National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

Canyon Cinema Foundation (aka Canyon Cinema)
$25,000 San Francisco, CA
To support an exhibition and touring program celebrating the 50th anniversary of film distributor Canyon
Cinema. Dedicated to independent and experimental media art, works from the Canyon Cinema collection,
many in 16mm format, will be selected for restoration, digitization, and exhibition. Visiting filmmakers and staff
will participate in discussions accompanying the screenings, featuring work by artists such as Chick Strand,
Robert Nelson, Leann Bartok, and David Lebrun. The exhibition also will tour to venues across the country in
cities such as Chicago, Illinois; Louisville, Kentucky; and Rochester, New York.
Center for Asian American Media (aka CAAM)
$25,000 San Francisco, CA
To support the CAAMFest, a media arts festival showcasing the work of Asian and Asian-American artists. Held in
San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, CAAMFest showcases documentary, narrative, animated and experimental
works in film and video, as well as live events, multi-media performances, and expanded ventures into the music
and culinary arts worlds. Festival attendees will have the opportunity to participate in activities and curated
experiences that provide a deeper context of Asian-American filmmaking and gain a greater understanding of
the diversity and richness of contemporary Asian-American cultural voices through educational panels and
discussions. Additional festival programming may include free screenings of curated films from Muslim Youth
Voices, a three-year national initiative of the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM); and Memories to Light:
Asian American Home Movies, featuring a collection of films from California's Central Valley rural farming
communities.
Center for Documentary Studies (aka Full Frame Documentary Film Festival)
$30,000 Durham, NC
To support filmmakers' travel expenses and venue rental for the 20th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
Held in the spring, the festival will include discussions, panels, and master classes for students and professionals
on the topic of documentary film. Panel discussions are recorded and posted online for the general public. New
documentaries and retrospectives will be screened, as well as a thematic series presented by a guest artist or
curator. The 2016 festival included films from Roger Ross Williams, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, and Kirsten
Johnson. The Center for Documentary Studies offers free year-round screenings and educational activities.
Chicago Filmmakers
$25,000 Chicago, IL
To support a film and exhibition program and the 28th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival.
Exhibition programming will include experimental works, short films, animation, and socially relevant
documentaries throughout the year. Works will be presented in a variety of formats such as live performances,
curated shorts programs, thematic series, and one-person shows. Additional programming will include a
quarterly lecture series in which film scholars, authors, and historians curate programs and speak on a range of
topics around independent film and video.
Chicago International Film Festival Inc. Cinema-Chicago (aka Cinema/Chicago OR Chicago International Film)
$45,000 Chicago, IL
To support the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival and other related film programming. The festival screens
contemporary American and international feature-length films, short works, and documentaries. Prior to
opening night, the festival will host a free international screening series, highlighting films with limited
distribution in the United States. Festival programming will include free panels, workshops, and master classes
open to the public, as well as a series of screenings for Chicago-area public school students accompanied by
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.