The Jacob Burns Film Center is committed to promoting the growth and development of new filmmakers through The Sally Burns Shenkman Woman Filmmaker Fellowship.
The fellowship, which encourages community engagement, aims to foster thoughtful media-creation and provides talented female artists with the necessary time and resources to fully realize and share a creative project with mentors, peers, and students.
The Spring 2018 Sally Burns Shenkman Woman Filmmaker Fellow will be in residence at the Jacob Burns Film Center for sixteen weeks, beginning in February 2018, and will be awarded a $4,000 honorarium. The Fellow will join the Creative Culture program: a community of emerging filmmakers producing short projects. The Fellow will be provided with work space, tuition-free enrollment in Media Arts Lab classes, and 24/7 access to Lab resources, including use of the recording studio, sound stage, editing studio, and state-of-the-art filmmaking equipment. Fellows are a vital part of the JBFC education department: they serve as Teaching Assistants for education programs at the Lab, and assist with school partnerships, blog posts, and outreach initiatives as needed. The required time commitment to the program, including teaching time, is an average of 25 hours per week. The Fellowship will culminate in a public presentation of the completed project.
Eligibility:
The Fellowship is open to woman filmmakers who have graduated college and demonstrate a strong interest in pursuing a career in the film/media arts.
Artists working in all film genres (animation, documentary, video art, narrative, etc.) and disciplines (screenwriting, sound design, cinematography, etc.) are encouraged to apply.
Application requirements:
- Statement of purpose: an outline of the applicant’s goals for the fellowship
- Project proposal: A detailed plan for the project the Fellow will complete during the fellowship period, including a rough timeline. The proposal should also provide information on the current status of the project, highlighting available materials (e.g. script or plot treatment), any casting or crew decisions to date, and any completed work on the project thus far.
- A representative reel or three (3) work samples
- Two (2) professional references
- CV
Applications are evaluated on artistic merit, feasibility of the proposed project, and adherence to the application guidelines.
The Sally Burns Shenkman Woman Filmmaker Fellowship is made possible through the generous support of the Jacob Burns Foundation.