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Operation In Their Boots:
Filmmaking Fellowship For OIF/OEF Servicemembers
Operation In Their Boots is a one-of-a-kind Filmmaking Fellowship sponsored by Brave New Foundation where five OIF and OEF veterans* will be selected to direct their own, fully funded documentaries. Participants in this program will be selected from a 2-stage, online application process that includes the applicants pitch or proposal for a documentary that will capture their unique perspective of how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have impacted their lives, and the lives of their families, loved ones and their communities. Selected participants will be paid a stipend of $7,500 and Brave New Foundation will designate a budget that will cover the selected project’s production costs.
The only thematic requirement of the Fellowship applicants is that they must tell stories about the impact the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are having on people here in the United States, and they must be done from a non-partisan, non-ideological perspective. The applicants proposed projects may be autobiographical documentaries, intimate family stories, or documentary projects that focus on issues related to how the conflicts have impacted our nation.
(*Currently enlisted service members and other potential participants must get their commanding officer’s prior approval to participate in this program).
General Guidelines
- Active duty, guard or reserve veterans of Iraq or Afghanistan and those still serving are elligible. Those who have not deployed in support of OIF or OEF are not eligible.
- Prior filmmaking experience is preferred, but not required. Applicants who can demonstrate strong storytelling skills and the proven ability to complete and deliver projects similar in scale to a 15-minute documentary will be considered.
- Participants must commit to attend a 3-day “Documentary Filmmakers Bootcamp” in Los Angeles March 5 – 7, 2010.
(Travel expenses for those who need it will be paid by Brave New Foundation) - Participants must deliver a documentary of approximately 15-minutes by a deadline to be established by Brave New Foundation.
- Participants must collaborate with the In Their Boots Productions staff on the execution of production decisions and on establishing and maintain the thematic and creative direction of their project.
- Participants must agree to a “Producer Agreement” to participate in the program, and must agree to participate in all press-related events and campaigns.
Selected applicants will be notified by, or around January 1, 2010 and will have approximately two weeks to accept or deny participation in the program.
In Their Boots will fund the participants’ projects. Participants will work with the ITB production staff to develop the stories they produce. The editing of all projects will take place at the ITB production offices in Los Angeles by ITB editors. The ITB production staff retains the right to make all final editorial and content decisions. The final projects will remain the property of Brave New Foundation.
