Weowntv - Filmmaker Fellowship Application

WeOwnTV - Filmmaker Fellowship Application Please take the time to prepare your answers before submitting. Please answer the questions clearly and honestly. Deadline to submit your application is April 15, 2018. Finalists for the fellowship will be contacted for an interview before awards are made. Send your completed form to [email protected]

Please tell us a bit about YOURSELF: 1. What is your name?

3. What is your telephone number?

4. What is your email address?

5. What is your country of residence? Where you reside more than 8 months of the year.

6. What is your country of origin?

7. What is the gender of the director? Circle one Female Male

8. Tell us about your work experience. Submit a one paragraph bio. (450 words maximum)

10. Director filmography. List up to 5 credits. Include film title, length, and year of completion.

11. Who are the other key members in your team? List them, and write a couple of sentences, per person, about their relevant experience. (450 words maximum)

12. What is your company name (if you have one)? Next, we'd like to know more about your PROJECT:

13. What is the working title of your film?

14. Intended length: Supported projects should be between 5-24 minutes in length.

15. Tell us about your non-fiction documentary project. Narrative films are not eligible. (450 words maximum)

Make sure to include information that answers the questions below. 1. A description of the story and main character(s). 2. What issues, ideas or questions do you think the film will raise? 3. What public discourse or social change do you want your film to inspire? 16. We would also like you to record and upload a 2-minute video of yourself telling us a bit of background of how you came to be interested in filmmaking as well as address these questions: 1. What is your connection to this story? 2. Why tell this story now? 3. Why are you the person to tell it?

a. What tool will you use to share your 2-minute video with us? ● Vimeo ● YouTube ● Other: ______

b. Please share the direct URL link to your video here:

c. Please share the password to your video link if you set one: (skip this step if no password set)

17. What stage have you reached with your project? Please circle as many as appropriate. It is not required to have begun production. ● I'm in the research and development stage (pre-production). ● I've shot some material. ● I've edited some material (please share link if you have one).

18. List any important characters that have been contacted and have agreed to be a part of the production. Enter their names below and a sentence or two about them. 19. Please briefly describe your production plan and schedule. Selected projects should aim to be complete by summer 2019. The focus of our work together in summer 2019 will be strategizing the films release - festivals, broadcast etc.

Finally, we'd like to know about your BUDGET.

20. What is your total film budget in US dollars?

21. Please explain how you plan to use the award towards anticipated expenses and salaries related to the project. Fellowship awards range between $2,500-$10,000.

THANK YOU for sharing your documentary idea!

Applicants will be informed of the Selection Committee’s decision in early May 2018. Follow up interviews will be scheduled with finalists.

Finalists will be invited for a filmmaker interview with the selection committee. Selected projects will receive a cash award and be invited to participate in a story workshop in Freetown, Sierra Leone. WeOwnTV will work with the selected projects through completion and will explore appropriate distribution opportunities for the films.

Thanks again!

Sincerely, WeOwnTV Filmmaker Fellowship Selection Committee.

Submit your completed form to [email protected]