St. Louis film fest loses $20K NEA grant

FilmScene announces loss of federal funding

FilmScene, a nonprofit organization dedicated to showing films, has lost federal funding.

St. Louis film fest loses $20K NEA grant

ST. LOUIS - Cinema St. Louis and the Hi-Pointe THeater announced that their $20,000 NEA grant for the 2025 St. Louis International Film Festival has been withdrawn—just months before the November event. The Trump Administration began canceling grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, which caused the theater to lose 12% of its Annual Festival Budget. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. …

FilmScene loses federal funding

Hunter 05/06/25 Iowa City nonprofit FilmScene has announced they’ve lost their federal funding. A Facebook post from the groups said, “We just heard that our NEA grant has been terminated as our work is no longer ‘prioritized by the President.’” They also wrote that President Trump is proposing complete elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget. FilmScene says they are not powerless in this moment of great…