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Academy Foundation
Film Festival Grants 1999 - Present

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


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