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JFI Grants bolster the future of Jewish-content storytelling by providing finishing funds to filmmakers for original stories in all formats and genres that promote thoughtful consideration of Jewish history, life, culture, and identity. Launched in 2020, the Grants have awarded $500,000 to date to 38 projects, helping to fulfill the need for dedicated funding sources available to projects that pursue expansive, nuanced interpretations of Jewish topics. In addition to having their Bay Area Premieres at JFI events, supported films have premiered at the Sundance, Tribeca, Telluride, Berlinale, True/False, and DocAviv film festivals, among others.
The Jewish Film Institute awarded $80,000 to six projects in 2024. The fifth round of JFI Completion Grants announced honor films that articulate nuanced, contemporary, and bold depictions of Jewish life and identity.
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The Jewish Film Institute awarded $85,000 to seven projects in 2023. The fourth round of JFI Completion Grants announced celebrates a diverse slate of documentary projects selected from a national applicant pool — the largest in the program’s history.
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The Jewish Film Institute awarded $75,000 to six projects in 2022. The third round of JFI Completion Grants announced celebrates a diverse slate of documentary projects selected from a national applicant pool — the largest in the program’s history.
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The Jewish Film Institute awarded $100,000 to six projects in 2021, ranging from $5,000 to $30,000 per project. The announcement was made at the awards ceremony at the conclusion of the 41st San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
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The inaugural slate of JFI Completion Grants awarded $75,000 to six projects in 2020. The inaugural grant awards were presented as part of “Cinegogue Summer Days”, a four day cinematic event that took place virtually during what would have been the 40th anniversary San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
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The JFI/JSP Momentum Award is an annual accelerator grant given to a documentary film for its piercing exploration of Jewish culture, life, and experience.
Read MoreThe JFI Completion Grants are supported by the Albert & Judith Goldberg Foundation, Sandee Blechman and Steven Goldberg, Steven and Bunny Fayne, David and Fran Meckler, Gale Mondry and Bruce Cohen, Sheri Cohen and Charles Green, the Nancy P. & Richard K. Robbins Family Foundation, and the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation.
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