BERKELEY FILM FOUNDATION
2600 10th Street 427, Berkeley, CA 94710 www.berkeleyfilmfoundation.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: To nurture and sustain the thriving local film community while attracting the next generation of filmmakers.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 4:37:58 PM Pacific Standard TimePage 1 of 9Subject: Happy Holidays from the Berkeley Film Founda6on!Date: Friday, December 27, 2019 at 7:59:33 AM Pacific Standard TimeFrom: Berkeley Film Founda6onTo:[email protected] HOLIDAYS FROM THEBERKELEY FILM FOUNDATION!Dear Friends and Supporters of BFF,As 2019 comes to a close, I am writing to you to thank you for your past support and to encourage you to make an end of the year donation to the Berkeley FILM Foundation. As we celebrate our first 10 years, in which we have granted $1.7 million dollars to 166 filmmakers, we have seen the importance that these films have made in shining a spotlight on the lives and challenges faced by those most inneed. Our filmmakers tell these critical stories by pushing boundaries and inspiring change. During 2019, we have continued our bi-monthly screenings at The New Parkway Theater in Oakland and provided several well-attended workshops for Bay Area documentary filmmakers. Our workshops are funded by a generous grant from the Fleishhacker Foundation and are open to all.Page 2 of 9At our recent Gala, we raised $240,000, taking us a quarter of the way to meeting a $1 million matching grant provided by a generous family foundation. Every dollar you donate will be doubled through this match.As you consider a donation for this year, please consider the following:$20,000 or more enables us to provide a donor -named grant to join the Al Bendich Award, the Saul Zaentz Award and the newly funded Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Elevate grant.$12,000 enables us to fund an additional filmmaker.$5,000 enables us to fund a student filmmaker.$2,500 enables us to partially fund a student filmmaker.$1,000 enables us toprovide mentorship for a film project.Thank you again for making these films possible and for your significant role in helping to tell stories that need to be heard. Your generous support for this very promising year ahead will make all the difference, and I thank you in advance.Warmest and best wishes for the holidays and the new year,Abby Ginzberg, PresidentBerkeley FILM FoundationPage 3 of 9Abby Ginzberg and Janis Plotkin BFF Program DirectorBFF 10TH YEAR GALA WAS A HUGE SUCCESSWe are very grateful to all who joined us at SF Jazzfor the BFF Gala on November 23rd. We had a full house and an enthusiastic audience for our Inaugural Diversity and Inclusion award winner, filmmaker Cheryl Dunye. Cheryl, who has been directing episodes of Queen Sugar and other television series, was one of the first members of the BFF Grant ReviewCommittee.Cheryl has opened doors for other women of color and LGBTQ filmmakers to follow in Hollywood and beyond.Page 4 of 9Cheryl Dunye with her BFF award.Linda Ronstadt (honorary co-host) and Jim LeBrecht (co-director, Crip Camp)Jim LeBrecht, co-director of Crip Camp, helped us all see the importance of havingmembers of the disabled community tell their own stories of empowerment through film.Congratulations to Crip Camp for being selected as the Opening Night film of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. BFF is proud to have been one of Crip Camp's early supporters and we wish Nicole Newnham, Jim Le Brecht (co-directors) and Sara Bolder(producer) much success as Crip Camp makes it way across the United States andabroad.THANKS TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS DONORS!We are delighted to announce that The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation (JLFF)provided $150,000 to underwrite a new named grant. The JLFF Elevate Grant will award$25,000 per year to an emerging documentary filmmaker.In addition, the Steve Silberstein Foundation and the George Lucas Family Foundationboth provided generous grants to support the work of BFF. Thanks to these donors forPage 5 of 9their generosity and for the important contributions to the $1 million dollar matching grant from a generous family foundation.We wish to also recognize the following donors whose support of the Berkeley FILMFoundation, many since its inception, has been steadfast and vital: The George LucasFamily Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation, Bayer, LaFetra Foundation, Arent Fox LLP,Robertson Family Fund, Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, the Nancy P. and Richard K.Robbins Family Foundation, the East Bay Community Foundation, Cityof Emeryville,Walter J. Haas, Pamela Polite Fisco and Dennis Fisco, the Alameda County Board ofSupervisors, OUM, The Saul Zaentz Family Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation,Christopher Moscone, Pacific Gas & Electric, Van Acker Construction, Shartsis Friese LLP,Wilson Markle Stuckey Hardesty & Bott, LLP, Warner Bros., and our founding membersThe City of Berkeley, Wareham Development and the Saul Zaentz Company who remain committed to BFFs mission.As you think about your year-end donations, please consider making a charitablecontribution to the Berkeley FILM Foundation. Our commitment is to support filmmakers who are pushing boundaries and inspiring change, and to help attract and nurture the next generation of storytellers. Please join with us on this journey to change the world, severalfilms at a time.Jonathan Logan talking with Linda Ronstadt. Steve Silberstein in blue on far right.BFF CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY YEARAT BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILMMake a Tax Deductible DonationPage 6 of 9ARCHIVEThanks to Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive for hosting 6 screenings of 9BFF -funded films. It was a pleasure to partner with BAMPFA on outdoor screenings as well as several in the theater.(From L) Musician Van-Anh Vo, Connie Field, filmmaker and Greg Scharpen, editor duringpost screening discussion of Whistleblower of My Lai. Filmmaker, Brad Bailey with Hale Zukas, subject of student academy award winning film, HalePage 7 of 9Filmmakers, Chris Simon (L), Maureen Gosling(R) and Chris Strachwitz (center) at outdoorscreening of Aint No Mouse MusicCONGRATULATIONS TO 2019 BFF GRANTWINNERSClick here to view 2019 WinnersDONATE NOW!Page 8 of 9Celebrate the holidays by supporting the Berkeley FILM Foundation's next 10years! Weraised over $10,000 from those of you who texted donations during our Gala Event!We have now funded two additional student grants!!! Our future grantees thank youfor your generosity.Please consider making an end of the year donation to supportfilms that push boundaries, inspire change and have the capacity to change the world.Facebook Twitter Website Email InstagramMake a Tax Deductible Donation Now!Page 9 of 9Facebook Twitter Website Email InstagramCopyright 2019 Berkeley Film Foundation, All rights reserved.You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website.Our mailing address is:Berkeley Film Foundation2600 10th St Suite 427Berkeley, CA 94710-2597Add us to your address bookWant to change how you receive these emails?You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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