Deadline: 1-Mar-24
Film and Video Arts Scholarship is now open for a young Albertan film and video artist who shows extraordinary talent in a film and video arts form and who demonstrates clear educational or training goals.
Funding Information
- $7,000 scholarship is awarded each year.
What does this grant support?
- Eligible training programs
- You must be enrolled in an eligible training program to receive this scholarship.
- Eligible film and video arts programs that will be accepted for assessment of educational or training merit are the following:
- Any level of undergraduate studies with a minor or major in film and video arts
- A recognized program or appropriate mentorship, workshop, master class, or course with a focus on film and video art
- Graduate programs or their equivalents are ineligible for consideration.
- Eligible genres
- For the purposes of this scholarship program, film and video arts are defined as independent works in film and video produced by individual artists.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for scholarship funding you must be a resident of Alberta. This means you:
- Are legally entitled to be or remain in Canada
- Have had your primary residence in Alberta for one full year before applying
- Ordinarily live in Alberta for at least six months each year with the exception of attending a formal program of study
- You must be 25 years or younger as of the application deadline.
- You must be enrolled in an eligible film and video arts training program.
Conditions
- The scholarship will only be granted if the successful applicant can prove enrollment in an eligible training program identified in the applicant’s scholarship application.
- Failure to prove enrollment within 60 days of the award date may result in cancellation of the scholarship.
- The AFA, or their authorized representative, may examine a funding recipient’s financial and other records to ensure that the funding is being, or was, used for its intended purpose.
- If you have previously received an AFA grant, you must have met reporting requirements in order to be eligible to receive subsequent funding from the AFA.
For more information, visit AFA.