19th February 2010 HASSLE-FREE FUNDING LAUNCHES FOR YOUNG FILMMAKERS
IdeasTap launches Ideas Fund Shorts, £40,000-worth of funding to help young people realise short film projects.
Recognising the wealth of talented young filmmakers in the UK, IdeasTap is offering eight awards of £5,000 each for the most original, engaging ideas. Entries must be for films no longer than five minutes and can include documentaries, conceptual pieces, trailers for features, music videos, fashion films and animated shorts.
Aiming to make the funding process easier for young people, the Ideas Fund is dedicated to providing opportunities for up-and-coming talent.
Opens: 15th February 2010
Closes: 29th March 2010
Ideas Fund Shorts is part of IdeasTap's annual £150,000 Ideas Fund that first launched in June 2009. The awards are open to 16-25-year-old UK filmmakers.
The latest round of Ideas Fund Innovators also launches today: ten awards of £1,000 each for ideas from any creative discipline. This fund is now open year-round, with four deadlines for submissions. Innovators is open to 16-25s and aims to help those at the beginning of their creative careers to take their projects to the next stage.
Opens: 15th February 2010
Closes: 29th March 2010 (at which point the next round of Innovators will open)
About IdeasTap
IdeasTap is a creative network and funding body for emerging arts talent. A not-for-profit organisation, IdeasTap brings creative people together and offers cash funding, exclusive opportunities and a platform to showcase new work.
The website first launched in December 2008, but a new, improved version of the site will launch later this year. The membership currently stands at more than 19,000 young practitioners from a diverse range of creative disciplines. IdeasTap is the brainchild of philanthropist Peter De Haan.
For details and to apply please visit www.ideastap.com.
For more information, logos, images and any other IdeasTap press materials please contact Sam Parsons on 020 7232 5474 or at sam@ideastap.com.
