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Golden Globe Foundation Awards Grants to SMC Journalism & Film Programs

Awards Support Scholarship to Build Diverse Pipeline of Future Journalists & the Production of Capstone Short Film for College’s Award-Winning Film Program Press Release from Santa Monica College SANTA MONICA, CA—The Golden Globe Foundation (GGF, “Foundation”) has given the Santa Monica College Foundation two grant awards to support the award-winning Santa Monica College (SMC) film production and journalism programs. The Foundation provided a renewed […]

Golden Globe Foundation Support Celebrated at Women In Entertainment Gala

The Golden Globe Foundation’s support of underrepresented communities was acknowledged at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women In Entertainment Gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Wednesday morning. The Foundation supports the Women In Entertainment Mentorship Program which was launched with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles in 2008. Approximately 30 high school juniors and […]

Golden Globe Foundation Announces 2024-25 Grant Award Recipients

The Golden Globe Foundation has announced its grant award recipients for 2024-2025. These contributions support a diverse group of 83 nonprofits that provide a multitude of resources and services to programs that educate, enrich and empower the next generation of filmmakers and storytellers, colleges and universities, underserved communities, film restoration projects in the United States […]

RESCUE FEST To Premiere Golden Globe Foundation-Funded Film Restorations

Event Date: December 6 - 9, 2024 - Laemmle Monica Film Center, Academy Museum

IndieCollect’s RESCUE FEST — December 6 – 9, 2024 RESCUE FEST celebrates 10 glorious 4K restorations of indie movies that couldn’t be seen in a high-quality format until nonprofit IndieCollect transformed and revived them. Some of the negatives were physically lost or misplaced for decades. Opening night, the spotlight is on Restoration World Premiere of the […]

Golden Globe Foundation To Participate In Women In Entertainment Gala

The Golden Globe Foundation will participate in The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment gala on December 4th at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. Jennifer Lawrence will lead the presentation of more than $1M in scholarships at the event. Four full-ride university scholarships, amounting to a value of more than $1 million, will be […]

FilmAid Kenya Director Stella Suge Brings Refugee’s Films To Los Angeles

FilmAid Kenya director Stella Suge will introduce a series of films produced by refugees at the Aster Hotel in Los Angeles this evening. The event will conclude with a conversation about the work FilmAid is doing in the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps during this ever-heightened and difficult time supporting refugees. The Golden Globe Foundation […]

Ruben V. Nepales and Brent Simon Named as Finalists for National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

Golden Globe Foundation members Ruben V. Nepales and Brent Simon have been named finalists for Los Angeles Press Club’s 17th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. The National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards were founded in 2008 and recognize the finest work from U.S.-based entertainment reporters and editors, as well as theater, film and television […]

Golden Globe Foundation: Upcoming Grantee Events

Click on an event for more information: Vidiots: RESTORED FILM: MACARIO SAT, NOV 2 – 4:15PM Women’s Voices Now: GIRLS’ VOICES NOW COHORT FILMS WEDS, NOV 6 – 7:30PM Film Independent Presents: AN EVENING WITH… DEMI MOORE WEDS, NOV 13 – 7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS LA: INFOCUS: INDIGENOUS CINEMA SAT, NOV 16 – 2:30-10:00PM Film Independent Presents: […]

IDA Announce the 2024 IDA Documentary Awards Features & Shorts Shortlist

The International Documentary Association has announced the 20 feature-length and 20 short documentaries shortlisted for the 40th IDA Documentary Awards! This year, the IDA Documentary Awards shortlists and nominees are selected by independent committees of 300 documentary makers, curators, critics, and industry experts from 40+ countries. We received 700+ total entries for all categories from […]

OUTLAST Visits Los Angeles: UCLA, USC And Sony Pictures Studios Tours This Week

Funding from the Golden Globe Foundation empowers Outlast to uplift the next generation of Native filmmakers. With GGF support, Outlast will continue offering college tours of prestigious film departments in Los Angeles, exposing Native youth to pathways in the film and entertainment industries through higher education. This week, Outlast have led student tours of University […]

Journalists Under Fire: U.S. Media Report Daily Threats, Harassment and Attacks at Home

from International Women’s Media Foundation This year, we set out on an ambitious national initiative to provide safety training to as many local journalists as possible ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential elections. We collected in-depth information from training participants, surveying 610 journalists who attended 26 IWMF safety trainings across 11 states. This data revealed […]

GGF-Supported Student Films Broadcast On PBS SoCal

Student Short Film Series FINE CUT Celebrates 25 Years Showcasing Southern California’s Top Emerging Filmmakers  Short films created by students of CSU Long Beach, CSU Northridge, Loyola Marymount, University of California Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and CalArts are being broadcast on PBS SoCal as part of the Fine Cut Festival of films. Fine […]