Nea 2000 First Round Grants - National Endowment for the Arts; includes list of grants - Statistical Data Included

Afterimage, March, 2001

EBS Productions, Inc., San Francisco, CA $15,000

To support the 2001 International Film Financing Conference. This annual event was established to encourage collaborations between American producers and international film production entities.

Experimental Television Center, Ltd., Newark Valley, NY $10,000

To support a year-long residency program for 45-50 media artists from throughout the U.S. The Experimental Television Center provides film and video artists access to sophisticated production facilities.

Facets Multimedia, Inc., Chicago, IL $60,000

To support the annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival and related media arts programs for children. Activities include animation workshops, a media alt camp, media literacy courses, special exhibitions of films for children throughout the year, curriculum development and an expansion of Facet's Web site.

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Bruno Films), San Francisco, CA $60,000

To support the production of an experimental documentary film by Ellen Bruno on aging, sickness and death. Skin and Bones will be a meditation on the impermanence of life. (Multi-state)

Film Arts Foundation (on behalf of Xochitl Films), San Francisco, CA $60,000

To support the postproduction costs for an experimental documentary film by Lourdes Portillo. Senorita Extraviada will explore the untold story of the continuing serial murders of young women in the U.S.-Mexican border town of Juarez. (Multi-state)

Film Arts Foundation (Consortium), San Francisco, CA $60,000

To support a consortium project in which five media alt organizations, all housed in the same building, will share resources, staff and facilities. The Ninth Street Media Alt consortium, already viewed as a national model of partnership, will formalize its processes to include joint decision-making, governance and program delivery.

Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA $60,000

To support Direct the Future, an initiative that will provide filmmakers with equipment to create new work. Film Alt Foundation (FAF) has, for 24 years, offered media makers traditional 16mm film production tools. As part of Direct the Future, FAF will expand into the digital realm to complement its ongoing activities.

Film Forum (Moving Image, Inc.), New York, NY $60,000

To support the New York City theatrical premieres of American independent and foreign films. Film Forum is devoted to bringing a broad array of the highest quality new work by young and emerging artists, as well as more established figures, to a large and diverse general public.

Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, NY $40,000

To support two curated film series. Cinemas/Societies in Transition: The Politics and Practice of National Self-definition will feature German film from 1945-1962 and Chinese film from 1945-1965. A retrospective of the comedic filmmaker Leo McCary will also be presented.

Four Oaks Foundation (on behalf of DocuClub), New York, NY $10,000

To support the exhibition of documentary films. DocuClub's mission is to aid filmmakers in the making of their documentaries by providing a supportive community to screen their films, provide feedback and assist in the completion and distribution of the work.