MBN: The Monte Bubbles Network: Your news source on the web: Academy Grants $500,000 to Film and Cultural Organizations

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy Foundation’s Institutional Grants Program has awarded a total of $500,000 to 60 film-related organizations, including universities, artist retreats, museums and job development programs throughout the United States and in three foreign countries – Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

“The Academy’s grants program is designed to advance personal and professional interest in the motion picture industry and raise cultural awareness throughout our communities,” explained Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt.

Since its establishment in 1968, the foundation, the educational wing of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has distributed over 460 grants to film-related, nonprofit organizations, schools and colleges.

The Academy Foundation’s Grants Committee selected the following programs for the 2006–2007 allocation:

Internship Programs
$15,000
California Institute of the Arts (Valencia)
Columbia University School of the Arts
University of North Carolina
University of Southern California – School of Cinema and Television
University of Southern California – Master of Professional Writing Program

$10,000
Austin Film Society (TX)
Columbia College (Hollywood, CA)
Pennsylvania State University (University Park)
University of California at Los Angeles – Film and Television Program
Western States Black Research & Educational Center (Los Angeles)
Yale University – Film Studies

$7,000
Stanford University

$5,000
Museum of Modern Art (New York City)
North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem)

$3,000
Outfest (Los Angeles)

Institutional Grants
$20,000
American Film Institute (Los Angeles) – Directing Workshop for Women

$15,000
Film Independent (Los Angeles) – Mentoring and training program
Henry Mancini Institute (Culver City) – Music program
Inner-City Filmmakers (Santa Monica) – Job development and training program
Streetlights (Hollywood, CA) – Job training, placement and mentoring program

$10,000
Acme Network (Los Angeles) – Distance learning animation programs
Cornell University – Visiting filmmakers
Duke University – Touring exhibition program
Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco) – Production workshops
Flaherty/International Film Seminars (New York City) – Film seminars
George Eastman House (Rochester, NY) – Visiting filmmaker programs
National Film and Television School (Beaconsfield, UK) – Student tours of Los Angeles film industry sites
University of California, Berkeley, Pacific Film Archive – Film literacy workshop
Writers Guild Foundation (Los Angeles) – Educational programs

$8,000
Toronto International Film Festival Group Foundation – Touring screening program

$7,500
Brooklyn Academy of Music – Screening and discussion series
Film Forum (New York City) – Screening series
Frameline (San Francisco) – Screening and visiting filmmaker program
Girl Scouts of the USA (New York City) – Girl Scouts Film Institute
Humanitas Prize (Pacific Palisades, CA) – Master Writers Workshop
Independent Feature Project (Chicago) – Producer’s Workshop
Independent Feature Project (St. Paul, MN) – Film production access grants
MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, NH) – Residency program
Community of Writers at Squaw Valley (CA) – Screenwriting workshop

$6,000
Cinestory (Idyllwild, CA) – Retreat program
éQuinoxe to be Continued (Paris, France) – International workshops for screenwriters

$5,000
Brooklyn Museum – Monthly film screening series
California Film Institute (Mill Valley) – Screening, seminar and visiting artist series
Columbia College (Chicago) – Filmmaking Oral History Collection
Film/Video Arts (New York City) – Artist Mentor Project
Museum of Fine Arts (Houston) – Visiting filmmakers program
National Association of Latino Independent Producers (Santa Monica) – Producers Academy
Northwest Film Forum (WA) – Screening and education program
San Francisco Cinematheque – Screening and visiting filmmaker program
Seattle Theatre Group – Silent film series
University of Iowa – Visiting filmmaker program
Utah Valley State College (Orem) – Production workshop
Visual Effects Society (Los Angeles) – Training and mentoring program
Webster University (St. Louis) – Filmmaking workshops
Women Make Movies (New York City) – Production Assistance Program

$4,000
Kapi’olani Community College (Honolulu) – Educational workshops
Northwest Screenwriters Guild (Redmond, WA) – Visiting speakers
Screenwriters Colony (Nantucket, MA) – Writers-In-Residence program

$3,000
Silent Film Society of Chicago – Silent film screenings

$2,500
Rural Media Arts & Education Center (Mariposa, CA) – Screening and discussion program

For grant guidelines and proposal information, contact Grants Coordinator Shawn Guthrie at (310) 247-3000, ext. 308 or via e-mail at sguthrie@oscars.org, or visit www.oscars.org/grants/institutional.

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