FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:

• McKnight Fellowships:

• Screenwriting

• Filmmaking

• Fresh Filmmakers Grant

• MNTV

• Non-IFP Grants & Fellowships

2008 Guidelines

and Application

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PARTY: Selection, Election, and the Body Politic

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Download the 2009 MNTV Guidelines
Download the 2009 MNTV Application Cover Sheet

OPEN CALL FOR SHORT FILMS

You made a short and WE WANT TO SEE IT!

MNTV is a festival of short films shown on Twin Cities Public Television, TPT.

Is your film 40 minutes or less?
Do you live in Minnesota?
Did you live in Minnesota when you made the film?
Are you done with school, or, at any rate, not a student right now?
Did you finish the film after January 1, 2007?
Do you want to see your work on TPT-TV?
Do you want to win $500 - $1000 for your film?

If you answer YEAH BABY YEAH to all these questions, then you are eligible to apply!

The DEADLINE is June 11, 2009.

CLICK HERE FOR GUIDELINES and APPLICATION ENTRY FORM.

WATCH THE 2008 MNTV PROGRAM ONLINE! www.tpt.org/mntv/2008/

MNTV Calendar:

April 2009              Guidelines for 2009 program available online
June 11, 2009         Applications due
August 2009           Winners announced
December 2009       MNTV Broadcast!

The Fine Print:

MNTV is a three-part series of short films made by Minnesota filmmakers and aired on Twin Cities Public Television. Walker Art Center Film and Video Department, IFP Minnesota, TPT, and Intermedia Arts have teamed up to produce the 2009 MNTV season. The Jerome Foundation provides the funding for the program.

The goal of MNTV is to provide a television broadcast venue for short-form film and video makers and to nurture an audience for their work. The MNTV program often represents the first time local filmmakers are compensated financially for the projects they produce and direct. Licensing fees between $500-$1000 are paid to the filmmakers for the broadcasts on TPT.

Works must have a running time of no longer than 40 minutes. Artists must have created the work since January 1, 2007, and resided in the state of Minnesota at the time the submitted work was produced. A panel of judges from the partnering organizations will judge the submissions based on:

• Production quality and craft
• Originality
• Concept
• Diversity
• Suitability for television
• Ability of filmmakers to present their applications in an articulate and professional manner

Congratulations to the winners of the
2008 MNTV Short Film Competition!

Watch full episodes from TPT here.

John Akre, "Charlton Heston Brought Back From the Dead!"
Paul Bernhardt, "bridges"
Brian Dehler, "Midway" and "Independence Parade"
Emily Rumsey and Mike Hazard, "Mr. Positive"
Denise Kriesel, "The Kings and Queens of Persia"
Diego Luke and Dan Luke, "Diego's Trip to Guatemala"
JoEllen Martinson and William Rees, "The Epicene"
Jila Nikpay, "Labyrinth"
Mike Rivard, "May Day"
Bridget Riversmith, "Birds at Night (Might Fall)"
Jesse Roesler, "Finding Flight"
Tom Schroeder, "The Yellow Bird"
Jon Springer, "The Wood Witch"
Ryan Wetherall, "Incubus Drone" and "Chiasm"