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2022-23 Queer Cinema Project Fellowship Application
The Queer Cinema Project (QCP) Fellowship is a year-long program to support SFSU Cinema students making LGBTQ+ themed films. The Fellowship includes faculty advising, workshops, rough cut screenings, funding stipends and online distribution promotion. Students with queer or queer-adjacent film ideas will receive input and guidance during the pre-production, production and post-production stages. During editing, students screen cuts of their films at regularly-scheduled QCP feedback sessions attended by faculty, visiting filmmakers and peers. A $200 stipend is provided to each accepted filmmaker, and students are eligible to apply for additional funding through the annual Barbara Hammer Film Fund, named after the legendary lesbian experimental filmmaker and SFSU alum. In the spring, completed films are programmed in a Queer Film Finals screening. Students are trained in festival submissions and educational distribution opportunities, and their films are included in QCP’s Vimeo page to promote international distribution, visibility and social change. The Fellowship is supplemented by other QCP-supported activities including workshops and screenings/discussions with queer filmmakers, as well as internships with local queer production companies and filmmaking organizations such as Frameline.

Details & timeline for the 2022-23 Fellowship:
(Meetings will be held in person, online or a hybrid of the two depending on Fellows' situations and the state of the pandemic.)
-      First meeting of accepted Fellows (mid October 2022)
- $200 production stipend (to be awarded in January 2023)
- Attendance at peer-review sessions for creative input from QCP faculty & Fellows. Fellows will be able to do script readings or screen sample clips or rough cuts and receive peer, faculty and mentor feedback in a creative and constructive workshop environment (held every 4-6 weeks from Oct 22 - May 23)
- Opportunity to attend 2-3 workshops or screenings/discussions with visiting queer filmmakers (spring 2023)
- Support from QCP faculty and partners on developing a festival strategy (spring 2023)
- Opportunity to apply for additional funding via the Barbara Hammer Awards (spring 2023)
- Screening of completed films at QCP’s Queer Film Finals (May 2023)
- Inclusion of final film (either trailer or complete work) on QCP’s Vimeo page and archive (summer 2023)

Eligibility:
Any Cinema undergrad or graduate student creating a queer or queer-adjacent film during the 2022-23 academic year is eligible to apply to the Fellowship. The project must be in pre-production, production or post-production. Students cannot apply with a finished film. Students are not required to be in the SF Bay Area to apply. Previous QCP Fellows are not eligible to apply again.

Application process:
Submit the application below by Friday, October 7th at 5pm. Applications will be evaluated based on strength of the project and fit with the Fellowship framework. All applicants will be notified in early-mid October.

Questions:
Contact Queer Cinema Project Director Johnny Symons at symons@sfsu.edu.
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Name *
What degree are you currently pursuing at SFSU? *
What is your estimated date of graduation? *
What is your student ID number? *
Please describe your gender identity and/or sexual orientation, including your preferred pronouns. *
What is your project? *
Please describe the project for which you are seeking funding. Include: title, running time, genre (fiction, doc, experimental, animation, etc), synopsis or summary, description of visual style or approach, and status of the project (pre-production, production, post, etc). (approx 1 page)
What is your anticipated completion date for your film? *
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Are you creating the film as part of a class? If so, please list the course name/number & professor.
Who are you as a filmmaker? *
How would you describe the connections between your filmmaking work and LGBTQ+ issues, both with this project and others you hope to accomplish in the future? (Max 1 paragraph)
Why do you want to participate in this fellowship? Why do you think it is a good fit for you & your project? *
Links to sample clip, reel, or relevant work.
If available, please provide links to a sample clip or visual style guide for your current project, or your reel and/or other relevant work below.
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