Academy Foundation Articles
Academy Literary Grants: Books on Gloria Swanson, Camera Movement in Old Hollywood Cinema
Erich von Stroheim, Gloria Swanson in Billy Wilder's Sunset Blvd. Gloria Swanson's life and career, and camera movement in classic Hollywood cinema will be the topics explored by Cari Beauchamp and Patrick Keating, respectively, both of whom have been named Academy Film Scholars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy’s Institutional Grants Committee selected Beauchamp and Keating on the basis of [...]
Academy Foundation Grants for Chicago, San Francisco, Roger Ebert, Mill Valley Film Festivals
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Foundation has awarded $450,000 to 30 U.S. film festivals for 2011. The Chicago International Film Festival will receive a total of $150,000 over a three-year period for its World Cinema Spotlight program. The Nashville Film Festival and the New Orleans Film Festival are each in the third and final year of a multiyear grant, with each [...]
Outfest Gets $30,000 from the Academy Foundation
PRESS RELEASE: The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded a $30,000 grant to Outfest 2010: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The grant will be used to reach new audiences, specifically youth ages 18-25 and audiences who have little exposure to LGBT images. Heading into its 28th year, Outfest is the oldest continuous film festival in [...]
Academy Awards $450,000 to US Film Festivals
True/False Film Fest In case you think the Academy only hands out Oscars: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Foundation has awarded a total of $450,000 to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year. Recipients range from Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and the Ann Arbor Film Festival to the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival [...]