The Residence du Festival is an amazing opportunity for young filmmakers to live in Paris while working on their first features. It’s a bit like a combination of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and the DAAD Artists Fellowship. They’ll even teach you french! Application Details Below: 1 â€[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Opportunities for Filmmakers’
August 2nd, 2011 - 8:39 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
Opportunities for Filmmakers: Cannes Residence du Festival
April 1st, 2011 - 12:38 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
Opportunities for Filmmakers: DAAD Artist Study Scholarships
The DAAD is the premiere German Institution offering scholarships to live and study in Germany. For filmmakers they offer one year study scholarships to study at a German university/film school under the following terms: Study scholarships are granted for one academic year (10 months) with the possi[...]
September 27th, 2010 - 9:34 am § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
Opportunities for Filmmakers: Tribeca All Access
TRIBECA ALL ACCESS – EARLY DEADLINE NOVEMBER 8TH – FINAL DEADLINE DECEMBER 8TH Tribeca All Access is a program designed to help experienced and emerging filmmakers with grants ($10,000), meetings with industry professionals, and a host of other support. Aleem Hossain (an Alum) mentioned [...]
September 12th, 2010 - 9:55 am § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
Opportunities for Filmmakers: The Nantucket Screenwriters Colony
Nantucket Screenwriters Colony – Takes Place in October Every Year – By Industry Nomination About the Colony: Every year during the month of October, four writers, selected from a pool of industry-nominated candidates, live and work together at picturesque Almanack Farm, perched on the e[...]
July 2nd, 2010 - 4:08 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
The Berlinale Talent Campus
The Berlinale Talent Campus is an excellent program that takes place every year during the Berlin Film Festival. The application is open from July 15th to October 6th. The talent campus is a six-day creative summit for up-and-coming filmmakers. The next edition is from February 12-17, 2011. Filmmake[...]
May 13th, 2010 - 11:16 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
The Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards
Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards: DEADLINE JUNE 1st – NO ENTRY FEE – ONLY FOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDENTS The Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards is one of the most prestigious writing competitions in America, only available to University of California students. From the Website: Some of th[...]
April 26th, 2010 - 3:31 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
Film Independent’s Labs and Programs
FIND (Film Independent) Film Independent, situated in Los Angeles, has many programs designed to help aspiring filmmakers. The only downsides to FIND programs are that you have to live in Los Angeles to participate and that the cost applying to the labs is higher than other similar programs. Project[...]
April 20th, 2010 - 5:57 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
The Nicholls Fellowship in Screenwriting
The Nicholls Fellowship in Screenwriting – EARLY BIRD APRIL 1st 2010, REGULAR ENTRY MAY 1st 2010 – Application Fee Early Bird $30, Regular $45 This is the creme de la creme of screenwriting competitions. Five $30,000 fellowships are awarded to writers who have earned less than $5,000 wri[...]
April 17th, 2010 - 3:57 pm § in Opportunities for Filmmakers
The Sundance Screenwriters Lab
I have been stockpiling this information for over a year now and thought I would share with a new weekly column entitled Opportunities for Filmmakers. Each week I will publish a new opportunity – Grants, Labs, Programs, Artist Colonies, etc. from my database. Good luck to everyone! 1. The Sund[...]