A second year of Filmed in Nevada County grant money is now available through the Nevada City Film Festival. Festival Executive Director Jesse Locks says they’re now accepting applications, with awards ranging from one-thousand to 20-thousand dollars. Once again, the grand total of the grant is 40-thousand dollars. But last year they ended up splitting the amount between two independent filmmakers who pledged to do at least 50-percent of the principal photography in the county for short film projects…

 

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Locks says one of the films was shot in Truckee and filming for the second grantee recently got underway this week in the forests of Western Nevada County. She says together the two productions have brought over 40-thousand dollars directly into Truckee and Nevada City….

 

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The inaugural grant cycle attracted 57 applications from across the country. Locks says the program earned national recognition in Moviemaker Magazine, putting the county on the map as not just a great place to make films but as a genuine destination for making them. And all grantees also have the opportunity to screen their completed films at the Festival, which takes place in June. The application deadline is December first.