Screenwriting Guidelines/Application
Filmmaking Guidelines/Application

McKnight Artist Fellowships for Filmmakers and Screenwriters

IFP Minnesota and The McKnight Foundation will award four $25,000 fellowships to mid-career 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.

The Fellows are chosen by judging panels made up of industry professionals from outside Minnesota. Minnesota residents who meet the criteria are strongly encouraged to apply for this outstanding program.

Deadlines for submission:

McKnight Fellowships for Screenwriters	4:00 PM on Monday, February 1, 2009
McKnight Fellowships for Filmmakers	4:00 PM on Monday, March 1, 2009

      Winners of both grants will be announced in June 2010.

"How to Apply" Info Sessions
Free "How to Apply" workshops will be offered in November and December 2008 to answer your questions about the application process and the fellowship program. Both screenwriters and filmmakers are welcome to attend either session.

For more information, contact Lu Lippold, 651-644-1912 x106, llippold@ifpmn.org.

The 2009 McKnight Screenwriting and Filmmaking Fellowship recipients 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

Check out the activities and innermost thoughts of the 2009 McKnight screenwriting and filmmaking fellows on their new blog.  For information about the Screenwriting Fellows, click HERE.
For information about the Filmmaking Fellows, click HERE.  For information about the 2007 and 2008 Fellows, click here.