Chicks with Flicks Film Festival:
Award: $1,275 (first year of MNN Funding)
The Chicks with Flicks Film Festival is an annual festival committed to encouraging and fostering independent filmmaking and contributing to the success of emerging talent by showcasing the work of women filmmakers. Chicks with Flicks showcases the work of women directors of diverse backgrounds including Hispanic, African American and Asian. With support from MNN, Chicks with Flicks will present a bi-weekly series of 28 minute programs on MNN’s public access channels showcasing the work of emerging women filmmakers.

New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival (MIX, NYC)
Award: $5,000 (first year of MNN Funding)
MIX: The New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film/Video Festival is the longest-running lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film festival in New York City and one of the foremost experimental film venues in the world. MIX has grown into an internationally recognized media laboratory and a decisive launch pad for emerging talents that remains firmly rooted in New York City's LGBT community. Mix will present a series of programming on MNN’s public access channels representing the best of programming submitted to the festival from the past two seasons.