Project Grant SFR63020GR0072

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $218,520 Project Grant to Puruli Kultur Sanat Dernegi on September 10, 2021 to support equal access to cinema through October 29, 2021. Funded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to advance foreign policy goals and enhance relationships with foreign publics, the grantee will make audiovisual content accessible for visually and hearing impaired audiences in Turkey through online and physical screenings with...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $223,358 Project Grant to Puruli Kultur Sanat Dernegi, a non-profit organization, to support the 11th Accessible Film Festival 2023 in Ankara, Eskisehir, Istanbul, and online. The festival will showcase films from Turkish and world cinema with accessibility services such as audio descriptions and captioning to enhance equal participation in cultural life for visually and hearing impaired audiences. This grant is funded...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs provides $266,750 to support the presentation of American films at the 17th anniversary of the Vienna-based International Human Rights Film Festival "This Human World". The grant, awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) on September 25, 2024, will enable the non-profit organization This Human World KG to curate and showcase American cinematic works that explore...

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 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 U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to This Human World KG, a non-profit organization based in Vienna, Austria. The grant funding will support the presentation of American films focused on human rights issues at the 16th Vienna-based International Human Rights Film Festival, scheduled to coincide with International Human Rights Day from November 30 to December 10, 2023. This...

This Project Grant award of $125,000.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the East Asia and Pacific Grants Program (CFDA 19.124) will support two trips to Indonesia around December 2024 and April 2025. The purpose is to build on existing relationships between the Center for Uyghur Studies and NGOs, academics, and journalists committed to promoting the Uyghur community. The funding will enable the Center for Uyghur Studies, a minority-owned...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,030,000 Project Grant to combat Chinese Communist Party repression of Uyghur and minority communities inside and outside of Xinjiang. The grant falls under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which funds targeted programs addressing human rights abuses and supporting open political spaces in struggling democracies and authoritarian regimes....

The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $440,226 Project Grant under the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites (CFDA 15.933) program to Camera News, Inc. dba Third World Newsreel. This grant will fund the production of a hybrid documentary film titled "They Took My Father Too" that tells the story of a Japanese American family separated by the detention of the father at the Tuna Canyon Detention Station during World War II. The documentary will...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $3,028,630 project grant to support the 2021 Viennale Internationales Filmfestival Wien in Vienna, Austria from October 21 to October 31, 2021. The grant was awarded under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA #19.040) to inform and influence foreign publics and enhance relationships between people. Funding will support the Viennale, Austria's most important international film event, which will...