Project Grant STU15020GR3072

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $594,814.80 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Puruli Kultur Sanat Dernegi, a non-profit organization based in Ankara, Turkey. The grant will support the organization's 12th Accessible Film Festival in June 2024, which aims to provide inclusive cinematic experiences for audiences with visual and hearing impairments. The festival will feature Turkish and international films with...

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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program aims to develop recommendations for the design and evaluation of "responsive videos" that can be made more accessible by design. The $174,176 award to DePaul University will fund research to: 1) create a taxonomy of common audiovisual video components that need to adapt to variations in display sizes and modalities to ensure accessibility, 2) conduct...

The Academy Foundation, on behalf of a national consortium of film archives and libraries, was awarded a $211,540 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to research and design a searchable online resource for underrepresented film collections. The grant-funded project will develop a dataset gathering individuals and film titles from secondary sources related to social, gender, racial, ethnic, ability, sexual...

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded a $2,909,904 project grant to support the 60th edition of the Viennale Internationales Filmfestival Wien (Viennale International Film Festival Vienna) taking place from October 20 to November 1, 2022 in Vienna, Austria. The grant funding will support Viennale, Austria's most important international film event, which showcases films in the five traditional Viennale cinemas located in Vienna's historical center. The grant is...

This $3,041,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) will support the showcasing of U.S. content at the Viennale, Austria's leading international film festival, from October 19 to 31, 2023. The grant funding will enable the non-profit Viennale Internationales Filmfestival Wien to secure venues, organize screenings, and facilitate cultural exchanges with American artists and...

The Cleveland Film Society, doing business as the Cleveland International Film Festival, received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). The grant funding will support the organization's personnel and facilities expenses from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program supports Film Independent, Inc. for the FY 2024 Global Filmmakers Program. The $1,550,000 award authorizes funding to Film Independent, Inc. to implement this program, which aims to provide artistic and professional development opportunities for independent filmmakers. The award has a...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Cine Las Americas a $100,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic from Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2023. The Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program aims to support opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Cinema ST Louis, doing business as ST. Louis International Film Festival, from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The grant supports the organization's personnel, facilities, safety supplies, and marketing expenses to respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. This award falls under the National Endowment for the Arts' Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024). This...