Montclair Film Festival Awarded
New Jersey State Council On The Arts Grant

July 31, 2014– The Montclair Film Festival (MFF) in Montclair, NJ announced today the receipt of a $15,000 grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in support of the fourth annual spring film festival in 2015. The grant recognizes MFF’s contributions to the artistic landscape of New Jersey and the festival’s continued commitment to diverse films, programs and events.

“The generous support of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts marks a significant milestone for our organization,” said MFF Chairman and Founder Bob Feinberg. “The Council’s recognition signals to us that our strategy for growing the Montclair Film Festival through community outreach, supporting filmmaking in New Jersey, and building audiences throughout the state and beyond is a successful one. We are so grateful for their investment in our mission.”

The New Jersey State Council on the Arts joins the Investors Bank Foundation; Audible; Audi; the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism; Chubb & Son; Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage; HackensackUMC Mountainside; RBC Wealth Management; Neuberger Berman; Clara Maass Medical Center; William H. Connolly, LLC; the Essex County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs; The Montclair Foundation; as well as many generous individual donors, members, partners and businesses in their financial support of the Montclair Film Festival.

The fourth annual Montclair Film Festival will take place in late April, 2015.

About MFF

The Montclair Film Festival, Inc. (MFF), a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, nurtures and showcases the talents of filmmakers from around the region and world. MFF unites, empowers, educates and celebrates our region’s diverse cultural heritage and robust artistic community by presenting an annual spring festival and a growing assortment of engaging programs and events all year long. The fourth annual spring festival will take place in April 2015. For information about MFF, visit www.montclairfilm.org.

For more information, please contact:

The Montclair Film Festival
494 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
973-783-6433