Request for Proposals
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Accepting Applications for Film Festival Grants.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Festival Grant program has awarded more than $3 million to film festivals since 1999. Grants totaling $450,000 were granted to twenty-four U.S. film festivals in 2009.
2009 Academy Film Festival Grants will be given to festivals occurring during the 2010 calendar year. While the grants are awarded for a variety of programs, film festivals are encouraged to submit proposals that make festival events more accessible to the general public, provide greater access to minority and less visible filmmakers, and help strengthen the connection between the filmmaker and the public.
Only festivals based in the U.S. that have held at least five festivals as of December 31 of the year prior to applying are eligible to apply.
Screening programs, be they periodic screening series or end-of-term student screening programs, are not eligible to apply. Festivals that do not screen films in a theatrical setting also are not eligible to apply. Grants are not offered to individual festivals in successive years.
Grant requests must target one or more concrete elements within the festival. No grants will be awarded for general support. Festivals with a cash budget of less than $100,000 can apply for a grant of up to 10 percent of their cash budget or $2,500, whichever is larger. Festivals with cash budgets from $100,000 to less than $200,000 can apply for a grant of up to $10,000. Festivals with cash budgets from $200,000 to $600,000 can apply for a grant of up to $20,000. Festivals with cash budgets greater than $600,000 can apply for a grant of up to $30,000.
Visit the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Web site for complete program information.
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