Nice Moves Minnesota, a professional development network for animation, motion design, and VFX artists is hosting its first Mentorship Mixer of 2025! During this in-person event on January 19th, industry professionals who have volunteered to mentor other artists from across Minnesota on their goals, the industry, and their experience as visual artists will conduct a […]
The South Washington Watershed District (SWWD) seeks a creative fine art aerial photographer and/or aerial videographer to celebrate and document the landscapes, ecosystems, natural resources, and diverse inhabitants that call southern Washington County home. The lengthened term of the artist’s residency is designed to allow exploration throughout the seasons and remove arbitrary timeline limitations from […]
This grant supports eligible Minnesota-based early career film directors whose work takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with, or re-imagining filmmaking with production grants of up to $30,000. The Foundation seeks to fund filmmakers who take creative risks, seek innovative approaches, have a clarity of purpose and vision for imaginative storytelling, are engaged directly […]
This grant provides Minnesota-based early career film directors, working in short and/or long form experimental, narrative, animation or documentary genres, or in any hybrid combination of these forms, up to $10,000 to engage in self-designed mentorship with experienced directors or other film professionals to strengthen their film directing craft and/or professional skills in connection with […]
Link to full RFP: https://tptlearn.org/page/request-for-proposals The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals for a project funded by the Department of Education and enter into contract, through competitive negotiations, for the development and production of a school readiness educational video series for a kindergarten-2nd grade audience. In response to the challenges voiced by the […]
Stipend: $500 Deadline: September 6, 2024 Notifications: September 13 – 20 We are seeking emerging artists for Moonplay Cinema’s Experimental Film Workshop led by visual artist and curator, Sabrina Ford. This 6-week program will give an overview on the histories, contexts, and philosophies behind experimental film and the usage of the medium as a liberatory […]
Studio Thirteen is an intensive lab for talented creative youths who are interested in honing their filmmaking skills. Created for young artists who wish to further their media arts education in a collaborative environment, participants will work in small teams to create an impactful short film over the course of thirteen weeks while learning the […]
Minnesota WebFest is the first film festival in the Midwest dedicated to online entertainment formats like web series and podcasts. MNWF is a member festival of the North Star Story Summit as well as a member of the Web Series World Cup and Audio Fiction World Cup. Our mission is to identify high quality web […]
The Fresh Vantage Post Grant is funded by the RJ Christensen Foundation of the St. Paul & Minnesota Foundation and managed/distributed by the Saint Paul Neighborhood Network. This is a post-production grant to support MN filmmakers from underserved communities to complete a documentary project. The Fresh Vantage Post Grant offers $15,000 grants to six marginalized […]
FilmNorth is excited to collaborate with the McKnight Foundation to offer four $25,000 fellowships and public recognition of media artists beyond the stage of emerging who reside and work within the state of Minnesota. This is not a project-specific grant. Founded on the belief that Minnesota thrives when its artists and culture bearers thrive, the […]
Minnesota WebFest is the first film festival in the Midwest dedicated to online entertainment formats like web series and podcasts. MNWF is a member festival of the North Star Story Summit as well as a member of the Web Series World Cup and Audio Fiction World Cup. Our mission is to identify high quality web […]
MSPIFF, in partnership with Twin Cities Youth Media Network, is accepting submissions for youth-made media to be featured at the festival. Official selections will receive laurels as well as inclusion to an online vimeo playlist featuring each of the programmed films. That said, if you have any students who would like to submit work for […]
WomenCinemakers is now accepting submissions from women filmmakers, directors and producers for its 2024 Biennial Edition. They are looking for shorts, documentaries, dance video and features written, directed or produced by women. You can enter in five categories: • Independent Cinema • Documentary • Dance Video • Performance • Experimental cinema In order to submit […]
Midwest makers are all around us. They are visual artists, chefs, community organizers, folk and traditional arts practitioners, musicians, oral historians, farmers, and next-door neighbors. They work in large and small communities, wear multiple hats, and add to the creative culture of the Midwest. If you’re all about capturing the people who make the Midwest […]