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The Robin Hutt Award for aspiring filmmakers
This award has been created to honour the memory of Robin Hutt, a founder member of the film club at the Roxy, whose hard work and guidance helped to maintain the club’s proud achievement of having one of the largest memberships in the country.
An award of £500 will be offered once a year to a budding Cumbrian filmmaker. The award will be aimed at filmmakers who are actively involved in filmmaking and may need a boost to get their film off the ground or to develop their filmmaking skills.
How to apply:
You need to write to the film club, telling them a little bit about yourself and the project the award will fund. They are not looking for huge amounts of detail, but for relevant information which will allow them to gauge your eligibility.
The address to write to is: Film Club at the Roxy, 4 Bradyll Terrace, Ulverston, LA12 0DR
You should ensure that you include:
Your name, age, address and contact telephone number.
It may seem obvious, but occasionally people forget!
An overview of the proposal.
Give some information on what the award will be funding, and how it fits in with your future plans. If you’re collaborating with other people, then give us a little information on who they are and how they will be involved. This is your opportunity to pitch your ideas, so really sell it!
Tell them about yourself.
They want to know what your aspirations are, what you’ve done in the past, and where you’d like to be in the future. Also tell them about any training you might have received.
How the money will be spent.
Give an overview of how you will spend the award. They don’t want cash flows and balance sheets, but they need to know how the award will be used.
Why you think you should receive the award.
What makes you more deserving than other applicants? Also what benefits your project would bring, including your own personal development. Don’t be shy. Tell them what makes you the best choice for the award!
Whether you’ve applied for funding previously
Even if you’ve been unsuccessful, they need to know if you’ve ever applied for or received funding from any other source.
What they are looking for:
They are looking for aspiring and enthusiastic filmmakers living and working in Cumbria, who want to undertake a project which the award can support. You can be of any age over 18, but filmmaking must be more than a hobby to you: they are looking for people who are passionate about filmmaking.
What they are not looking for:
If you are already an established filmmaker, then this is not the award scheme for you. They won’t be looking to fund large projects, so the award is not eligible for match funding.
The application process
Awards will be allocated on an annual basis, and the decision will be made by the Film Club at the Roxy committee. You can apply at any time, but the cut-off date for submissions for this year is 1pm on Monday 30th June 2008 . The award will be made in July-August 2008.
For more details visit the Film Club at the Roxy’s website at
http://www.filmclubattheroxy.org/
Posted by Emma Jones on 25th February
