American Museum of the Moving Image
To maintain the most comprehensive site for the nationwide Sloan Film program, to develop related outreach, events, and educational materials, and to support three years of the Sloan Student Prizes
This grant provides three years of support for two separate programs: (1) to maintain the Sloan Science & Film website, scienceandfilm.org, the most comprehensive site for the Sloan Film Program, and develop related events, outreach, and educational materials and (2) to administer the annual Sloan Grand Jury Prize and Sloan Student Discovery Prize, which celebrate two outstanding feature film screenplays each year that integrate scientific or technological themes or characters. New initiatives include an annual virtual film summit for all Foundation-supported filmmakers, annual screenings of Sloan student shorts, a catalog of supported films in active development for agents and producers, and a scholarly catalog or teacher’s guide. This grant will also partially fund an exhibition about medical imaging technologies and contemporary art inspired by a Sloan book, Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the 20th Century by Bettyann Kevles. The Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize was created to pick a “best of the best” from winning screenplays at the Foundation’s six year-round film school partners to support its next level of development. In addition to a $20,000 cash prize, the winners receive industry exposure, feedback, and year-round science and film industry mentorship. The Discovery Prize selects screenplays from six new film schools not partnered with Sloan year-round.