Project Grant 19107433423

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $110,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to International Film Seminars, Inc. (d/b/a The Flaherty) for a two-year planning phase to develop a Film Study Center on the historic Flaherty Farm in Dummerston, Vermont. The grant, awarded on February 1, 2025, will support the planning and development of this new humanities-focused facility, which will be dedicated to advancing film...

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...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) to the Florida Humanities Council, Incorporated. This funding will support the development of a documentary film and an oral history collection focused on the stories of recovery, resiliency, and rebuilding following the impact of Hurricane Ian on Florida's environment, businesses, and culture. As part of this project, Florida...

The Academy Foundation received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the implementation phase of the Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971 temporary exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Opening in February 2022, the exhibition explores the visual culture of Black cinema from its early days to just after the Civil Rights Movement with the...

The American Film Institute (AFI) received a three-year, $750,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. Through this funding, AFI will undertake an effort to document and provide intellectual access to short films from the silent and early sound film eras (1910-1933) as part of its authoritative AFI Catalog online resource. By including these short films, the AFI Catalog will illuminate...

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 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to City Lore Inc., a New York-based non-profit cultural organization. The grant will support the production of the documentary film "JIMMIE & SANORA," directed by Li-Shin Yu and produced by James Q. Chan. The film tells the story of two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe and writer Sanora Babb, exploring their...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $291,480 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to The Center For Independent Documentary, Inc. for post-production and outreach activities supporting the documentary film "The Blues Society." The film explores the history and impact of the Memphis Country Blues Festivals of the late 1960s. The award period is from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. As part of the Public Programs grant program, the...

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...

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...