Archive for December, 2009

The True/False Film Fest has received a $20,000 grant from the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The grant is part of $450,000 awarded to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year by the Academy.

While the grants are awarded for a variety of festival programs, organizers are encouraged to submit proposals intended to make festival events more accessible to the general public, provide greater access to minority and less visible filmmakers, and help strengthen the connection between filmmakers and the general public.

Since its establishment in 1999, the Academy’s Festival Grants Program has distributed 222 grants totaling $3.95 million in funding. For more information on the program, visit http://www.oscars.org/education-outreach/grants/filmfestival/index.html.

The volunteer sign up form is now available by clicking on the Volunteer link to the left. We’re looking for 600 volunteers to help us bring T/F back for its seventh year. Will you be one of them?

Congratulations to Jane Zanol, the lucky winner of a Simple Pass for T/F 2010. Jane was randomly selected as the winner after completing our survey. You can still fill out the survey if you’d like to help us find out more about our audience.