The Office of Cultural Affairs and the San Antonio Film Commission is sponsoring The San Antonio Neighborhood Film Project to celebrate the opening of three new neighborhood discovery tours. The three tours are the Westside "Murals y Más" tour; the Eastside "Echoes of the Eastside" tour; and the "Downtown North River" tour stretching from downtown to the new Museum Reach river extension.  The tours are available at www.saculturaltours.com.

The San Antonio Film Project is a film competition for local student and non-students filmmakers to submit original pieces by February 18, 2010 that capture the flavor and authenticity of each neighborhood profiled in the tour.  Films can be from any genre, and range from anything from music videos to inspiring documentaries.  Two prizes will be awarded for each of the three neighborhood tours: 1st prize in the Student Category is $1000, and 1st prize in the Professional/Amateur Category is $3000.  Films will be judged by a panel of experts.

Prizewinners will be announced at the screening of the films in the spring of 2010 at the San Antonio Museum of Art.