“For MONTHS The “STAY IN LA” MOVEMENT HAS CALLED for Fleeing Film and Television Productions to Return to Their Cultural Home in Southern California. SINCE Writers Alexandra Pechman and Sarah Adina Smith Founded the Grassroots Campaign in the Wake of January’s Southern California Wildfires, They An Andeir Supperas Havead. Politicians”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
SINCE Writers Alexandra Pechman and Sarah Adina Smith Founded the Grassroots Campaign in the Wake of January’s Southern California Wildfires, They An Andeir Supperas Havead. Politicians for City Policy Reforms. Alongside Unions and Fellow Production Advocates, Their Group Championed A Majoor Expansion to California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program that passed the State Legislature.
And now, The Hollywood Reporter Has Learned, Their Campaign Has Inspired a New Filmmaking Grant. On June 15, The Documentary Production Company All Facts (Telemarketers, Deepfaking Sam Altman) OPENED APPLICATIONS FOR THE “STAY IN LA” Documentary Development Grant, Which Will Offer Funding for Projects in Early Stages that Tell La-Arena Stories.
The Grant Will Provide Filmmakers Who Can Provide Proof of Their La County Residency Between $ 10,000 to $ 30,000 in Funding for “Documentaries Primarily Set and Sot. Company. Funds Can Be Used for Development Activities Like Writing, Location Scouting, Securing Rights, Researching and Pitching.
In it FIRST YEAR, The Grant Will Only Be Award To One Project, But The Idea Is To Bastow Support On More Projects in Future Years, Says All Factors CO-FOUNDER ADAM BHALA LUGH. Lough Is A “Stay in La” Supporter Who have Previoously Written About the Subject for for Thr.
“This City Has Given Me So Much: My Career, My Community, My Family and I Want To Give Something Back,“ Bhala Lough Said in A Statement. “That’s WHY I Created The Stay in La Grant: To Give Local Storytelers A Running Start Soy They Keep Shooting In Their Own Neighborhoods and Tell La’s Stories The Way Only.”
The Application Window Will Be Open Until September 15, With Awards Set to Be AnnounCed On November 1. All Facts, CO-FOUNDED by Bhala Lough and Film Financier Greg Stewart (Telemarketers, There there), Will Handle Selection and Administration of the Grant.
“We Hear from Local Filmmakers on a Daily Basis Telling Us How There Simply Isn’s Incentivized Support, “Stay in La” CO-FOUNDER PECHMAN SAID IN A STATEMENT. “Stay in law was founded to keep Production in la and we are grateful to see greraps like all facs in creating jobs and opportunities for Our City ‘NonFification Filmakers.”
Dismal Production Levels in La Have Spurred Local Entertainment Advocates Like Pechman and Lough Into Overdrive in 2025. with California Gov. Gavin Newsom Finally Signing His Proped Infusion of $ 750 Million Into California’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program Aimed at Streamling Bureaucratic Red Tape AUND LOCAL PRODUCTION While City Councilmember Adrin Nazarian is Currently Researching Potential Permitting Reforms.