Below are student film programmes which provide opportunites for students to participate in film festivals, not necessarily to screen your work, but just to watch and watch…and learn. They are invariably part of larger events, all provide a free movie passes, sometimes accomodation in a youth hostel. Some programmes require you to be a student, others just require you to love film. If you get in any of these programmes, there is a high chance of the Media Development Authority paying your airfare there if you apply on time. Apply and see. Watch the deadlines.
Telluride Film Festival Student Symposium
Mind blowingly beautiful location, Europeon styled programming (or should I say New york styled). When I attended, the symposium was sponsored by Tom Cruise as part of a bigger, very well regarded film festival in the US. Its about cinema in the widescreen sense of the word. Early September. deadline ??
Collegium Sacilense
Focuses only on films made before 1933. Watch very hard to find silent films in picturesque Italian town. Only 12 selected each year. October.
deadline 31 May
Flaherty Seminar
The best seminar I have ever been to where I learnt the most about the possibilities of the medium. It focuses on filmmaking on the fringes, films videos that don’t bubble up into the mass consciousness. Only those who know, will know kind of films. 7 solid days of screenings. Financial aid available. Deadline early March
Asian Film Academy part of Pusan International Film Festival
Make films under the tutelage of Asian Masters like Hou Hsiao Hsien. Looks craft focused and Asian focused. You actually make films rather than just watch it. October. Part of the most important Asian Film Festival. Go see what the fuss is about. Read about Sun Koh’s 2007 experience here
Deadline 31 May
Asian Young Filmmakers Forum, Jeonju Korea
10 month residential programme in Korea, Fully paid for, looks good on paper, Asian focused. Mar-Dec. Deadline?
Summer Documentary Film School at Locarno Film Festival
Looks very well thought out, focused on documentary, must be a student,only 30 selected anually
Deadline 1 July 2006
Rotterdam International Film Festival trains Young film Critics
Singaporeans please apply, we need a new generation of sharp film writers. January each year. Three accepted each year, fully paid for. Deadline 11 Nov 2006
Berlin Talent Campus
Looks huge. about 500 acepted. Very cold time of the year. February event
deadline ??
dear Ms Tan, I wonder if you would have any idea whether Asian Young Filmmakers Forum, Jeonju Korea
still running? I dropped them a mail a month ago, but it remains unreplied.
Thank you : )
Sorry, all I have is their website. Google them or phone them?