HFPA

HFPA GranteeOne of the more recent  HFPA grants went to a very worthy and too often misunderstood group of people. The Veterans in Film and Television is an organization based in Los Angeles that was founded only six years ago.

HFPA President Meher Tatna, with Festival Lumière director Thierry Frémeaux, introduces The Red Shoes to the audience on day two of the festival in Lyon, France. The masterpiece by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger was restored by the UCLA Film Archives with financing from an HFPA grant.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actors, actresses and filmmakers. The world's largest collection of its kind - over  10,000  items- is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts &  Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

HFPA GranteeThe Pablove Foundation’s Shutterbug program provides children with pediatric cancer a chance to learn how to be photographers through workshops and summer camps. “We do a gallery show at the end of every session”, says JoAnn Thrailkill, president of Pablove: “And we sell out with our kids’ prints every time.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) will host a special “Safeguarding the Truth: Press Freedom and the Fight for Accountability” panel in partnership with the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism on Oct. 10 on the USC campus.

HFPA Grantee Founded in 1990, The Film Foundation is a non-profit organization, which for the last 28 years has worked for the restoration and preservation of motion pictures. The organization has worked with countless studios and archives in order to properly care for and restore over 800 films, that are later made accessible through museums, learning institutions and festivals all around the globe.

HFPA Grantee “I’m from a blue-collar family, they all work in warehouses or dishwashing in restaurants”, says José Gutierrez who grew up in East L. A.

HFPA Grantee Live Readings of famous screenplays, old-style musical performances accompanying film screenings and supporting filmmakers before, during and after their actual shooting takes place. Film Independent at LACMA has three specific programs and event series that the HFPA has supported over the years: LIVE READ has been immensely successful and interesting, where name actors, directors and writers have put on a stage reading of famous films.

HFPA Grantee For over a decade, the Hollywood Foreign Press has been donating money to The Department of Film and Electronics at the California State University Long Beach, helping to bring students’ dream projects to life. This year was no different, as the HFPA donated a total of $95,000 to the department, with $60,000 going toward student scholarships, a $30,000 one-time grant for film documentary equipment, and a $5,000 scholarship endowment.