Interbay Cinema Society (ICS) is accepting applications for the next round of Lightpress Grants. The deadline is May 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Awards will be announced on July 1, 2025.
We are accepting grant applications from US-based filmmakers, international filmmakers, and new proposals from former Lightpress Grant recipients.

Every six months, in January and July, the Interbay Cinema Society gives grants to 10 filmmakers working in 8mm, Super 8mm, 16mm or 35mm film to have 2 and 4K high resolution scans of their work made through Lightpress, a transfer house in Seattle.

We give grants to established and emerging filmmakers. Students are not eligible.

Grants are given for 3 hours of scanning. Note that the scans are not “in real time,” so how much material can be scanned depends on a lot of variables. This is a $1200 value.