Montclair Film Festival Receives $15K Grant for 2015

The Montclair Film Festival announced Friday the receipt of a $15,000 grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in support of the fourth annual spring film festival in 2015. The grant recognizes MFF’s contributions to the artistic landscape of New Jersey and the festival’s continued commitment to diverse films, programs and events.

“The generous support of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts marks a significant milestone for our organization,” MFF Chairman and Founder Bob Feinberg said. “The Council’s recognition signals to us that our strategy for growing the Montclair Film Festival through community outreach, supporting filmmaking in New Jersey, and building audiences throughout the state and beyond is a successful one. We are so grateful for their investment in our mission.”

The New Jersey State Council on the Arts joins the Investors Bank Foundation; Audible; Audi; the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism; Chubb & Son; Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage; HackensackUMC Mountainside; RBC Wealth Management; Neuberger Berman; Clara Maass Medical Center; William H. Connolly, LLC; the Essex County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs; The Montclair Foundation; as well as many generous individual donors, members, partners and businesses in their financial support of the Montclair Film Festival.

The fourth annual Montclair Film Festival will take place in late April 2015.