GWU 2010 International Emerging Filmmakers Fellowship
The Documentary Center at The George Washington University is the
founding host of the International Emerging Filmmakers
Fellowship, an intensive six-week program that takes place in May and June.
Candidates for the Fellowship are emerging nonfiction story tellers and community leaders who come from
countries where the traditional infrastructure for the creation and distribution of documentary is limited or does not not currently exist.
In 2008, we hosted ten emerging filmmakers and in 2010, we doubled the number of participants in the program.
Our Fellows have come from the following countries:
- Morocco
- Nicaragua
- India
- Sri Lanka
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Armenia
- Malaysia
- Uganda
- Pakistan
- South Africa
- Colombia
- Egypt
- Rwanda
- Nepal
- Indonesia
- Zimbabwe
- Kyrgyzstan
- Ghana
- Cambodia
The 2008 and 2010 Fellowships were made possible by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State and the generous support of the Panasonic Corporation of America. The Center is currently exploring funding opportunities with additional organizations interested in building the abilities of non-fiction storytellers across the globe.
For more information on how your organization can be involved in this exciting opportunity, please contact the Center's Director at: seavey@gwu.edu
About the Fellowship
The International Emerging Documentary Filmmakers Fellowship is both comprehensive and challenging.
This program brings emerging documentarians from around the world to work in a collaborative environment geared toward launching their work on to the world stage. During the six-weeks, Fellows develop a common language about documentary filmmaking that crosses national boundaries and cultures while utilizing the abundant resources that working and living on the campus of The George Washington University in the nation's capital of the United States can offer.
On a practical level, Fellows have the opportunity to make two short films in a very "hands-on" exploration of the documentary form. Production of these films occurs both in Washington, DC and in New York City using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities provided by the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University (GWU). Further, Fellows participate in round-table discussions with notable U.S. filmmakers and meet representatives from major broadcast networks. Finally, Fellows attend SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, including the annual International Documentary Conference.
All expenses for this Fellowship are provided, including international travel (as well as necessary in-country travel costs to acquire a U.S. Visa), accommodations, daily food stipend, domestic U.S. travel, equipment, materials costs, registration, and tuition fees. Costs for extracurricular entertainment or travel that are not an articulated component of the Fellowship are not included. Fellows will reside in the dormitories on the GW campus, located in the heart of Washington, DC, within walking distance of the city's historic monuments, Smithsonian Museums, and modern transportation system.
Films from Our Fellows
2010 International Fellow's Films from Center for Innovative Media on Vimeo.
Above are excerpts of the work of each of our twenty 2010 Fellows, all produced, shot and edited in their home countries. It is an example of their skill and passion for storytelling and a glimpse into the rich possibilities of what they will create on their Fellowship here in the upcoming weeks.
Read the 2010 press release
THE 2010 INTERNATIONAL EMERGING FILMMAKERS FELLOWSHIP
Arrival &
Orientation
Training &
Filmmaking
THE CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE & DEPARTURE
The Fellowship Experience
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