Santa Fe Film Institute Awards grants, scholarships
By Brian Sandford
December 16, 2022
The Santa Fe Film Institute announced Dec. 12 that it has awarded $10,300 in regional grants for filmmakers; the Imogene Hughes Scholarship Fund for college students; and the film institute scholarship for high schoolers seeking to study film in New Mexico.
The filmmakers are Scott Hussion, with Dead Calm; Colleen Thurston, with Drowned Land; Raúl O. Paz Pastrana and Alan Domínguez, with Commerce City; and Owee Rae, with Bone Guitar. Regional grant winners for 2022 are based in New Mexico, Oklahoma, or Colorado, and grant amounts range from $500 to $4,000.
The inaugural recipients of the Imogene Hughes Scholarship, receiving $1,400 each, are Benny Apodaca of the University of New Mexico and Isabella Edmo of the Institute of American Indian Arts. The recipients of the $500 Santa Fe Film Institute High School Scholarship are Aleigha Begay of the New Mexico School for the Arts and Emma Meyers of Santa Fe Prep.