The grants fund arts and cultural projects that bring people together and highlight local voices, which ArtsWave believes has the power to strengthen neighborhoods. The program supports a wide range of organizations – from traditional arts groups to community nonprofits and local governments – encouraging projects that are accessible, inclusive and serve the whole community.
Artists with roots across the state – from Cincinnati to Eaton – earned recognition in three major categories, reflecting the region’s ongoing influence on national filmmaking and storytelling.
If you feel a little swing in your step this week, it might be all the great jazz you can hear from our fair city’s rooftops, parks and plazas. Dance, drama and divas are on tap, too, plus some history to absorb and historic skills to appreciate. Just another full week of arts and culture in Greater Cincinnati.
The event will also mark the opening of the Association of Film Commissioners International’s global conference, Cineposium.
Cineposium will bring film commissioners, studio executives and entertainment leaders from around the world for four days of panels and hands-on training.
Cincinnati joins such cities as Bogota, Colombia, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Los Angeles as host sites for AFCI’s international event.
Cincinnati and Boulder, Colorado are competing with Salt Lake City/Park City, Utah to host the annual film festival. Hosting duties would begin in 2027.
Film Cincinnati has created an awareness campaign to generate a local buzz ahead of the Sundance Institute’s selection of a new host city.
The Sundance Institute selected Cincinnati and five other cities as finalists to host the festival beginning in 2027.
The Ohio Department of Development awarded more than $44 million in tax credits for 23 film projects set to take place across the state.
