The annual Moondance Columbine Awards, which promote non-violent conflict resolution in the arts & film, are presented to authors and filmmakers of selected written works and films which are entered in each year's competition. The special Moondance Columbine Film Production Fund is to help writers and filmmakers to create stories and to produce films that promote peace & understanding, whether personal, local, national or international. Please check out the Columbine Awards Guidelines on the website.

The Film Festival is grateful for any donations & contributions toward the success of this vital & on-going project. Your contribution will be noted in the newsletter, on the website sponsor page & in the festival print program. Your donation may also remain anonymous, if you prefer.

The Moondance International Film Festival, in Boulder, Colorado, has, since it was founded in 1999, actively promoted & encouraged non-violent conflict resolution in film, television & writings; depictions of women & girls in a positive manner; and appreciation of ethnic diversity. The Film Festival's mission is to educate & promote real alternatives to violent conflict resolution, as well as cultural understanding and peace among the peoples of the world. MOONDANCE NON-VIOLENCE STATEMENT

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Application for Funding

You may apply to be considered for funding for your film, written work or film music project through the Columbine Fund application form.

A committee will review the proposals, and will decide the winner(s) based on the following criteria: Appropriateness for the Moondance/Columbine ideals and goals, clarity of project's message, professionalism and high quality of the project, potential impact of completed project toward promoting non-violent alternatives to conflict resolution, project budgetary considerations and demonstration of need for funding.

Half of the grant will be awarded when winners are announced, and the other half will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the funded project during 2006. Winners will also be announced on the Moondance website and in the Moondance e-newsletter.

The 2006 submission period for this granting process ends on April 1, 2005. The application fee is US$25. Winners will be announced during the Moondance International Film Festival awards ceremony.

Maximum amount of funding awarded is $250 per project. Up to two projects may be funded in 2006.

Moondance/Columbine reserves the right not to select any Columbine Fund winners for 2006, if there are no appropriate projects submitted.

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