IMDb: Awards at American Cinema Foundation, USA

Media type(s):	Film, Television
Format/Amount:	USD 5,000
Criteria:	The E Pluribus Unum Award honors films and television shows that pay honest tribute to American lives. It is the focus for ACF's traditional concern for the qualities that bring the nation together, and it provides the sharpest platform to criticize those trends or notions that can tear us apart. Award recipients are selected by a panel of judges consisting of professionals actively engaged in the entertainment industry (from the ACF web site).
Initiator:	American Cinema Foundation (ACF)
Time Specification:	regular
Geographic Specification:	national
Given:	1996-
Comments:	The American Cinema Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan arts organization that was created to nurture and reward television and feature-film projects that address fundamental social values in a positive manner, that support and strengthen the concepts of the common good and the common culture, and promote democratic pluralism and inclusion. (from the ACF web site)
Official website(s):	http://www.cinemafoundation.com/

Media type(s):	Film, Television
Format/Amount:	USD 10,000
Criteria:	The Carl Foreman Prize is handed out to an individual whose body of work has best used film to positively address values crucial to the civic health of America.
Initiator:	American Cinema Foundation (ACF)
Time Specification:	regular
Geographic Specification:	national
Given:	1996-

Official Name:	The Andrzej Wajda Freedom Award
Media type(s):	Film, Television
Criteria:	The Andrzej Wajda Freedom Award is recognizing filmmakers from the former socialist countries of eastern and central Europe.
Initiator:	American Cinema Foundation (ACF)
Time Specification:	regular
Geographic Specification:	multinational
Given:	2000-
Comments:	The prize is named after Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, who also agreed to become the artistic patron and final judge of the annual award.