Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program

May 8, 08:36 PM by Kate Taylor

New deadlines: July 7 2008 and February 5 2009. Each year, the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program awards more than $1.5 million in grants to support documentary films focused on contemporary social issues worldwide. Films supported have included My Country, My Country; Why We Fight; Born Into Brothels; Iraq in Fragments; The Inner Tour; The Devil Came on Horseback; and Everything’s Cool.

In a world where truth is stranger than fiction, we can help you tell the stories that must be told. If you believe that creative non-fiction filmmaking is vital to society, and you are an artist with passion for the work of storytelling, we want to hear about your project. Tell us what you see. For the rest of the story or to apply online, visit: www.sundance.org/documentary or www.sundance.org/DocSource

First Light Movies - funding available

Apr 18, 01:18 PM by Kate Taylor

First Light Movies funds groups of young people aged between five and 19 through various funding schemes. There are two main funding strands available, the Pilot and Studio Awards, but we also offer support with generating those first film ideas.

Studio Award. Funding for between two and four films of up to 10 minutes in duration. Maximum grant – £30,000. Match funding of 40% required. Track record of filmmaking with young people necessary. The next deadline for applications to the Studio Award scheme is 5.30pm on Tuesday 22 April 2008. Funding decisions will be announced on Friday 27 June 2008.

What’s the Big Idea? Award. Funding for script development projects that team young people with script professionals. Maximum grant – £3,000. 10% in-kind match funding requirement. The next deadline for applications to the What’s the Big Idea? Award scheme is 5.30pm on Tuesday 24 June 2008. Funding decisions will be announced on Tuesday 19 August 2008.

Pilot Award. Funding for one short film of up to five minutes in duration. Maximum grant – £5,000. 20% in-kind match funding requirement. The next deadline for applications to the Pilot Award scheme is 5.30pm on Tuesday 24 June 2008. Funding decisions will be announced on Tuesday 19 August 2008.

For more information, please visit www.firstlightmovies.com/funding.

Funding Available for Youth Media Projects

Apr 4, 11:53 AM by Kate Taylor

Northwest Vision and Media have won the tender to become the Mediabox Regional partner in 2008/09, and are calling for Northwest youth groups and organisations who have great ideas for media projects, to take advantage of thousands of pounds worth of funding. Vision and Media are holding open events next week to explain the fund and the revised applications process. The first event is being held on Tuesday 8th April at Warrington International Business Centre, and another on Wednesday 9th April at Blackpool City Learning Centre, with the deadline for applications being Tuesday 29th April. To reserve your free place email deborahp@visionandmedia.co.uk or call 0161 244 4187. For more information and to find out how to apply, click here.

Free funding workshop for arts and science engagement projects

Mar 15, 12:54 PM by Kate Taylor

The Wellcome Trust – the UK’s largest biomedical research charity – provides funding for artists/arts agencies, broadcast media, museums/cultural attractions and scientists, amongst others, through its Engaging Science grants programme which offers over £3 million per year to support projects that engage the public with biomedical science and its social contexts.

Engaging Science funding workshop: Thursday 10 April 2008, Tate Liverpool. The workshop will provide information on our Engaging Science grant schemes (People, Arts, Society and Broadcast Development Awards), including an overview of the grants programme, the aims and objectives of the awards, and details of the application and review process.

As well as finding out how to produce an appropriate grant application, there will be opportunities to exchange ideas and develop partnerships and collaborations. For more information or to book a place, visit the Wellcome Trust website email engagingscienceworkshops@wellcome.ac.uk by Friday 28 March 2008.

Film Club at the Roxy's Robin Hutt Award for Aspiring Filmmakers

Feb 29, 04:19 PM by Kate Taylor

This award has been created to honour the memory of Robin Hutt, a founder member of the film club, who’s hard work and guidance has helped to maintain the club’s proud achievement of having one of the largest memberships in the country. The committee has decided to give an award of £500 to be offered once a year to a budding Cumbrian filmmaker. The award will be aimed at filmmakers who are actively involved in filmmaking and may need a boost to get their film off the ground or to develop their filmmaking skills. Awards will be allocated on an annual basis, and the decision will be made by the Film Club at the Roxy committee. You can apply at any time, but the cut-off date for submissions for this year is 1pm on Monday 30th June 2008. The award will be made in July-August 2008. For more details on how to apply visit the Film Club at the Roxy’s website.

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