HFPA Philanthropy

How many events can boast that they hosted not one but two notorious queens of the British Empire? Last night the HFPA welcomed Dame Helen Mirren AND Dame Judi Dench at its annual cocktail reception in the Excelsior Hotel. They were joined by mere Hollywood royalty when George and Amal Clooney arrived.

The night was warm and tropical, champagne flowed freely and stars, filmmakers and executives mingled with our members and representatives of the hardworking non-profits, schools and universities we are proud to support - it's August and the Hollywood Foreign Press is ready to announce its new officers and the recipients of our $2. 8 million in grants, with the help of some of the most brilliant members of the industry, in front and behind the cameras.

Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars were on hand to help the Hollywood Foreign Press Association present its philanthropic endowments for 2017-18 on August 2. This year the HFPA once again awarded over $2.

The last edition of Taipei Film Festival included a screening of the classic Japanese movie Ugetsu (1953), which was restored with funds provided by the HFPA, as part of the Association’s commitment to film restoration. Close to $3 million have been donated since the program started some 20 years ago.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) will host its annual Grants Banquet on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. More than $2 million in funds to nonprofit entertainment-related organizations and scholarship programs will be presented, with the help of A-list stars, like in previous years.

The Los Angeles Conservancy, a longtime Hollywood Foreign Press Association grantee, just launched its annual mini film festival, The Last Remaining Seats: A Celebration of Classic Movies shown in historic movie palaces that are still functioning in Los Angeles. The opening night featured the 1997 neo-noir drama L.

“The P in HFPA stands for press, but it could also stand for philanthropy”, said HFPA president Lorenzo Soria in his opening remarks on Sunday, May 21, at the Association’s annual Cannes party. This year the event served as a benefit for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a nonprofit organization that responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people who have been devastated by conflict and disaster, to which the HFPA donated $500,000.

The HFPA delegation at the Cannes Film Festival is comprised this year of nineteen journalists who will screen the films of this 70th anniversary edition. The Hollywood Foreign Press has also been collecting celebrity tributes to the world’s preeminent festival as it marks the seven-decade milestone.

It was a room full of enthusiastic young students at the Writers Guild Theater on Sunday night as the CSUN Cinema and Television Department unveiled the winners of the documentary and narrative shorts thesis projects from the graduating class of 2017. Earlier this year that department of the California State University of Northridge received a grant of 2 million dollars from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to be assigned to their television production studios and for student scholarships.

International students interested in honing their film skills at one of the top learning institutions in the field just got a big boost, thanks to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Furthering its relationship with the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, the HFPA will endow USC/SCA with $2 million to provide financial support exclusively to international students.