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Call for Applications: Project Involve: IFP/New York

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!

Project Involve: IFP/New York
Promoting Diversity in the Film Industry

Postmarked Deadline for Spring 2004 is November 7, 2003

Project Involve: New York is a:

1. Fellowship Program designed to foster mentorship and industry placement opportunities for mid-career filmmakers.
2. Five-month series of Networking Workshops that promote new industry relationships for emerging filmmakers from cultural, ethnic, and racial minorities.

Fellowship Program:

Project Involve: New York's Fellowship Program helps filmmakers from under-represented communities who have already worked on a feature-length narrative film or documentary in a key position. The goal is to attain industry placement while providing networking opportunities with established filmmakers. Four fellows are selected each year: two for the Spring and two for the Fall. The Fellowship requires a full-time, five-month commitment and is accompanied by a $10,000 stipend to offset participant's costs during their involvement in the program. Fellows work at IFP/New York for the first half of their fellowship while they decide on an industry placement position for the balance of their fellowship.

Networking Workshops:

The Networking Workshops are designed to assist emerging filmmakers through numerous monthly, three-hour meetings (roundtables, gatherings, lectures, etc.) led by established filmmakers that allow the participants to seek guidance from professionals on a wide variety of critical topics —from fundraising and development to producing and distribution. Workshop participants divided into two groups of 10 — one focused on narrative and one documentary group. A total of 20 individuals are selected for the Networking Workshops twice a year.

To Apply or Learn More Please Contact:

Marta Masferrer, Project Involve Coordinator / 212.465.8200 x 222 / mmasferrer@ifp.org.

For more information visit our website at www.ifp.org. Click on the Project Involve banner on the right side of the screen. PDF applications can be downloaded directly from our website. Alternatively, you may also use this link to go directly to the program description page.