[Reader-list] Alter-Ciné Foundation Documentary Film Grants: Apply by Aug 15

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From: Anush Hayrapetyan <an.hayrapetyan at yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Subject: [forgottendiaries] Alter-Ciné Foundation Documentary Film Grants
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 *Alter-Ciné Foundation Documentary Film Grants

Deadline Date
August 15, 2009*

The Alter-Ciné Foundation offers a yearly grant to young film and video
makers born and living in Africa, Asia, and
Latin America to direct a documentary film on the theme of rights and
freedoms, including social and economic
rights, women’s rights, the right to culture, and artistic creation. The
Foundation will award a grant of CDN$10,000
to a video or filmmaker to assist in the production of a documentary
project. The grant is aimed at young video and
filmmakers who want to direct a film in the language of their choice that
respects the aims of the Foundation.

The Foundation particularly supports documentary films that, as stated on
their website, "dare to go against the
tide, that take the side of the defenceless and question common assumptions
by giving a voice to the voiceless,
enriching our understanding of the world and helping us reflect on the
possibility of changing the world from a
perspective of peace, justice, equality and respect for differences."

The Alter-Cine Foundation was created in the memory of Canadian filmmaker,
Yvan Patry who passed away on October 14
1999. Patry was a co-founder of the production company Alter Ciné and
directed numerous documentaries and current
affairs programmes in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Patry’s
documentaries, according to the Foundation, have
contributed to tearing down walls of silence, denouncing injustice and
barbarism, and giving voice to victims of
horror.

*The deadline for application is August 15 2009.*

*
To apply, the video/filmmaker must:*

1. complete the Application Form in French, English, or Spanish;

2. include a synopsis in French, English, or Spanish (max. 5 pages) that
describes the content, characters,
situations, theme, as well as the treatment and style, of the project;

3. send a VHS cassette or a DVD of a completed documentary work. If
possible, the cassette should be sub-titled or
versioned in French, English, or Spanish. If the work does not exist in any
of these three languages, please send a
written transcript of the dialogue and narration in one of the three
languages.

4. include a production budget for the documentary, as well as a financing
plan which includes the Foundation grant
and other sources of proposed or assured financing;

5. present two support letters from partners, non-governmental organisations
(NGOs), groups, or associations
supporting the project.

*Contact*:

Alter-Ciné Foundation

5371 avenue de l’Esplanade
Montréal Québec
H2T 2Z8
Canada
Tel: 1 514 273 7136
Alter-Ciné website<http://www.comminit.com/redirect.cgi?r=http%3A%2F%2Faltercine.org%2Findex2.html>:
http://altercine.org/index2.html
alter at mlink.net


*Yours sincerely,*

**

*Anush Hayrapetyan*

**

*Youth Action for Change*

*Forgotten Diaries Project*

*Participants and Local Initiatives Coordinator*



http://www.youthactionforchange.org/

http://www.forgottendiaries.org/

**

Mobile: (00374) 99311256

Skype: anushka2112 <an.hayrapetyan at yahoo.com>

<http://www.nyca.am/>




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