The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) is accepting applications from emerging Latinx film and video makers in the United States and Puerto Rico for the NFA Adán Medrano Legacy Award in Film.
In its third year, the $10,000 grant award is supported by the Adán Medrano Legacy Award Donor Collaborative. The award supports dynamic cinema production by an emerging Latinx filmmaker that contributes towards a deeper understanding of Latinx expression and identity. "For too long, our stories have been absent or misrepresented in the media. The Adán Medrano Legacy Award in Film is an investment in the bolstering of the Latinx first-person voice and narrative," said Adriana Rios, NALAC's Grant Program Manager. Past awardees of the Medrano Award are Fernando Frias who received the award to support post-production costs for Ya No Estoy Aquí, a narrative film about migration and urban youth counterculture in Monterrey and Jackson Heights. In 2017, André Pérez received the award for America in Transition, a trans-led documentary series that centers the lives, experiences, and issues of trans people of color.Videos