||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL |||
Friday Harbor Film Festival is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $20,000. This grant will support the FHFF Documentary In-Person Festival in October, the Online Festival, the Best of the Fest monthly film series, and special programs throughout the year. The NEA will award 1,127 Grants for Arts Projects awards nationwide totaling more than $31.8 million as part of the recent announcement of fiscal year 2025 grants.
“The NEA is proud to continue our nearly 60 years of supporting the efforts of organizations and artists that help to shape our country’s vibrant arts sector and communities of all types across our nation,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “It is inspiring to see the wide range of creative projects taking place, including the Friday Harbor Film Festival.”…