Awards:Academy Awards®:2000 (72nd)New Academy Fund to Help support Film Festivals
Four U. S. film festivals will benefit from the first grants made by the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from a newly-established Film Festival Fund. Receiving the first Academy Foundation Festival Grants were: Chicago International Film Festival $50,000 Though the grants, which will total $250,000 a year, can be used for general festival purposes, the Academy hopes that the funds will be used to make the events more accessible to the general public. Back to our main Academy Awards® page. If you have any comments or suggestions about our coverage, please email us.
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