Every six months, in January and July, the Interbay Cinema Society gives grants to 10 filmmakers working with 16mm and/or 35mm film to have 4K high resolution scans of their work made through Lightpress, a transfer house in Seattle.

We give grants to established and emerging filmmakers. Students are not eligible.

Grants are given for 3 hours of scanning. Note that the scans are not “in real time,” so how much material can be scanned depends on a lot of variables. This is a $1200 value.

Filmmakers who receive grants must use them within the six- month period specified, or the grants expire.

Please note that we cannot support Super-8 film scanning at this time.

Grantees will be notified on July 1st. Grants must be used by December 31, 2019.