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2009 GRANTS
Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship Program
Applicant Qualifications and Guidelines
Deadline: April 15, 2009
Description:
For 32 years, Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) has promoted the creation of film, video and new media. With a desire to help emerging Texas film and video makers to develop their craft, SWAMP inaugurated the Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship Program in 2008. This program provides funds for worthy projects, and, most importantly, provides mentorship and peer forums in which emerging artists can strengthen their artistic skills and knowledge while fine-tuning their work.
This year’s call for applications is open to Texas filmmakers only. Each proposal will outline a potential production project based upon a theme selected by SWAMP in collaboration with our international EFFP partner Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. For 2009, there is a choice between two themes (select 1 only): Modern Slavery OR Violence Against Women. A panel of film/video professionals will choose up to 5 filmmakers to be a part of the fellowship program. The selected artists will be chosen on the strength of their proposal and on the feasibility of completing the project within the allotted timeframe. The panel will also work to ensure that the fellowship pool mirrors the diversity of Texas, in keeping with SWAMP’s mission to encourage production of media that reflects a multicultural community. Each artist will receive a small amount of funds for production costs, ranging from $3,000 to $5,000.
Each fellow will be paired with a mentor, an experienced filmmaker who will be available to give advice, to critique and to offer encouragement and moral support. Upon completion of the fellow’s project, the artist will meet with their mentor for a serious critique, marked by openness and supportive dialogue.
An exciting component of this initiative is a twin program for emerging Mexican film and video makers through the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. The fellowship program in Mexico will be carried out in the same manner and with the same theme as the one in Texas. Upon completion of the fellowship period, the artists from both Texas and Mexico will gather in Mexico City to present their completed work. This will be a time of rich exchange between emerging filmmakers from bordering countries, a time to explore their common grounds, exchange ideas and perhaps promote future collaborations.
Applicant Criteria:
All applicants:
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- One applicant only, per project (if a team, select a lead applicant; travel expenses available only for one person per project)
- Must be a resident of Texas, with an established residency of at least 1 year prior to the application deadline of April 15, 2009. Texas-based students attending an out-of-state college or university are eligible to apply. All applicants will be required to show proof of residency.
- Have the ability to undertake moderate travel. All applicants must have a current passport or have the ability to apply for one during the grant period. Upon request, SWAMP will consider sharing expenses involved with the passport application process.
All applicants must submit the following: DO NOT BIND MATERIALS or STAPLE materials; use binder clips or paper clips)
- A completed Application Form (2 pages, with certification section completed and signed).
- Detailed proposed project description (one page max)
- Detailed Proposed Project Budget (if budget is greater than $5000 (the maximum grant, indicate specifically how EFFP funds would be used)
- A work resume (schools; jobs held; films made; awards won, etc.)
- Personal biography (one page, describing background, career goals and interest in this field).
- Description of your experience with someone who has served as a mentor to you or how you envision working with a mentor. Would having a mentor be of value to you? How would you work with a mentor for this project?
- A sample of a previously completed film/video project. Film and tape submissions must be DVD format. Describe briefly how this work is relevant to your current project.
- Proof of Texas residency. Proof may include copies of a valid driver’s license, a utility bill with a current address, voter registration card, etc.
Project Criteria:
- Must be a new work. Proposals to enhance or complete previously undertaken work will not be considered.
- Must address the 2009 theme. Select one of these two themes for your project: Modern Slavery OR Violence Against Women
- Must be a short work, with a length not to exceed 10 minutes.
- Must demonstrate the ability to complete the film within a 4-month period.
- Only one applicant per proposal will be funded. Select a lead applicant, if working with a team.
Upon receiving a grant from the EFF Program:
- Mentors will be assigned to all recipients.
- All selected artists will be required to travel to Iberoamericana University in Mexico City to attend an informational seminar and to meet with fellow recipients and mentors from Texas and Mexico (exact dates tbd, mid-May to late May 2009). Grant recipients will be provided with roundtrip airfare and accommodations. Passport required.
- Both artists and mentors are required to maintain a reasonable level of contact with one another throughout the 4 -month project period, as mutually determined by both the artist and mentor.
- All selected artists will be required to complete their projects and submit copies to SWAMP by Oct. 12, 2009. All projects must be reviewed and approved by the artist’s mentor before submission.
- All selected artists will be required to travel to the Houston (tbd, late October or early November, 2009) to participate in a conference and group viewing of work with participants in the Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship twin program for promising Mexican filmmakers. Grant recipients will be provided with roundtrip airfare and accommodations.
Fellowship Schedule:
April 15—Applications deadline
April 30—Fellowship recipients notification
Mid-May —1st meeting, Mexico City for all Fellows/Mentors
May-Sept—Project production
October 12—Projects due
Late October, early November—Houston, mentors/fellows screening and critique
Mail Completed Application to:
SWAMP
ATTN: Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship
1519 West Main
Houston, TX 77006
All submissions must be postmarked no later than April 15, 2009.
To Donate to SWAMP's Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship program, click the donation button below. Your donation will contibute to the continued development of emerging filmmakers in Texas.
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