CCCL Film Grants 2022 Call for Entries Is Now Open

CCCL Film Festival offers film production grants to emerging Thai filmmakers. The program aims to identify and nurture new talent who present exciting ideas on a film about climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, and sustainability.

The CCCL Film Festival will provide financial and technical assistance for filmmakers in making fictional or documentary short films (up to 15 minutes long). Each selected project (at least 5 projects) will receive a grant up to THB 30,000. The deadline is April 22, 2022.

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

The Film Grants are open to filmmakers of Thai nationality or members of ethnic minorities or foreign residents who may not have Thai nationality. There is no age requirement for the film grants. Applicants may be an individual or a team, but only one member may apply on behalf of the team for the program. Young filmmakers in ethnic minority communities or rural areas affected by climate change are highly encouraged to apply.

Accepted applicants must commit to attending mandatory online seminars, CCCL events and following the CCCL’s guidelines.

ENTRY FEE

None

APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND DEADLINE

1) Please prepare the following information:

1. Synopsis (if the project is a documentary, please submit a project proposal explaining your idea/story and how you’ll achieve the idea)

2. Budget plan: tell us your plan for the grant (the participant must breakdown the project's budget)

3. Visual references: a basic storyboard of your film (these could be references from existing films, music videos or other types of media which communicate the intended direction of the project)

4. Director’s statement: what do you want your audience to take away from watching the film (explain your vision and idea of your story)

5. Director bio(s)

6. A sample of previous work. The material submitted should be maximum of 15 minutes in length. It can either be a short film under 15 minutes or an excerpt from your films. We do not accept a showreel.

If you don’t have the previous work, please explain your interest in film, and give examples of 2-3 films that you like. Identify the features of the film that created impacts and explain why.

2) After that, fill out the application form on Google Forms

3) The deadline to submit a project proposal(s) to the CCCL Film Grant Program is April 22, 2022, at 11.59 PM (GMT+7). Applications received after this date and time will be ineligible.

Selected grantees will be notified of their acceptance in May via email.