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DEADLINE: Monday 29th April, 10am

INTERVIEWS: Friday 17th May.

The National Theatre of Scotland is delighted to announce a new scripted short film commission opportunity for artists of South Asian origin based in Scotland, including those with mixed heritage.

The application deadline is 09:00 on Monday 29th of April 2024. 

Total film commission: £12,000 

This commission encourages artists to look for stories in their communities, explore personal experiences, shared moments, or imagined worlds. 

We welcome scripted short film ideas including animation or live action. The project must be narrative-driven - the film's central emphasis should be on communicating a story. We welcome all the genres, including drama, comedy, horror, sci-fi, fantasy etc. 

Think about who will be watching your film and unleash your creativity. What themes, characters and stories would attract a South Asian audience as well as appeal to a wider audience in Scotland?  

The completed commissioned film should be a minimum of 3 and maximum of 10, minutes long. 

ELIGIBILITY 

• Lead artists (writer / writer-director) and the core creative team must be South Asian origin artists including those with mixed heritage. 
• Based and working in Scotland, have the legal right to work in the UK, are 18 + years old and are not in full-time in education. 
• Artists from any art form who want to make a short film. 
• Open to early career artists who have had at least one piece of work produced (live performance, music video, self-funded short film, etc). However, artists with a feature film or TV series writer/director credit are not eligible. 
• All ideas and material must be original and not infringe on the copyright of any other person. However, adaptations will be eligible if you have been granted all required permissions in full.  
• Projects that already have some forms of other funding are not eligible.  

We welcome applications from individual artists, collectives, joint applications from artists, theatre companies, arts organisations, and freelance producers. Applications from creatives who haven’t worked with the National Theatre of Scotland before are very much encouraged.