• Full name

• Email

• Date of birth

• How do you self-identify? (optional question)

  • We invite everyone to take a moment to respond to this question. Marginalized and/or underrepresented communities like BIPOC folks, persons with disabilities, and persons of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions (LGBTQ2S+), are disproportionately expected to know and reflect on their identity intersections, while others are not.

  • You may reflect on your identities and relationship to the lands that you are on and the communities you engage with and represent, in an effort to affirm, honor and normalize this practice of self-identification. (An example of a person's intersections could be: white settler on unceded Coast-Salish Territory, queer, she/they pronouns, and able-bodied).

  • To learn more about the land you live on, check out Native Land.

• City and Province

• Co-applicant name and date of birth

  • If you are applying with a collaborator, please include their name, pronouns and date of birth here

    *Please note that all communications will be made with the main applicant

• Category: Youth / Emerging

  • If choosing Emerging: Please provide a brief description of how you meet the definition of, and self identify as, an Emerging Artist

• Is this your first time making a film?

• Working title and one sentence to describe the film (max 50 words)

• A detailed synopsis of the proposed short film (max 500 words):

  • This can include: The story or concept, describing the look and feel of the film, technical aspects of film, what you hope the audience will see or experience, description of movement qualities explored, intended length, images that inspire the project, etc.

    *Note: if your submission is selected, films should be between 3-15 minutes in length. 

• Tell us a little bit about yourself and your art (max 200 words):

  • What are some ideas, beliefs, and/or principles that inform your creative practice? What is important to you when you create?

• Describe your inspiration behind the project. Why do you wish to undertake it at this time? (max 500 words):

  • Consider responding to the following questions: Why this project? Why you? Why now? How might this project and opportunity support the development of your current artistic practice?

• What excites you about the process of investigating how movement and filmmaking work together? (max 200 words)

Filmmaking often involves collaboration between artists of similar and differing backgrounds. We invite you to consider the statement “nothing about us without us” (Michael Masutha and William Rowland, 1993), which is commonly referenced in disability justice communities, as you answer the following questions.

• How does your film speak to or involve community? (max 200 words)

  • Reflect on the communities that you are a part of and that support you. This can be a good way to expand on how you see your film reaching beyond you. We’re interested in how film can create/spark opportunities for political expression, community dialogue, and shared cultural experiences and understanding.

  • If your proposal includes cultural themes, practices, and/or knowledge outside of your own, please explain your relationship with such communities, and measures taken to ensure ethical practices will be in place in the making of this film.

• How will you take care of yourself and the people you work with on this project? (no word limit)

  • Consider what mental, physical and emotional support can look like

  • Examples of this could include specifics of your communication methods, COVID protocols, approach to considering collaborators’ capacities (ie. access rider, community agreement, shorter working days, soft start times/hard end times)

• 1-3 links of support material for the application (max 10 minutes total):

  • 5-10 minutes of material will be viewed

  • Be sure to use the notes section to explain how this specific material relates to your proposal and/or practice!

  • Support material can include: links to test footage or past projects, mood boards, storyboards, scripts, treatments, photos etc. 

• Biographies of main creative personnel (max 1 page)

  • Include full names, pronouns, dates of birth, and their role(s) in the project

• Proposed detailed budget

  • Grants of $3500 will be awarded, plus up to $1500 credit in equipment/facility rental costs (at non-member rates) via our commissioning fund production partners. 

  • Include your facility and equipment rental needs—depending on where you’re located, please visit the Cineworks (Vancouver), VIVO Media Arts (Vancouver), or CSIF (Calgary) website to see a list of their available equipment and facility rentals.

  • When creating your budget show how you will utilize the full funding, including the $1500 in-kind equipment/facility rental costs that can support your creation!

  • Budget Template HERE: download a copy you can use to support your application

• Proposed detailed timeline

  • Include a breakdown of what key milestones you will achieve throughout the program, which will lead to the final delivery of your film. 

  • Timeline Template HERE: download a copy you can use in your application

• Signed Letter of Support (Optional): 

  • 1 signed letter of support from an established artist or professional in your field who can speak to your experience and past work