FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:

• McKnight Fellowships:

• Screenwriting

• Filmmaking

• Fresh Filmmakers Grant

• MNTV

• Non-IFP Grants & Fellowships

2009 Screenwriting Fellowship Guidelines

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2009 Filmmaking Fellowship Guidelines

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Screenwriting Guidelines/Application
Filmmaking Guidelines/Application

IFP Minnesota is proud to announce the 2009 McKnight Screenwriting and Filmmaking Fellowship recipients. They are:

                        Nicole Brending, for her screenplay Preservation
                        Karen Frank, for her screenplay The Ghosts of Gray’s Pond
                        Rolf Belgum, for his films She Unfolds by Day and Driver 23
                        Mark Wojahn, for his films Trampoline and What America Needs

Each of the winning Fellows receives a $25,000 cash award. The Fellows are chosen by judging panels made up of industry professionals from outside Minnesota.

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For information about the Filmmaking Fellows, click HERE.

McKnight Artist Fellowships for Filmmakers and Screenwriters
IFP Minnesota and The McKnight Foundation will award four $25,000 fellowships to Minnesota filmmakers and screenwriters in 2009. The fellowships honor the professional and artistic accomplishments of Minnesota artists writing and directing for the screen. Writers are required to submit one feature-length screenplay. Directors are required to submit two work samples in feature or short length in any of the genres of narrative, documentary, experimental, or animation.

Minnesota residents who meet the criteria are strongly encouraged to apply for this outstanding program.

McKnight Calendar:

Fall 2009                              Guidelines for 2010 program available online
February/March 2009         Applications due
June 2010                            Winners announced

Click here for information about the 2008 and 2007 McKnight Fellows!