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.