G.I.F.T.S. Scholarships for Year 10
Gulf Islands Film & Television School is celebrating our 10th year in 2004 with a big big BIG scholarship award program. During every week-long session, 21 in all, we are awarding four scholarships worth half tuition costs ($340 each). That is a whopping 84 scholarships!
Submit a short (up to 250 words) essay, story, poem, song, picture, drawing or video that expresses your PASSION to create media. Don't forget to include your phone number, address, email address and your first and second choice of award.
The deadline is 6 weeks prior to each session date. The first deadline is February 1, 2004 for the March 14 session & the last, September 5 for October 17. You will be notified 4 weeks before the session starts.
» Method 1 (easy): Apply Online.
» Method 2 (old-fashioned): Fax your application to (250) 539-3290 or mail to C12 S43, Galiano
Island BC V0N 1P0 or email to [email protected]
Concept
Each Award honours one of 21 individuals that have made a significant contribution to the establishment of G.I.F.T.S. Each group of 4 scholarship winners will form a team and produce a video/film/animation that includes the theme of the Award - i.e. environmental, cinematography, etc. These content/focus influenced productions will further support G.I.F.T.S.' mission to facilitate media producers creating stories that matter-artistically and politically.
Eligibility
Minimum age 12- no maximum. Choose an Award whose theme you care about during a week that caters to your age group (teen-Y, adult-A, early-teen-E).
Awards
| Y | The Donna Usher Cinematography Award FLM | ||
| Y/A | The Geoff Inverarity Creative Script Award DRA | ||
| Y/A | The Suez Holland Animation Award VFX | ||
| Y/A | The Marcus Youssef Democracy Award DOC | ||
| Y/A | The Harris Boys’ Whistler Xtreme Award XTR | ||
| A | The Brett Gaylor Super 8 Award FLM | ||
| Y/A | The Krista Tupper Comedy Award DRA | ||
| Y | The Ken Stauffer Queer Views Award DRA/DOC | ||
| Y | The Deblehka Guinn Media Activism Award DRA/DOC | ||
| Y | The David Ozier Director Award DRA | ||
| Y | The Barton Hewitt Editor Award DRA | ||
| E | The Gail Noonan Claymation Award CLA | ||
| Y | The Scott Hastings 3-Dimensional Award COA | ||
| A | The Tim Fairbrother Philosophy Award DRA/DOC | ||
| Y | The Heather Martin Multi-cultural Award DRA/DOC | ||
| Y | The Peter Campbell Suspense Award DRA | ||
| Y | The John Stewart Fantasy Award DRA | ||
| Y | The David Clothier Musical Award DRA | ||
| Y/A | The Velcrow Ripper World View Award DOC | ||
| A | The Joanne Randall Environmental Award DOC | ||
| Y/A | Heather Frise Human Rights Award DOC |
Financial Aid
The
Access to Media Education Society
(AMES) (ph. (250) 539-5904, web: http://www.gulfislands.com/ames,
email: [email protected])
and G.I.F.T.S. have teamed up to provide bursaries and scholarships
for students attending G.I.F.T.S. for our regular courses.
We strongly encourage students to fundraise in their local communities and to seek out funding opportunities wherever possible. Please see our fundraising page for more information.
AMES and GIFTS are offering bursaries to students in financial need, and are awarded on an ongoing basis. Bursaries range from $100 to $600 in value, and take into consideration your history, your family's financial means, your commitment, and your current level of access to education in media production. There are limited funds, based on donations.
For more information on sponsorship, please visit our sponsors page.
To download the application form in PDF format, click here. Aboriginal students can use our aboriginal-specific form, click here.
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