Nonfiction Core Application Work Session In-Person

About this workshop

Dig into your application alongside other filmmakers! This is both an opportunity to set aside dedicated time to make progress on your upcoming grant deadlines but a chance to get support on your stickiest points. Whether you come with specific needs for guidance or just the accountability of work in community, there’s room for you here!

There will be time to ask questions and discuss strategies with staff, guest filmmakers, and peers, as well as time to work quietly.

We'll break up into groups working on key sections of the Nonfiction Core Application:

The Big 3: Topic Summary, Film Summary, Artistic Approach

The Rest: Shorter questions from Filmmaker Statement to Intended Impact

Your Budget!

Email your questions in advance to versed@bavc.org

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About the Series

This workshop is part of BAVC Media's VERSED summer workshop series to help documentary filmmakers working on their Nonfiction Core Application to apply for grants, sponsorship, or artist support opportunities. These workshops are FREE for BAVC Media Members. Email memberhsip@bavc.org if you need assistance.

• Thursday, July 9 | Evolving Your Work Sample
• Wednesday, July 15 & Thursday, July 16 | A Budget is a Living Thing
• Thursday, July 30 | Nonfiction Core App: Audience, Impact, Community, and Accountability
• Sat, Sept 12 | Nonfiction Core Application Work Session In-Person

About the BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship

The MediaMaker Fellowship is devoted to supporting documentary filmmakers using bold cinematic language and innovative impact strategies to grapple with critical issues of our time. This nine-month-long program provides directors with structured learning, workshopping, and community building as they near post-production on their first or second documentary feature. The 2027 BAVC MediaMaker Fellowship Application opens later this summer! Learn more about the program at bavc.org/mediamaker

About BAVC Media

BAVC Media a community hub and resource for media makers in the Bay Area, serving thousands of filmmakers, artists and activists every year. Inspiring social change by empowering media makers to develop and share diverse stories through art, education and technology since 1976.

About VERSED

BAVC Media's VERSED is a series of hybrid workshops, hands-on labs, virtual and in-person trainings for creators of all ages and skill levels to spark and sustain careers in the media arts on a free or below-market basis. See our upcoming workshops at bavc.org/versed

Notes on Building Accessibility: BAVC Media's offices are on the first floor of the 9th Street Independent Film Center building. There is a ramp from the front entrance to the lobby. The front door does not open automatically and remains locked at all times. A video intercom is provided to call staff to unlock or open the door. During events a staff member will be stationed at the door to ensure attendess can get in. All bathrooms in the building are wheelchair accessible. Bathrooms on the ground floor are gender neutral and gendered bathrooms can be accessed, via the elevator, on floors 2 and 3.

With recent spikes in COVID, Norovirus, and other airborne viruses in the Bay Area, we advise all attendees to be considerate of others and stay home if they are feeling ill or have been exposed to sick individuals. While masks will not be mandatory, respirators will be made available for all. We have a Coway Airmega ProX air purifier in the screening room and a CleanForce Mega1000 Extra Large air purifier in 105.