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TT$20,000 Prize on offer to Caribbean Filmmakers

trinidad+tobago film festivalCall for applications: RBC Focus: Filmmakers’ Immersion 2014

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff), in association with RBC Royal Bank, invites applications for the fifth annual RBC Focus: Filmmakers’ Immersion, to be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad, from 23–26 September 2015, during ttff/14 (15–29 September). The application deadline is 10 July. 

Mission and objective

RBC Focus: Filmmakers’ Immersion is an intensive development programme that provides 10 selected filmmakers from the Caribbean and its diaspora with the opportunity to learn from internationally respected filmmakers and other film professionals.

Focus will include group discussions on a range of topics concentrating on the artistic side of narrative filmmaking, sharpening the skills and abilities of participants. There will be a particular emphasis on enhancing the filmmakers’ creative voice and storytelling capabilities.

Each filmmaker will enter Focus with a concept for a feature-length fiction film, from which they will be expected to develop a detailed treatment. 

Pitch session and competition

At the end of Focus, all participants will be given an opportunity to pitch their project to a jury at the ttff/15. The participant with the best project and pitch, as determined by the jury, will win a cash prize of TT$20,000.

 Eligibility

Focus is open to Caribbean filmmakers (citizens of Caribbean countries living and working in the Caribbean); filmmakers of the diaspora (persons of Caribbean descent resident outside of the Caribbean who intend to shoot at least part of their prospective project in the region); and international filmmakers living and working in the Caribbean. Applicants must have completed at least one narrative film (short or feature-length), but no more than two narrative features, as a screenwriter and/or director.

Applications

All applicants must submit a maximum three-minute excerpt of a previous film (narrative short or feature) via Vimeo link, stating their role(s) on the film (writer and/or director). They must also submit their résumé and a cover letter stating, in no more than 100 words, the concept of the project they would be bringing to Focus and what makes it unique. Participants will be determined based on the strength of all three criteria.

Applications should be submitted online here: https://vp.eventival.eu/ttff/2015/

The deadline for applications is 5pm EST on Friday, 10 July, 2015. Successful applicants will be notified by 03 August.

 Expenses

All selected participants will be provided with the materials for the Immersion, lunch, a Festival pass (which provides access to all film screenings and industry events), and invitations to Festival-related activities. Participants not residing in T&T will be allocated shared accommodation (inclusive of breakfast) at the official festival hotel, and local transport to and from Festival-related activities.

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