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Name of Applicant: Award Amount: Category: Average Score: Media Arts Santa Ana $6,690 Organization 92.2 — 31d (MASA) Artist's Description of Project: Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA) will partner with New York's acclaimed Philip K. Dick Film Festival to: 1. Curate a local tribute to visionary artist and former Santa Ana resident Philip K. Dick (PKD) as part of the 9th OC Film Fiesta in October 2018; 2. Launch a Multicultural Dystopian/Science Fiction Short Film Challenge; and 3. Bring the Philip K. Dick Film Festival to Santa Ana in March 2019. Winning films created during the challenge will be screened in the PKD Festival, providing international exposure to local filmmakers and Santa Ana's history as the author's home and literary inspiration. Organization is based in Santa Ana and proposes to use grant funds to provide arts and culture programming in Wards 2, 3, 5, and 6. Organization's proposed use of funds: Funds from the Investing in the Artist grant will be used to produce, present and promote a multifaceted, multi -venue tribute to visionary science fiction author and former Santa Ana resident, Philip K. Dick (PKD), and to provide free admission to Santa Ana residents, students and teachers. Proposed use of funds includes artist stipends, travel, lodging, printing, marketing, and rental fees for films, equipment and venues. Funds will also be utilized for website development, video documentation, and for vigorous outreach to activate communities and populations in Santa Ana underserved by the arts. Taking its lead from the multicultural vision in PKD's work, funds will also be used to will broaden the discussion of diverse ethnic voices and visions in science fiction and speculative literature and film, and to invite judges for the film challenge such as producer Victoria Alonso (Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther), writer Roberto Orci (Star Trek), actor Donald Glover (Solo: A Star Wars Story), director Alex Rivera (Sleep Dealer), singer -songwriter Janelle Monae (Dirty Computer), Richard Linklater (A Scanner Darkly) and actor Edward James Olmos (Blade Runner, Battlestar Galactica), whose Youth Cinema Project takes place at Santa Ana High School. This will have an important role in promoting multi-ethnic visions, contributions and opportunities across sectors, including literature, science, philosophy, placemaking, futurism, technology, virtual reality, social justice, equity and inclusion. 9th OC Film Fiesta (October 18-28, 2018): Grant funds will support a special Tribute to Philip K. Dick at Santa Ana College. This tribute will screen filmed adaptations of the author's work, documentaries and present a panel discussion by Philip K. Dick experts. The tribute will have tie- ins with the Santa Ana Public Library to stimulate appreciation of PKD's writings during the 90th Anniversary of the author's birth. In 2013, the Film Fiesta hosted the OC Premiere of Amazon's series, The Man in the High Castle, based on PKD's groundbreaking novel. For the 2018 festival, we will showcase the streaming Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA) Page t of 5