filmmaker. The Center for Independent Documentary, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Newton, Massachusetts, will create the documentary, which will examine Clarke's groundbreaking career and contributions to the independent film movement in...

The Sundance Institute received a $105,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the Documentary Sustainability Project. This program aims to strengthen the documentary filmmaking field through knowledge exchange, cross-sector collaboration, and research between July 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022. The Project Grant funding will allow the Sundance Institute to deliver services under the National Endowment for the Arts' Promotion of the Arts Grants to...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Firelight Media Inc. a $1.8 million Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. Under the award, Firelight Media will administer a grantmaking program providing 36 stipends of $50,000 each to mid-career Black, Indigenous, and filmmakers of color. The stipends will support the development of historical or humanities-focused documentary film...

This federal Project Grant award of $600,000 was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to City Lore Inc., a nonprofit cultural organization based in New York City. The grant will support the production of a feature documentary film titled "Jimmie & Sanora" that tells the story of a visionary artist couple - two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe and writer Sanora Babb. The film...

This $1.7 million Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160) will provide emergency relief and support the advancement of independent documentary filmmakers working in the humanities who have been unemployed or underemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, Independent Television Service Inc. will administer a grantmaking program awarding 20 stipends of $68,000 each over 12 months to...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $110,000 two-year Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to International Film Seminars, Inc. (doing business as The Flaherty), a non-profit organization based in Brooklyn, New York. The grant funding will support the planning phase for the creation of a Film Study Center on the historic Flaherty Farm located in Dummerston, Vermont. The project aims to strengthen the organization's...

Firelight Media Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends program (CFDA 45.160). The award will support Firelight's management and administration of a grantmaking program providing 12-month stipends to 36 mid-career Black, Indigenous, and filmmakers of color. The subrecipient filmmakers will use the stipends to further develop historical or humanities-focused documentary film projects...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $515,000 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant to support the 12th annual Slash Filmfestival in Vienna, Austria. The Slash Filmfestival, organized by the nonprofit Verein ZUR Foerderung DES Fantastischen Films, will showcase international productions of fantastic film from September 23 through October 3, 2021 across three venues. The grant funding will support the festival's operations through the...