2012 Grant Awards: Art Works

[ March 10, 2011 deadline ]

Artists Communities | Arts Education | Dance | Design | Folk & Traditional Arts | Literature | Local Arts Agencies | Media Arts | Museums | Music | Musical Theater |
Opera | Presenting | Theater | Visual Arts

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Media Arts

American Documentary, Inc. (aka P.O.V.)
Brooklyn, NY
$40,000
To support POV/Behind the Lens, the digitization of filmmaker interviews produced for the television series P.O.V. Since the series began in 1988, P.O.V. (Point of View) has featured more than 300 interviews with artists whose films have been presented as part of the series.

Ann Arbor Film Festival, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
$15,000
To support the 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival. At the forthcoming festival, many genres will be presented including documentaries, animated films, cinéma vérité, narrative, and personal story cinema.

Anthology Film Archives
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the presentation of several curated film series. Within the eight series, Anthology Film Archives regularly presents classic and contemporary independent, experimental, international, and art-house cinema with more than 900 programs per year.

Asian CineVision, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the 36th Asian American International Film Festival and national tour. Films presented come from China, Pakistan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand.

Austin Film Society
Austin, TX
$20,000
To support the presentation of several curated film and video series. The nine series will include the ongoing exhibition of contemporary documentaries, experimental work, and the presentation of films from Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East, as well as a retrospective film series devoted to director Ernst Lubitsch and the actress Elizabeth Taylor.

Boston Jewish Film Festival, Inc.
West Newton, MA
$10,000
To support the 24th Boston Jewish Film Festival. Approximately 50 feature length, short, and documentary films will be screened.

Center for Asian American Media
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the 30th San Francisco Asian American Film Festival. The event will showcase new work by and about Asian Americans and Asians.

Center for Documentary Studies
Durham, NC
$25,000
To support the 15th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The event will showcase work by emerging, established, and international documentarians.

Chicago Filmmakers
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the Independent Film and Video Exhibition Series and the presentation of the 24th Onion City Film Festival. The Independent Film and Video Exhibition Series emphasizes documentary and experimental films and videos; the Onion City Film Festival is dedicated to exhibiting experimental work.

Chicago International Film Festival, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$15,000
To support the 48th Chicago International Film Festival. Programming includes screenings of contemporary American and international feature length films, short works, and documentaries.

Cleveland International Film Festival, Inc. (aka Cleveland Film Society)
Cleveland, OH
$15,000
To support the 36th Cleveland International Film Festival. The Cleveland Film Society presents current work from around the world, complemented by educational programs that broaden the audience's appreciation for the art form.

Cucalorus Film Foundation
Wilmington, NC
$10,000
To support the 18th Cucalorus Film Festival. The festival programs American independent films, foreign films, shorts, documentaries, experimental work, and films by students.

Digital Arts, Film & Television (aka DAFT)
Royal Oak, MI
$10,000
To support the 2012 Michigan Student Film & Video Festival and related programming. The festival is held at the Detroit Institute of Arts in April and presents work by K-12 students; the best of the festival is then presented at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival in May.

District of Columbia Jewish Community Center
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support the 23rd Washington Jewish Film Festival. More than 50 feature-length narrative films, documentaries, and short works will be presented.

Electronic Arts Intermix, Inc.
New York, NY
$45,000
To support the Artists' Videotape Distribution Service. Works will be made available to libraries, educational institutions, community centers, museums, and other organizations through an online catalogue, which includes more than 3,500 titles.

Enzian Theatre, Inc.
Maitland, FL
$10,000
To support the 21st Florida Film Festival. More than 160 American independent, foreign, and short films and documentaries will be presented.

Facets Multimedia, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$95,000
To support the 29th Chicago International Children's Film Festival and related media arts programs for children. Activities will include animation workshops, a media arts camp, media literacy courses, curriculum development, and special exhibitions of films for children and their families throughout the year.

Film Forum
New York, NY
$90,000
To support the theatrical premieres of American independent and foreign films at Film Forum. Approximately 30 new films will be screened, and in many cases receive their United States premiere, between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013.

Film Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support Perspectives in World Cinema, which will include the curated film series New Directors/New Films Festival; Latinbeat, showcasing the work of filmmakers from Latin America and the Caribbean; and Film Comment Selects, focusing on new and established artists. Programming will also include Views from the Avant Garde, a screening series of experimental work held during the New York Film Festival, and Masterworks, retrospectives of global cinemas.

Film Streams, Inc.
Omaha, NE
$20,000
To support the exhibition of repertory film and special programs. Programming will include screenings of classic films, themed series, director retrospectives, and the presentation of contemporary work with visiting filmmakers.

Frameline
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support a curated film series. To be presented during the San Francisco International LBGT Film Festival, the series will focus on early films of the New Queer Cinema Movement.

George Eastman House
Rochester, NY
$40,000
To support the preservation of The Innocence of Lizette (1916), directed by James Kirkwood and starring Mary Miles Minter.

Independent Television Service, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$45,000
To support a 26-part television series titled Global Voices. The series will present documentaries funded through the Independent Television Services' International Media Development Fund and will also showcase programs from the ITVS archive of more than 900 titles.

Indo-American Arts Council, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 12th New York Indian Film Festival. Held in the spring, the festival presents narrative feature films, short works, and documentaries made by, about, or featuring persons of Indian origin.

Jacob Burns Film Center, Inc.
Pleasantville, NY
$40,000
To support a curated film series. International Understanding Through Film will feature more than 100 films from China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, and Japan, and will include documentaries that focus on international issues.

Media Arts Center San Diego
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support the 19th San Diego Latino Film Festival. The films and videos exhibited are produced by Latinos or are about the Latino experience.

Miami Dade College (on behalf of Miami International Film Festival)
Miami, FL
$15,000
To support the 28th Miami International Film Festival. Held in March, the event presents more than 130 films to an audience of 70,000 people.

National Film Preservation Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the production of a DVD anthology. Treasures 6: New Wave Avant-Garde, 1960-1988 will include experimental films by artists such as Bruce Conner, Marjorie Keller, Willie Varela, and Ernie Gehr.

New York International Children's Film Festival, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the 2012 New York International Children's Film Festival. Approximately 100 animated, experimental shorts, documentaries, and feature films will be presented at various venues throughout New York City.

Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
$40,000
To support a curated film exhibition series. The project will present director retrospectives, premieres, films for children, and thematic programming in Northwest Film Forum's two theaters.

Ozark Foothills Filmfest, Inc.
Locust Grove, AR
$10,000
To support the 11th Ozark Foothills Film Festival. Programs include independent films, foreign works, documentaries, classics, and animation.

Parallel Studios, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM
$15,000
To support currents 2012. To be held in June and presented at El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, this event will include video art, single- and multi-channel installations, web art, gaming, sound installations, and multi-media performances.

Provincetown International Film Festival
Provincetown, MA
$10,000
To support the 2012 Provincetown International Film Festival. Now in its 13th year, the festival presents more than 60 American independent films, documentaries, shorts, and international work.

Regents of the University of California at Berkeley (on behalf of Pacific Film Archive)
Berkeley, CA
$30,000
To support the curated film series A Survey of Georgian Cinema. The retrospective will present 25 films, including works from Soviet Georgia through the present.

RiverRun International Film Festival
Winston-Salem, NC
$10,000
To support Films with Class. Throughout the school year, RiverRun will partner with 25 elementary, middle, and high schools to screen American independent and international work to students and will produce a curriculum to accompany the program.

Rooftop Films, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To support the 2012 Summer Series, held in outdoor settings throughout New York City. The programming includes screenings of independent films, both feature-length and short works, with accompanying live music and entertainment.

San Diego Asian Film Foundation
San Diego, CA
$10,000
To support the 13th San Diego Asian Film Festival. Held in the fall, the week-long event features approximately 160 short films, animated works, documentaries, and narrative feature films.

San Francisco Cinematheque
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support curated film series of experimental and avant garde film and video. Programs to be included range from forgotten masterpieces by artists such as Stan Brakhage and Chick Strand, to retrospectives of Canadian filmmaker Etienne O'Leary and France's Helga Fanderl.

San Francisco Film Society
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival and other related exhibition programs. The San Francisco International Film Festival will showcase more than 250 films; through its year-round programming, the SFFS will present current American independent and international feature films as well as programs devoted to French film, Italian film, animation, and documentaries.

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the 32nd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and related activities. The festival, devoted to films on Jewish subjects, presents the premieres of films and videos by independent producers from around the world.

Silk Screen
Pittsburgh, PA
$10,000
To support Silk Screen: Asian American Film Festival. Films previously presented came from India, Iran, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, South Korea, China, England, the Philippines, the United States, and Japan.

Southern California Asian American Studies Central (aka Visual Communications)
Los Angeles, CA
$20,000
To support Visual Communications' 28th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival. The 10-day festival is Southern California's showcase of independent Asian international and Asian Pacific American film and video work.

Southern Oregon Film Society
Ashland, OR
$10,000
To support costs related to the 11th Ashland Independent Film Festival. More than 50 filmmakers will be invited to present and discuss their work, conduct workshops, and participate in panel discussions.

The Light Factory-Contemporary Museum of Photography
Charlotte, NC
$10,000
To support several curated film series. Programs include Indie Spotlight, Outdoor Film Screenings, the Teen Film Series, and Meet the Artist.

Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium
Jersey City, NJ
$15,000
To support the Black Maria Film and Video Festival and its multi-state tour. Each year, more than 60 organizations host the festival, which showcases short documentaries, experimental films, and video art.

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO
$15,000
To support the 2012 Show Me Justice Film Festival. Films will include feature-length narratives, animated, and documentary films, as well as short films that address issues of social injustice.

Washington DC International Film Festival, Inc. (aka Filmfest DC)
Washington, DC
$15,000
To support the 26th annual Filmfest DC. The festival presents American independent films, cinema from around the world, classic restored Hollywood productions, movies for children, and special events for the senior population.

Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
To support the Women Make Movies Distribution Service. The collection of more than 500 titles includes documentary, narrative, experimental, animated, and mixed-genre work created by artists worldwide.

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