Vilcek Foundation Offers $25,000 Prize for Immigrant Moviemakers

By Carla Pisarro
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/vilcek_foundation_offers_25000_prize_for_immigrant_moviemakers_20080402/
The Vilcek Foundation, a New York nonprofit devoted to aiding and celebrating American immigrants, announced that it will award two annual $25,000 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise to young American immigrants making outstanding contributions to their fields, with one prize to be given in biomedical research and the other in one branch, selected annually, of the arts or humanities. This year’s category will be moviemaking.