$lacker: South Shorts post-production grant + residency due Aug 4
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In their fifth year of partnership, New Orleans Film Society and IF/THEN Shorts have joined forces to offer a fund and rough cut residency for filmmakers from the American South with documentary shorts in post-production or approaching rough cut. The South Shorts Grant and Residency will support films under 30 minutes that explore a range of socially, politically and culturally relevant topics that are rooted in the region. Filmmakers with shorts in post-production living and working in Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia are eligible to apply.
Four projects will receive a $5,000 post-production grant and participate in a five week long online rough cut lab, culminating with an invitation-only rough cut screening as a part of the 2021 New Orleans Film Festival. Following the lab and festival, filmmakers will receive distribution consultation and festival strategy to help get their film out into the world.
Applications are now open and will close on August 4 at 11:59pm EST.
For more information on how to apply:
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