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Emerging Filmmaker Mentorship Program

The Emerging Filmmaker Mentorship Program: your vision, your short film, our resources.

The Media Center Emerging Filmmaker Mentorship Program is a semester-long program that will focus on providing creative support and funding to undergraduate Barnard filmmakers as they produce their own short film.

The program is seeking ambitious, visionary students who have an idea for a film, and the drive to get it made. Our goal is to offer resources to populations traditionally marginalized in media production settings, including women, people of color, and those with financial limitations.

The Emerging Filmmaker Mentorship Program is generously supported by the Barnard College Diversity & Inclusion Initiative. For any questions related to the program, e-mail mediacenter@barnard.edu. 

Program resources include:

  • Assistance with the creative process from pre-production to post-production
  • Personalized mentorship through one-on-one meetings throughout the semester
  • Bi-weekly hands-on workshops on Screenwriting, Pre-Production Planning, Budgeting, Storyboarding & Aesthetics, and Directing Actors
  • Feedback on project progress and script drafts 
  • Logistical support with schedules, budgets, etc.
  • Technical training on advanced production equipment and editing programs
  • Funds as needed-- Each selected project will receive up to $1,500 in production funds.

Participants will exit the program with practical work skills in filmmaking and a completed short film that they can submit to film festivals and add to their reels.

Applicants can apply as individuals or as small creative teams, and must meet the following requirements:

  • Undergraduate student
  • Currently attending Barnard (graduating seniors are eligible)
  • Have a strong idea and a finished script for a short film that they're passionate about creating
  • Have a need for support in order to realize their vision

  • September 9, 2019: Applications open
  • September 19, 2019: Information session at 6 pm in Milstein 105C
  • September 26, 2019: Applications due (link below)
  • September 30-October 4, 2019: Finalist interviews
  • October 7, 2019: Mentees announced
  • October-December: Themed workshops on different elements of filmmaking
  • December, 2019: Film productions take place
  • Spring, 2019: Final films due

Apply here! 

Applications are due on Thursday, September 26, 2019.