Deadline: 30 November 2023
The 4th World Media Lab is a year-long fellowship for emerging and mid-career Indigenous filmmakers, providing opportunities to develop filmmaking skills and networks through festival participation, hands-on training, masterclasses, workshopping projects in development, pitch activities, and meetings with funders and other industry decision-makers.
The program is a collaborative partnership between the festivals and Nia Tero, a U.S.-based non-profit working in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and movements worldwide.
It is their intention to save this space for persons who have done the work of learning about and being in community with their Indigenous family and peers, with the goal of connecting to one’s unique lived experience, reflecting on how it has been shaped by the knowledge, joy, challenges, and history of one’s elders and ancestors.
Funding Information
- The selected fellows will receive a $10,000 artist development grant from the Nia Tero Foundation and the following benefits for each festival visit:
- Round trip travel and accommodations (or travel stipend to cover costs)
- Meal per diem (cash stipend to cover meals and incidentals)
- All Access Festival Pass
Fellowship Activities
- Fellowship activities take place February through September 2024 at three film festivals:
- Big Sky Documentary Film Festival – February 2024 (Missoula MT)
- Seattle International Film Festival – May 2024 (Seattle WA)
- Camden International Film Festival – September 2024 (Camden ME)
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible to apply are:
- Indigenous peoples residing in North America including Native American, Alaska Natives, Kanaka Maoli, First Nations, Métis and Inuit of Canada, and those of Indigenous heritage from south of the US border and of Pasifika heritage living in North America.
- Each filmmaker will have at least two years’ experience in professional filmmaking.
- Applicants should have an active work-in-progress or finished film they are prepared to pitch, workshop or market with mentors and industry.
For more information, visit Nia Tero Foundation.
