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SCHOLARSHIP: Due May 5, 2010 Working Women’s Scholarship Application

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(This scholarship opportunity is not sponsored by IBWFF; it is sponsored by 100 Black Women of Oakland/Bay Area Chapter.)

Due: May 5, 2010
More Information: siweldy (at) yahoo (dot) com
Download Scholarship Application: 2010 Working Women Scholarship Application
More Information About 100 Black Women of Oakland/Bay Area Chapter

Please post and distribute copies of the attached 2010 Application for the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Oakland/Bay Area Chapter’s Working Women’s Scholarship.

The Working Women’s Scholarship is designed to assist women at least 30 years old, who are working part-time while pursuing higher education. Preference is given to women who are pursuing a first degree.

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women Oakland/Bay Area Chapter is a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of African-American women and girls in particular, and the broader Bay Area community, in general. In addition to scholarships, the Oakland/Bay Area Chapter offers mentoring and educational programs for teenaged girls, and provides services and grants to a number of community organizations.

The applications must be postmarked by May 5, 2010. We plan to present awards to successful applicants in July.

Please feel free to contact me directly should you have questions about the application or the application process. My e-mail address is siweldy@yahoo.com .

We look forward to receiving applications from some of your students.

Diane Lewis
Working Women’s Scholarship Committee

Up to $200,000 available to filmmakers

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(From the Foundation Center’s PND)

Deadline September 18, 2009

The South Carolina Film Commission has announced that up to a total of $200,000 may be made available to filmmakers who partner with the media arts department at the University of South Carolina or the film, radio and television department at Trident Technical College.

Each partnership will be eligible to receive up to $100,000 to create a short film through the S.C. Production Fund. The goal of the fund is to encourage collaborations between filmmakers and South Carolina’s institutes of higher education that have film production programs.

The first round of applications, which must include a script and a project overview, are due September 18, 2009.

Visit the S.C. Film Commission Web site for complete program guidelines.

You invent it, they fund it; Knight Foundation News Challenge

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(From the Foundation Center’s PND)

The Knight News Challenge, an initiative of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, seeks innovations that use new or available technology to distribute content in local communities.

This international contest awards up to $5 million per year for innovative platforms, tools, and services with the potential to inform and transform community news, conversations, and information distribution and visualization.

Anyone may nominate a project from anywhere in the world. To be eligible, projects must use open-source digital technology, must distribute news in the public interest, and must be tested in a local community.

Visit the News Challenge Web site for complete program information.

RFP: http://www.newschallenge.org/

GARRETT SCOTT DOCUMENTARY DEVELOPMENT GRANT

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GARRETT SCOTT DOCUMENTARY DEVELOPMENT GRANT
(sent by Leau Fille — Thank you!)
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WHAT – This grant funds first time documentary makers for travel and accommodations at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, April 2-5, 2009. For four days, grant recipients will be given access to films, participate in master classes and be mentored by experienced filmmakers. TWO filmmakers will be chosen for the grant in its third year.

DEADLINE – Applications must be RECEIVED BY February 6, 2009. Applicants will be notified by email in early March.

ABOUT THE GRANT – Garrett Scott made a distinctive mark in documentary during his short career. Without any formal training in film, he directed Cul De Sac: A Suburban War Story, examining the case of a methamphetamine addict who stole a tank from an armory and went on a rampage through the San Diego suburbs. The film prompted Filmmaker Magazine to cite Scott as one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film. He went on to make Occupation: Dreamland, co-directed with Ian Olds, about U.S. soldiers in Falluja, Iraq. It won prizes at Full Frame and the Independent Spirit Awards. Both films were broadcast by the Sundance Channel. In 2006, Scott died of a heart attack at age 37.

Scott’s work examined how the forces of state power and economics impact individuals. Stylistically, his films broke convention, giving audiences new perspectives on familiar milieus like suburbia or war torn Iraq. He was a beloved member of film communities in San Francisco and New York City and several points in between.

His friends, family and colleagues established this development grant to help other emerging filmmakers reach their potential. The grants selection committee looks especially for filmmakers who somehow fulfill Scott’s example, by bringing a unique vision to the content and style of contemporary documentary making.

Previous grant recipients include Rebecca Richman Cohen, Nathan Fisher and Mai Iskander in 2008 and Robin Hessman and Lee Lynch in 2007.

CRITERIA – Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder and live in the continental United States; any age 18 or older. By “first time filmmaker,” we mean someone who is in the early stage of their documentary career and has not yet received significant recognition (such as major festival play or broadcast). All applicants should anticipate finishing their first project by March 2010. You still qualify as a “first time filmmaker” if you’ve made shorts or student projects, worked professionally as a crew member on other people’s films, or if you’ve recently completed a documentary that hasn’t been released yet. The grant is open to students and non-students alike.

HOW – Applicants should send a 2 page letter addressing these areas:

1) Project summary: Describe the documentary you’re working on. It doesn’t matter whether the film is a short or a feature, though the judging tends to favor more ambitious projects. Describe the characters, structure, visual approach and what stage you’re at.

2) Director’s statement: Describe how you came to filmmaking and how you’ve trained as a filmmaker. It doesn’t matter whether you went to film school or are self-taught. Describe what you want audiences to take from your film.

Work sample: Applicants must send a 5-10 minute DVD sample of a work-in-progress or a past work. You may send a longer work sample, but judges may only review the opening minutes.

Submit TWO COPIES of both the letter and DVD along with your…

Name:
Address:
Phone:
E-mail:

Send to:
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
ATTN: Garrett Scott Documentary Grant
324 Blackwell Street. Suite 500
Washington Building, Bay 5
Durham, NC 27701

Question or comment? e-mail us submissions@fullframefest.org

Filmmaking Grants for Bay Area Filmmakers – Due Dec. 8th!

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Herbert Family Filmmaking Grants

(from the San Francisco Film Society)

More Info & Application: http://www.sffs.org/filmmaker_services/herbert-filmmaking-grants.html

Additional Grants: Golden Gate Awards

As part of the Film Society’s new Filmmaker Services programs launched in August 2008, and thanks to the generosity of the Herbert Family of San Francisco, we are happy to announce the new Herbert Family Filmmaking Grants, totaling $25,000, to be awarded to Bay Area filmmakers.

The Herbert Family Filmmaking Grants, ranging from $2,500 to $7,500 each, will be awarded to support Bay Area narrative and documentary filmmakers at any stage of their project.

ELIGIBILITY
Herbert Family Filmmaker Grants are open to filmmakers who satisfy all of the following criteria:

* The filmmaker must be an SFFS member at the Filmmaker Pro level or above.
* The filmmaker is at least 18 years old.
* The filmmaker is actively engaged in a film, video, television or other moving-image project in any genre and in any stage of production—from screenwriting to strategizing the project’s exhibition, distribution and outreach plan.
* Filmmakers must reside in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco or San Mateo counties.
* The project must be consistent with SFFS mission, be noncommercial and represent an imaginative contribution to the moving image art form.
* First-time filmmakers: projects must be in postproduction to be eligible.

Priority will be given to:

* Projects that are current SFFS or former Film Arts Foundation fiscally sponsorees.
* Projects that demonstrate viable financial support and promise a high likelihood of being brought to completion.

Evaluation criteria:

* Project has strong and recognizable artistic, cultural or social value.
* Filmmaker has clearly articulated his or her intended goals for the grant, how those accomplishments will be measured and what the next steps will be for the project.
* Filmmaker demonstrates how the project will impact short and long term professional and artistic goals.

Restrictions:

* No SFFS employees or members of any SFFS boards.
* Filmmaker may not be a full-time student.
* Project is not a work for hire.
* Only one Herbert Grant per project.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
December 8, 2008. Recipients to be announced in February, 2009.

WORK SAMPLE
Filmmakers are required to submit a representative work sample— a ten-minute DVD of current or most recent work or, if a writer, first ten pages of current screenplay. Filmmakers, including all first-time filmmakers, who are requesting funds for postproduction, must submit the first ten minutes of current project. Please note that if you submit a work sample longer than ten minutes or ten pages, the review panel will only look at the first ten minutes or ten pages of the submission.

Work samples must be dropped off by 5:00 pm or postmarked by December 8, 2008:

Herbert Family Filmmaking Grants
San Francisco Film Society
39 Mesa Street, Suite 110
San Francisco, CA 94129

REVIEW PANEL
The Film Society will convene a review panel to evaluate applications and award grants at its sole discretion.

REPORTING REQUIREMENT
Grant recipients will be required to submit a report and a new work sample by February 1, 2010.

SUPPORTING BAY AREA FILM CULTURE
All grant recipients will be expected to support the program in one or more of the following ways:

* Write an article or participate in an interview about your work for one or more SFFS publications.
* Lead an SFFS workshop or SFFS professional development course in your area of expertise.
* Meet with SFFS filmmakers to discuss work.
* Show a work-in-progress or otherwise present your project at the monthly SFFS Film Arts Forums.
* Participate in SFFS Golden Gate Awards prescreening activities.
* Help market SFFS screenings, classes and events to your contacts and lists.