Film Festival Grant Recipients
2010
Ann Arbor Film Festival – $20,000
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival – $10,000
Chicago International Children's Film Festival – $30,000
Cinequest Film Festival – $30,000
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital – $20,000
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival – $25,000
Indie Memphis Film Festival – $10,000
Los Angeles Film Festival – $30,000
Nashville Film Festival – $25,000
New Orleans Film Festival – $25,000
Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – $30,000
Ozark Foothills FilmFest – $2,500
Phoenix Film Festival – $10,000
Provincetown International Film Festival – $17,500
St. Louis International Film Festival – $15,000
San Diego Latino Film Festival – $20,000
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival – $25,000
San Francisco Silent Film Festival – $15,000
Santa Barbara International Film Festival – $30,000
True/False Film Fest – $20,000
Tucson International Jewish Film Festival – $2,500
Virginia Film Festival – $25,000
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival – $10,000
The Women's Film Festival – $2,500
Total – $450,000
2009
Arizona International Film Festival (Tucson) – $5,000
Asian American International Film Festival (New York City) – $10,000
BAMkids Film Festival (Brooklyn, NY) – $5,000
Chicago International Film Festival – $30,000
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival (Arizona) – $5,000
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (Durham, NC) – $25,000
Heartland Film Festival (Indianapolis, IN) – $30,000
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival – $5,000
Mill Valley Film Festival (San Rafael, CA) – $30,000
Nashville Film Festival – $25,000
Native American Film & Video Festival (New York City) – $20,000
New Orleans Film Festival – $25,000
Olympia Film Festival (Washington) – $5,000
Portland International Film Festival – $20,000
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival (Colorado Springs, CO) – $5,000
Roger Ebert’s Film Festival (Urbana, IL) – $20,000
San Francisco Black Film Festival – $5,000
San Francisco International Film Festival – $50,000
Sarasota Film Festival – $30,000
Seattle International Film Festival – $30,000
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Birmingham, AL) – $20,000
Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville, VA) – $25,000
Washington (D.C) Jewish Film Festival – $5,000
Woodstock Film Festival – $20,000
Total – $450,000
2008
African Diaspora Film Festival (New York, NY) – $10,000
Anchorage International Film Festival (AK) – $7,000
Ashland Independent Film Festival (OR) – $20,000
Austin Film Festival – $25,000
Binational Independent Film Festival (El Paso, TX) – $8,000
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival – $30,000
Chicago Latino Film Festival – $20,000
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital – $20,000
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival – $30,000
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (Durham, NC) – $25,000
Hawaii International Film Festival (Honolulu) – $25,000
Los Angeles Film Festival – $50,000
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival – $20,000
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films – $10,000
Reel Affirmations: Washington D.C.’s International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival – $10,000
Rochester/High Falls International Film Festival (NY) – $15,000
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival – $50,000
San Francisco International Film Festival – $30,000
St. Louis International Film Festival – $20,000
Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville) – $25,000
Total – $450,000
2007
AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival – $20,000
Ann Arbor Film Festival – $10,000
Aspen Shortsfest – $ 5,000
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – $10,000
Cinequest Film Festival (San Jose, CA) – $20,000
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (Durham, NC) – $15,000
Green Mountain Film Festival (Montpelier, VT) – $5,000
ImageOut: The Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film Festival – $5,000
KidFilm (Dallas, TX) – $10,000
Los Angeles International Film Festival – $50,000
Miami International Film Festival – $10,000
Mill Valley Film Festival – $10,000
New Orleans Film Festival – $20,000
New York International Children’s Film Festival – $10,000
Palm Springs International Film Festival – $15,000
Phoenix Film Festival – $5,000
Portland International Film Festival (OR) – $10,000
Port Townsend Film Festival (WA) – $5,000
Provincetown International Film Festival (MA) – $10,000
Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival (Urbana, IL) – $10,000
San Diego Latino Film Festival – $10,000
San Francisco International Film Festival – $50,000
San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival – $10,000
Santa Barbara International Film Festival – $10,000
Sarasota Film Festival – $15,000
Seattle International Film Festival – $25,000
Telluride Film Festival – $50,000
Three Rivers Film Festival (Pittsburgh, PA) – $5,000
VC FILMFEST: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival – $5,000
Vistas Film Festival (Dallas, TX) – $5,000
Woodstock Film Festival – $10,000
Total – $450,000
2006
African Diaspora Film Festival (NYC) $6,000
Austin Film Festival $20,000
Black Maria Film & Video Festival (NJ) – $8,000
Boston Jewish Film Festival $8,000
Cascade Festival of African Films (OR) $4,000
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival – $20,000
Chicago International Film Festival – $25,000
Cleveland International Film Festival – $23,000
Los Angeles Film Festival – $50,000
Maryland Film Festival (Baltimore) – $15,000
Nashville Film Festival – $15,000
Native American Film & Video Festival (NYC) – $15,000
New York Film Festival $30,000
Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival $22,500
River Run International Film Festival (Winston-Salem) $12,500
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival (Colorado Springs) $ 6,000
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival $15,000
San Francisco International Film Festival $25,000
Telluride Film Festival $50,000
USA Film Festival (Dallas) $15,000
Virginia Film Festival (Charlottesville) $15,000
Total – $400,000
2005
AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival $25,000
Amnesty International Film Festival $7,500
Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival $5,000
Chicago International Latino Film Festival $15,000
Cine Los Americas International Film Festival $5,000
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival $20,000
Fresno REEL Pride International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival $7,500
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival $15,000
Hawaii International Film Festival $20,000
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee $5,000
KidFilm Festival $7,500
MadCat Women’s International Film Festival $7,500
Maine International Film Festival $7,500
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival $10,000
New Directors/New Films $20,000
Palm Springs International Film Festival $20,000
Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival $10,000
Roxbury Film Festival $7,500
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival $15,000
Sarasota Film Festival $20,000
Seattle International Film Festival $25,000
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival $7,500
St. Louis International Film Festival $10,000
Telluride Film Festival $50,000
Washington (D.C.) Jewish Film Festival $7,500
Total – $350,000
2004
African Diaspora Film Festival $10,000
Austin Film Festival $20,000
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival $30,000
Cinema Texas International Short Film Festival $5,000
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival $10,000
Maine Jewish Film Festival $5,000
Miami International Film Festival $30,000
Mill Valley Film Festival $20,000
Newfest: The New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival $10,000
Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival $20,000
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival $15,000
San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival $20,000
San Francisco Silent Film Festival $10,000
The Hamptoms International Film Festival $20,000
VC FilmFest: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival $5,000
USA Film Festival $10,000
Total – $240,000 (*Taos Talking Pictures was awarded $10,000 but the festival was discontinued.)
2003
1 Reel Film Festival at Bumbershoot $7,500
Aspen Shortsfest $7,500
Boston International Festival of Women’s Cinema $7,500
Chicago International Film Festival $25,000
Cinequest/San Jose Film Festival $10,000
Cleveland International Film Festival $15,000
IFP West – Los Angeles Film Festival $25,000
KidFilm Festival $7,500
Latino Film Festival – San Francisco Bay $7,500
Nashville Independent Film Festival $10,000
New Directors / New Films $20,000
Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival $7,500
Pan African Film Festival $5,000
San Francisco International Film Festival $25,000
Santa Barbara International Film Festival $15,000
Seattle International Film Festival $15,000
Telluride Film Festival $25,000
Virginia Film Festival $15,000
Total – $250,000
2002
Ann Arbor Film Festival $10,000
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival $30,000
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival $20,000
Hawaii International Film Festival $30,000
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival $10,000
Mill Valley Film Festival $30,000
New York Film Festival $30,000
Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival $15,000
San Diego Latino Film Festival $10,000
San Francisco Int’l Asian American Film Festival $20,000
San Francisco Int’l Lesbian & Gay Film Festival $15,000
Thomas Edison Black Maria Film & Video Festival $10,000
Washington Jewish Film Festival $10,000
Wisconsin Film Festival $10,000
Total – $250,000
2001
Aspen Shortsfest $10,000
Cinequest San Jose Film Festival $25,000
Cleveland International Film Festival $25,000
Florida Film Festival $20,000
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival $10,000
Los Angeles Film Festival $20,000
Mix: New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival $10,000
Nashville Independent Film Festival $20,000
Northwest Film and Video Festival $10,000
Pan African Film Festival $10,000
San Diego Jewish Film Festival $10,000
Sundance Film Festival $30,000
Taos Talking Pictures Festival $20,000
Telluride Film Festival $30,000
Total – $250,000
2000
AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival $30,000
Chicago Latino Film Festival $30,000
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival $30,000
Mill Valley Film Festival $30,000
San Francisco International Film Festival $30,000
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival $15,000
Santa Clarita International Film Festival $10,000
Seattle International Film Festival $30,000
South By Southwest Film Festival $15,000
Thomas Edison Black Maria Film & Video Festival $10,000
USA Film Festival $15,000
Total – $245,000
1999
Chicago International Film Festival $50,000
New York International Children’s Film Festival $10,000
New York Film Festival $50,000
Telluride Film Festival $50,000
Total – $160,000
