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2005 IFP MSP McKnight Artist Fellowships for Screenwriters
2005 IFP MSP McKnight Artist Fellowships for Filmmakers
Access Grant Winners Announced

 

2005 IFP MSP McKnight Artist Fellowships for Screenwriters

IFP Minneapolis/Saint Paul is pleased to announce the 2005 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Screenwriters, made possible through the generous support of the McKnight Foundation. These fellowships recognize Minnesota artists for accomplishments in writing for the screen as demonstrated by one completed feature screenplay. The intent of this program is to acknowledge the accomplishments of Minnesota screenwriters by providing financial assistance, professional encouragement and recognition.

DEADLINE:
Applications accepted beginning on January 18, 2005. Application must be postmarked or received by 4:00pm, Friday, February 4, 2005 at:
IFP MSP, McKnight Screenwriting Applications
401 North Third Street, Suite #450
Minneapolis, MN 55401

AWARDS:
2005 Finalists announced in May 2005, and winning Fellows announced in June 2005.

Artists may apply to only one of The McKnight Foundation Fellowships programs per year. Applicants for the McKnight Screenwriting Fellowship may not also apply to MAFF in the same year, as was allowed with the previous Minnesota Independent Film Fund.

To learn more, download the application guidelines below.

GUIDELINES & APPLICATION:
Online Guidelines/Application are available as PDF on the National IFP MSP website at www.ifp.org or by clicking the link below. Printed hard copy Guidelines/Application can be mailed out upon request.

2005 McKnight Artists Fellowship for Screenwriters Guidelines/Application (Adobe Acrobat Reader required. If you do not have this free utility, download it here).

HOW TO APPLY WORKSHOPS:
Duluth
Monday, November 15, 2004
Duluth Art Institute/Depot
506 West Michigan Street
218.733.7560
7:00pm Screenwriting Fellowship
8:00pm Filmmaking Fellowship

Minneapolis
Monday, November 22, 2004
The Loft
1101 Washington Avenue S.
612.215.2575
7:00pm Screenwriting Fellowship
8:00pm Filmmaking Fellowship

St. Paul
Monday, November 29, 2004
Roasting Stones
2388 University Avenue
651.644.1645
7:00pm Screenwriting Fellowship
8:00pm Filmmaking Fellowship

Applying for the McKnight Screenwriting and Filmmaking Fellowships requires much thought, explanation and completeness. Click Here to download a pdf with some tips and examples.

RECEIVING GUIDELINES AND GENERAL INFORMATION:
To be sure to receive all necessary announcements and information regarding this program and all other IFP MSP events, classes and programs please email our office at the address below and ask to be added to our list of those who receive our weekly email news Eflash, and our special announcements. Email:word@ifpmsp.org

RECEIVING HARD COPY 2005 GUIDELINES/APPLICATION:
Email name and postal address to
wkruse@ifpmsp.org

QUESTIONS:
Email Bill Kruse at
wkruse@ifpmsp.org

 

2005 IFP MSP McKnight Artist Fellowships for Filmmakers

IFP Minneapolis/Saint Paul is pleased to announce the 2005 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Filmmakers (MAFF), made possible through the generous support of the McKnight Foundation.. The purpose of MAFF is to honor the professional and artistic accomplishments of Minnesota artists working in the medium of film/video, as demonstrated by two examples of completed original works in any of the genres and formats of narrative, documentary, experimental, or animation, in feature or short lengths.

DEADLINE:
Applications accepted beginning on February 14, 2005. Application must be postmarked or received by 4:00pm, Friday, March 4, 2005 at:
IFP MSP, McKnight Filmmaking Applications
2446 University Avenue West
Saint Paul, MN 55114

AWARDS:
2005 Fellows will be announced in June 2005.

GUIDELINES & APPLICATION:
Online Guidelines/Application are available as PDF on the National IFP MSP website at www.ifp.org or by clicking the link below. Printed hard copy Guidelines/Application can be mailed out upon request.

2005 McKnight Artists Fellowship for Filmmakers Guidelines/Application (Adobe Acrobat Reader required. If you do not have this free utility, download it here).

HOW TO APPLY WORKSHOPS:
Duluth
Monday, November 15, 2004
Duluth Art Institute/Depot
506 West Michigan Street
218.733.7560
7:00pm Screenwriting Fellowship
8:00pm Filmmaking Fellowship

Minneapolis
Monday, November 22, 2004
The Loft
1101 Washington Avenue S.
612.215.2575
7:00pm Screenwriting Fellowship
8:00pm Filmmaking Fellowship

St. Paul
Monday, November 29, 2004
Roasting Stones
2388 University Avenue
651.644.1645
7:00pm Screenwriting Fellowship
8:00pm Filmmaking Fellowship

Applying for the McKnight Screenwriting and Filmmaking Fellowships requires much thought, explanation and completeness. Click Here to download a pdf with some tips and examples.

RECEIVING GUIDELINES AND GENERAL INFORMATION:
To be sure to receive all necessary announcements and information regarding this program and all other IFP MSP events, classes and programs please email our office at the address below and ask to be added to our list of those who receive our weekly email news Eflash, and our special announcements. Email:word@ifpmsp.org

RECEIVING HARD COPY 2005 GUIDELINES/APPLICATION:
Email name and postal address to
wkruse@ifpmsp.org

QUESTIONS:
Email Bill Kruse at
wkruse@ifpmsp.org

Access Grant Winners Announced

IFP Minneapolis/St. Paul is proud to Announce the recipients of its 2004 IFP MSP Access Grants for Film, Video, and Photography. The artists awarded are:

E.G. Bailey: "Cry About A Nickle", a short film that looks at the relationship between a father, a son, and an African American drifter looking for work.

Jillian Lee Brown: "Nordeast:Arriving and Changing", a series of photographs documenting the changing population of Northeast Minneapolis.

Sherine Crooms: "We Girls Grew Up", a documentary looking at black women growing up in the absence of their fathers.

Linae Enockson and Brendan Toblaski: "Westward Ho!: 50 Black and White Images of Our Abandoned Past in Burleigh County, ND".

Ron Johnson: "Draft Day", a short film about a fantasy football enthusiast who will go to any length to get his star player to perform.

Ingrid Radio: Untitled project incorporating photographs of "older women committed to the life of the church and it's traditions".

Juliah Rueckert: "Confessions of a Former Beauty Prince", a short film about a man who tries to reclaim his childhood beauty pagent glory.

Miki Takata: "After Dusk, Before Dawn", a photographic study of the city and it's people at night.

Melisa Weaver: "Things My Mother Never Told Me", revealing the hidden side of breast feeding.

Collier White: "Tiny Explosions", a twenty minute musical about bicycle renegades.

For more information on the Access Grants, email Brady Kiernan at bkiernan@ifpmsp.org

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PHONE (612) 338-0871
FAX (612) 338-4747
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Hours: Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm.

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2388 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55114
PHONE (651) 644-1912
FAX (651) 644-5708
e.mail word@ifpmsp.org

Hours: Monday/Tuesday/Thursday from 12 noon to 10 pm;
Friday/Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm;
Closed Wednesday and Sunday