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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.)
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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