Project Grant 19197653424

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...

Under the $147,795.20 Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Film Independent, Inc. will provide skills training to 24-30 Emirati filmmakers through online and in-person workshops on short film and episodic storytelling by March 2023. The award is part of the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa program, with the objective of promoting cultural understanding through media efforts. Film Independent will teach filmmakers to craft...

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 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 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...

This federal Project Grant award for $600,000 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 with the working title "ADELANTE!" The film will serve as a biographical portrait of the influential Chicano playwright, activist, and director Luis Valdez, exploring the history and significance of Chicano identity through the lens of Valdez's pioneering theatrical company El...

The American Film Institute (AFI) received a $132,708 project grant award from the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The grant period runs from July 31, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The Education Stabilization Fund program provides funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. AFI will use the grant funds to deliver services that address the impacts of the pandemic on the education sector in Los Angeles, California. While details...

This federal Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) supports the MediaMaker Fellowship and Preservation Access programs operated by The Bay Area Video Coalition, Incorporated (BAVC). The MediaMaker Fellowship provides stipends, production funds, and mentorship opportunities for media makers across the country. The Preservation Access program offers affordable...

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...

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...