2020 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM: PLAYWRITING/SCREENWRITING
Marble House
INFO: Marble House Project is a multidisciplinary artist residency program that fosters collaboration and the exchange of ideas, by providing an environment for artists across disciplines to live and work together. The residency integrates sustainable practices, including small-scale organic food production and waste conservation. Residents sustain their growth by engaging with the grounds while working on their artistic practice. Marble House Project is founded on the belief that the act of creating, whether in the studio or in nature, is how human potential expands and community thrives.
Marble House Project accepts approximately 60 residents and is open to artists living in the United States and abroad. Residencies run from April through October, scheduled into six three-week residencies and one two-week family-friendly residency for artists with children. Each session accommodates eight artists and is specifically curated to bring together a diverse group of creative workers, to maximize potential for collaboration and dialogue while in residence and beyond.
All residents live together in the historic, eight-bedroom Manley-Lefevre house, a communal space organized around responsibilities-sharing systems which highlight sustainability and community. All residents will be paired and asked to cook for shared dinners three times over the course of their residency, Monday-Friday. A substantial amount of the food we provide comes from our organic garden, which also serves as a space for gathering and an educational tool. Residents are invited to help with planting, harvesting, and maintenance. While not required, our hope is that you will spend some time in the garden alongside your studio practice. Each session culminates with ART SEED, our public open house weekend event. Artists are invited to share their work with our community through artist talks, readings, performances, and open studios.
Marble House Project provides private bedrooms, food, private studio space, and artist support. We are not able to cover costs related to travel or materials. There is no fee to attend the residency.
Applications are accepted in all creative fields including but not limited to writing, dance and choreography, performance, music composition and sound, film and video, visual arts, and culinary arts. Applications are reviewed by a jury of alumni, staff, and outside experts, and artists are selected based on quality of work, commitment to practice, and project description. Please choose the application that best describes your work. Two artists may apply together as a collaborative, and should complete one application. Within each application you will be asked to select the session dates best for you. You may choose the family friendly residency only if you will be bringing your children. Family friendly applicants may select additional dates if willing to attend without your children.
Marble House Project does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
Selection Process
Our jury is composed of Marble House Project alumni and professionals within their field. We do not post the names of our jury and jury members change annually. After artists are chosen, they are specifically curated into residency groups by staff, board and outside consultants.
Collaborators:
Two artists maximum.
If applying as a collaborative (two artists max), please complete a single application in the discipline most applicable for your shared project. Please include both artists’ resumes in your upload and an artist statement which relates to both collaborators. Work samples should reflect both artists’ work, and/or work from previous collaborations. Collaborators should be willing to share a studio and possibly a bedroom.
Applicant Information and Contact
1. First Name
2. Last Name
3. Email address This information will not be shared with our jury
4. Phone Number This information will not be shared with our jury
5. Mailing Address This information will not be shared with our jury
6. Artists Statement
Word count should not exceed one page or 250 words.
7. Resume or CV.
Please upload a current resume and include education history; awards, grants and fellowships received, artists' residencies attended and a list of professional achievements in your field (exhibitions, publications, performances, recordings). Please delete your address and email from this document. We want to respect the privacy of each applicant.
8. Website
If you do not have a website, do not input this information.
9. Statement of intent/project description.
What will your focus be or what do you plan to accomplish during your residency at Marble House Project? While we are aware that this may change, it is important in shaping how each residency group is curated. 300 words limit.
10. Work Samples.
You may upload up to 15 pages writing samples. Pages must be double spaced.
11. Studio Needs
Please tell us about any special requirements you might have for your studio space. Jurors will not see this information.
12. How did you hear about Marble House and anything else we need to know.
This question refers to anything that may be relevant to your application that is not asked in other areas. Please tell us who referred you to our program or how you heard about it.. Our jury will not see this information.
13. Residency Dates
Each session hosts eight artists and is carefully curated to bring together a group of creative workers across various disciplines, who might collaborate and learn from one another. The more dates you are available, the more flexibility Marble House Project has in curating each group. Please choose carefully because if accepted, you will be placed in a residency session that has been curated with you in mind. and it is sometimes very difficult to move people around. If your dates change, please notify us prior to January 15th. If you are applying for the family friendly residency please check that box. If you are applying for family friendly but can also attend a residency without your child/children then check each time slot that you are available. You may not apply to the family friendly residency without a child. Children should be no younger than three in order to participate in our camp for artists children. If your child is younger than three, you will need to have a partner provide childcare. Jurors will not see which sessions you apply to. Residency dates for the 2020 Artist in Residency are as follows:
April 13th - May 5th
May 11th - June 2nd
June 8th - June 30th
August 3rd - August 25
August 31 - Sept 22
October 5 - 27th
July 13 - July 28 Family Friendly Residency
14. For Family Friendly Residency only.
Please answer all of the questions if you are applying to our family friendly residency session.. If you are not applying to this session, please leave the answers blank. This information remains internal and is not seen by our jurors.
15. Outreach and Statistical purposes
The questions below are for outreach and statistical purposes, and will remain confidential. Marble House Project is working hard to reach creative people in many different communities.. Although optional, we strongly encourage you to answer the questions below. Our demographic questions will help us achieve this goal in the coming years and we need your help.
Marble House Project does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
Date of Birth
Country of Birth
How do you self-identify - This question refers to pronouns and anything else you choose to tell us about yourself.
Ethnicity Please respond in the way that most appropriately describes how you identify yourself.
Education What is the highest degree of education you have completed?
SUBMISSION FEE: $35
DEADLINE: December 9, 2019
https://marblehouseproject.submittable.com/submit
2020 SHORT FILM COMPETITION: SPANISH-LANGUAGE
AT&T Film Awards
INFO: The AT&T Film Awards recognizes aspiring creators who are shaping the future of entertainment through innovative and immersive filmmaking while sharing their unique stories. We are supporting and rewarding excellence in filmmaking with $60,000 in cash and prizes, featured screenings during SHAPE at the Warner Bros. Studios in June 2020, and the opportunity to network with industry executives.
Awarded to the top Spanish-language short film from current undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, or postdoctoral students enrolled in an accredited college or university. The majority of the film must be in Spanish.
AWARD: Prize package valued at $15,000 to attend the summer 2020 filmmaking program at USC Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles. Includes tuition, roundtrip airfare, housing, and a daily stipend. The winning film will air on DIRECTV in Latin America and the winner will receive a meeting with a CAA agent.
DEADLINE: December 16, 2019
https://attfilmawards.submittable.com/submit/150486/spanish-language?aid=smmw
Universal Animation Writers Program
INFO: The Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) animation writing program for both film and television identifies and develops an inclusive pool of talent with unique points of view that build upon UFEG’s commitment to telling stories and creating narratives that appeal to and reflect the vast diversity of our audiences. During the one-year paid program, Global Talent Development & Inclusion (GTDI) will partner with business units and production entities affiliated with UFEG including DreamWorks Animation, Illumination and Universal 1440 Entertainment.
Writers have the option to submit writing samples for a Film Track, or one of two Television Tracks, Kids 6-11 or Preschool 3-5. Writers selected for the Film Track will write two feature-length scripts for development consideration in collaboration with GTDI executives, animation creative executives and/or producers. Although the goal is for projects to move into development, studio development and production are not guaranteed. Additionally, writers can potentially contribute to active studio projects in development and/or production.
Writers interested in animated television may submit writing samples for either Kids 6-11 or Preschool 3-5. Each track is catered to the sensibility of the specific audience demographic, match UFEG creative executives’ varying sensibilities, and both carry equal weight in the selection process. Writers selected for either Television Track will be considered for potential staffing opportunities, though staffing is not guaranteed. Writers will develop two pilot scripts in collaboration with GTDI executives, animation creative executives and/or producers. Pilots written in the program may be considered for development, but development is not guaranteed.
Those selected for the Program will be hired under a writing service agreement requiring the participant's exclusive, full-time commitment.
DEADLINE: December 16, 2019
https://www.universaltalentdevelopment.com/universal-animation-writers
1 Potato Short Script Competition
Sun Valley Film Festival
INFO: The Sun Valley Film Festival developed the 1 Potato Initiative to support emerging filmmakers and incentivize filmmaking in the state of Idaho. We’re inviting the winner of the screenplay competition to use the 5k to bring their story to life by filming on location in Idaho.
Whether you have a short script that’s been sitting on your shelf, or you want to write something with the competition in mind, SVFF and the 6th annual 1 Potato Initiative want to hear your story, and help the finalists take their idea from page to screen.
The winning script will receive $5,000 in funds towards shooting their film on location in Idaho, as well as having SVFF support from development to finished product. As a partner on the film, SVFF will connect the winner with seasoned filmmaker participants, arrange special networking opportunities with Industry experts, and help build a presence for the film as it begins its festival journey.
The winning 1 Potato short script will be announced at the 1 Potato Initiative reception during the 2020 Sun Valley Film Festival in March.
Scripts will be judged on the strength of the story, originality/creativity, clarity, and feasibility of financial/location parameters.
The winning script must be filmed in Idaho. Do not submit your script unless you are able to commit to filming in Idaho.
BENEFITS FOR SELECTED FILMMAKER[S] INCLUDE:
$5,000 prize towards film budget
lodging and all-access credentials during SVFF
rare networking opportunities with Industry established filmmakers
inclusion in exclusive SVFF events
highlighted world premiere at SVFF 2021
SVFF brokered deals, guidance and opportunities
GENERAL RULES:
The Sun Valley Film Festival reserves the right to determine eligibility of any project submitted.
Must be 15 pages or less.
Participants must be at least 18 years of age.
Without exception, the winning script MUST BE FILMED IN IDAHO; do not submit your project unless you are able to commit to filming in Idaho.
The Sun Valley Film Festival and Producers will be involved in the hiring of all cast and crew.
While additional fundraising in encouraged, the script must be feasible to film on a limited budget.
The Sun Valley Film Festival will receive a Made In Association With credit, as well as end credit scroll logo placement.
Finalists will be asked to fill out a brief questionnaire upon completing the program.
Finalized film must have its world premiere at the Sun Valley Film Festival.
SUBMISSION FEE: $10
DEADLINE: January 11, 2020
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series
INFO: The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series is a two-day annual film festival founded by African Voices magazine and LIU's Media Arts Dept., Brooklyn Campus. Reel Sisters has expanded to include a six week season with a kick off in Harlem and awards ceremony. Established in 1997, Reel Sisters (www.reelsisters.org) is dedicated to providing opportunities for women of color to advance their careers in the film industry. Reel Sisters accepts films written, directed, or produced by women/non-binary filmmakers of color. Reel Sisters is the first Academy Qualifying Film Festival devoted to women of color across the globe.
Reel Sisters 23 Anniversary event will take place from Oct. 24-25, 2020 in NYC. Reel Sisters is a competitive festival and films are selected by an independent jury. Please submit films early as deadlines are final. The festival provides quality customer service and does not offer fee waivers. The fee helps pay for a small fraction of the administrative costs for running a professional film festival.
Reel Sisters accepts all genres and formats with a special interest in submissions from animated and web series producers. Send us films that will make our audience “cry, dance, laugh, sing and explore." Reel Sisters is an Academy Qualifying Film Festival for Short Narratives. The festival curates events throughout the year so all entries will be considered for Reel Sisters Tea & Cinema series. Join our worldwide community of film professionals in celebrating stories produced, directed and written by women of color!
REEL SISTERS HIGHLIGHTS
• Listed in Film Daily's Top 10 Women Centered Film Festivals (2018)
https://filmdaily.co/news/female-focused-film-festivals/
• Profiled in Bushwick Daily, Shadow & Act, Film Daily, the Washington Post and Black Enterprise for presenting outstanding films by women of color from across the globe!
• Reel Sisters is a top tier film festival that provides a chance for women to gain distribution, network and access to opportunities in the film industry.
Awards & Prizes
Reel Sisters screens original films by women across the globe each year — the festival has screened over 5,000 films since its inception. Awards for Best Director, Best Documentary, Best Screenplay, Best Experimental, Best Animation, Best Feature, Best Short, Best Narrative, Best Web Series, Best Original Soundtrack and the Reel Sisters Spirit Award are selected by an independent jury composed of filmmakers, community leaders and artists. In 2016, Reel Sisters presented the Reel Sisters/Centric Awards, which includes a distribution deal with Centric/BET Networks. The cash awards depend on our funding level. It was a pleasure to bring back our scholarship awards to the film festival and with your support we can continue this tradition.
CASH AWARDS FOR 2020
Best Narrative Short - $1,000
Best Director - $500
Best Screenplay - $300
Best Animation - $200
DEADLINES:
Earlybird - March 9, 2020
Regular - May 15, 2020
Extended - June 15, 2020
https://filmfreeway.com/ReelSistersoftheDiasporaFilmFestival