Academy Awards $450,000 to U.S. Film Festivals in 2010

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 5, 2009 under Ann Arbor Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Cinequest Film Festival, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Los Angeles Film festival, Nashville Film Festival (NaFF), New Orleans Film Festival, Outfest:Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Ozark Foothills FilmFest, Phoenix Film Festival, Provincetown Film Festival, San Diego Latino Film Festival, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, The, True/False Film Festival, Tucson Jewish Film Festival, Virginia Film Festival, Wild & Scenic® Environmental Film Festival, Women's Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

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The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $450,000 to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year, Festival Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt announced on Wednesday.

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Jury Awards for 12th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival

Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 12, 2009 under Indie Memphis Film Festival | Be the First to Comment

Scott Teems "That Evening Sun"

Scott Teems "That Evening Sun"

Scott Teems’ “That Evening Sun” — a deceptive, thought-provoking and intense drama that stars Hal Holbrook as a cantankerous octogenarian who fights to remain on his family farm in East Tennessee — was named Best Narrative Feature at the Indie Memphis Film Festival.

The Southern Soul of Independent Film Award went to Scott Crocker’s “Ghost Bird,” a documentary about the impact of reported sightings in Arkansas of the previously believed-to-be-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker.

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