Grants

SFFILM

To nurture, develop, and champion films that explore scientific or technological themes and characters

  • Amount $745,000
  • City San Francisco, CA
  • Investigator Anne Lai
  • Year 2025
  • Program Public Understanding
  • Sub-program Film

This grant provides continued support for science and film programming at SFFILM. SFFILM awards the $20,000 Sloan Science in Cinema Prize, one of only two major Sloan feature film prizes. The San Francisco-based organization also makes a second, smaller Science on Screen Award at the SFFILM Festival in April, which includes screenings and panels with scientists. Additionally, SFFILM supports two screenwriters a year with a $35,000 cash award, residency, and mentorship by filmmakers and scientists. SFFILM will also compile a list of the ten best discoveries in science and award two $10,000 prizes for a filmmaker to develop the story of one of the discoveries into a screenplay. 

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