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| TWN December News: 2015 Film Production Workshop, Film Grants & More!

  


 
Applications are now available for the 2015 TWN Production Workshop 


The acclaimed Third World Newsreel production training program is now accepting applications for 2015. Dedicated to the memory of our beloved long time director, Herman Lew, the 2015 program will be led by a team of film professionals and workshop alums.

The TWN Production Workshop provides 4 months of intensive "hands-on" media production training, and prioritizes students from communities with historically limited access to mainstream educational institutions and the industry.  Its focus is the development of pre-production, production and post-production skills necessary to take a short HD video project from conception to completion.

The 2015 Production Workshop will meet every Thursday at 6:30 pm in the offices of Third World Newsreel and requires a high level of time commitment to meet the out-of-class demands of pre-production, production, and post-production. Prior film, video or related experience is helpful but not required; self-initiative, time and a progressive and collaborative spirit are.

The 2015 Production Workshop will be limited to 9 participants. An initial written application is required and a second round of applicants will be selected for interviews. The cost of the workshop is $650  


Application Deadline: Friday, January 30th, 2015
Workshop Begins: Thursday, March 5th, 2015 

 

| #GivingTuesday 
   
This Tuesday, December 2nd is a global donation day - so if you were thinking of participating -we have some ideas for you:



Third World Newsreel is a non-profit educational charity - your donations are not only tax deductible, but will concretely help support its 2015 Film Production Workshop.  This program is a subsidized, low-cost, 4 month media training program prioritizing emerging makers of color, and has graduated stellar filmmakers including Grace Lee (American Revolutionary), Byron Hurt (Beyond Beats and Rhymes) and Renee Tajima-Pe�a (Calavera Highway).
Make your tax deductible donation today!

 
The City College of New York is setting up a scholarship fund in Herman Lew's name. In honor of this wonderful teacher, mentor and filmmaker, the Herman Lew Memorial Scholarship at CCNY will provide support to outstanding undergraduate film students at City College. To make a tax deductible donation to this fund. 
  

 

| Film Grants & More

 

The Documentary Forum's Bootcamp for Proposals, Trailers and Pitches

Four Wednesday evenings in January to get your project in fundable shape at the City College of NY.

Deadline: December 17, 2014

 
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Electronic Media & Film Presentation Funds and Finishing Funds Grant Programs
Presentation Funds grants support New York State non-profit organizations for in-person presentations by independent media artists. The goal of this funding is to  increase appreciation of electronic media and film through  engagement between artists and audiences and to support programmatic initiatives within New York State's arts and cultural organizations.

Finishing Funds grants support artists in the  completion/post production of film, video, sound, new  media, and Web-based work. Grants from $500 to $2,500  are awarded annually. 

Presentation Funds Deadline: January 9, 2015
Finishing Funds Deadline: February 13, 2015
more info

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Independent Lens Submissions

Independent Lens is seeking submissions of completed or near completed programs for broadcast during the October 2015 - June 2016 season.
Deadline: March 27, 2015
more info

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Ford Foundation 
Ford's Social Issue Film Funding Initiative will provide approximately $16 million through an open-application process to filmmakers and media makers around the world who are creating documentaries that address urgent social issues.   
Deadline: Open 
 

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Jerome Foundation

Grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded to individual film and video artists living in New York City who work in the genres of experimental, narrative, animation, and documentary production.

Deadline: Open

more info

   

  

 

| TWN Thanks

TWN is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Peace Development Fund, as well as individual donors.

TWN is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the creation, appreciation, and dissemination of independent media by and about people of color.