During this six-month mentorship programme (July-November 2024), successful applicants attend a series of one-day hubs and are led through focused script development under the guidance of Briar Grace-Smith. Briar brings considerable experience and knowledge to the room for group mentorship, and each participant also gets one-on-one feedback. The hub days involve script read-throughs, writing exercises, and hearing from guest speakers about their experiences making films. On completion of the programme, you will leave with new skills and tools to develop your work, a great new network of like-minded practitioners, and a completed short film script.
Submission Requirements:
Opens: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Closes: 1:00 PM Monday 25th March 2024
Notification of outcome: Early May 2024
Who is eligible?
- This initiative is intended for people who live in South Auckland or are connected to the South Auckland community – maybe you grew up there, have whānau there, or feel connected to the community in some other way.
- Aged 17+
What you’ll need to submit:
- Short biography (300-word limit)
- Why would this programme be valuable to you? (300-word limit)
- Summarise your connection to South Auckland
- Short film logline* (One to two sentences summarising your short film concept – what and who is it about?)
- Synopsis of your short film idea (600-word limit)
- Script or written document for your short film idea (optional)
*Applicants need to submit at least one short film concept and it can be at any stage – it may simply be a new idea (synopsis) that the writer is pursuing for the first time, or the writer may have already written multiple drafts. Applicants can submit more than one short film idea in their application.
This programme is reliant on funding being achieved. Applicants will be informed of the funding outcome prior to the South Shorts submission deadline on the 25th of March.
The South Shorts Mentorship Programme is made possible thanks to generous support from Foundation North.
