Roy W. Dean Fall Grant: DEADLINE OCTOBER 31, $3,000 Cash Plus Donated Services

Filmmakers can apply at https://fromtheheartproductions.com/grant-application-form/.

Prize includes:

• $3,000 cash from From The Heart Productions
• $500 Britt Penrod Award to a film that is unique and that makes an exceptional contribution to society. 
• $15,000.00 in original music written by well-known composer David Raiklen. (Exclusive of recording costs)
• $6,000.00 in animation from Emmy award winner Charlie Canfield. This is 1/3 off normal price for 6 weeks of animation
• $500 in grip, lighting or expendables from Filmtools
• $750 in Grant Writing Services from Karen Everett of New Doc Editing.  Karen is contributing 50% off her company’s services, up to 6 hours. (At $250/hour, this is the equivalent of a $750 donation.) [email protected].
• $1,620.00 for one consultation a month with Carole Dean on financing your film
• Tom Malloy of Glass House Distribution donates an hour of consultation on distribution of your film
• $700 one week DSLR camera package rental from Birns & Sawyer which includes Canon 5D Mark III camera body, a 24-70mm Canon EOS lens, 2 batteries, charger, carrying case, and two 32G Compact Flash media cards.
• Free consultation, marketing material creation and design and marketing/strategizing for producer-writer-director team for solicitation of distribution from Smart Girls Productions
• 20% discount on the design of your marketing sheet by professional Dan Chapman
• 35% Discount from 1st Imprint for all your printing needs
• $600.00 for your Free Closed Captioning by Cineprosmedia ([email protected])
• $500 Value in still shots by Carole Joyce, Authentic Visions Consulting
• $500 Access to Norman Berns‘ courses; Script Breakdown $100, Righting Rotten Resumes $50, Creating effective business plans $150, How to make a Budget $100; program budgeting $100
• 25% Discount on legal work from Mark Litwak
• 40% discount on printed materials ( Postcards, Posters, Press kits, Business cards, etc.) from Copymat, Hollywood.
• 25% off a dialogue list and 10% off of transcription services from Alpha Dog Transcriptions
• 10% discount on DCP conversion service and use facility for no charge. [email protected].
• $117.00 TriLens holder from Frii Designs
• $110.00 Session for free from Breianne Pryse to clear and strengthen energy, get clarity and dissolve blocks 
• Contact our insurance agent Debbie West at MovieInsure for excellent prices on all film insurance needs.
• 50% off the cost of 8 sessions over four month training in the Intentional Filmmaking class. https://fromtheheartproductions.com/intentional-filmmaking/

EVERY FILMMAKER GETS HELP FOR THEIR PROJECT JUST BY APPLYING

What sets apart the Roy W. Dean Film Grants from other grants is that every applicant has the opportunity to receive a 15-minute consultation on their film.  Filmmakers can get advice on how to find funding, build up a database of donors or investors, market their film, and more.

“Wow! This was one of the most valuable conversations I’ve had about getting a short film produced. So much insight and support: really incredible!” Andrew Jonathan Smith

For more information on the grant, please email [email protected] or call 805-984-0098. 

FUTURE DEADLINES:

• • Fall Grant Application, Deadline: October 31st

• • Carole Dorothy Joyce Grant, Deadline: November 30th

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is now hiring for multiple positions — click the links below for complete job descriptions. CPT will be accepting applications for these positions until the roles are filled.

For a complete list of job openings please visit this link.

PRODUCTION

Technical Director

• Date Posted: June 5, 2024
• Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring a Technical Director who is a core part of CPT’s leadership team and makes a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT is acceptingapplications for this position until the role is filled. 

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Associate Technical Director

• Date Posted: 4/10/24
• Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring an Associate Technical Director, which is a core part of the CPT staff and will make a meaningful contribution to life at CPT and its success. CPT will be accepting applications for this position until the role is filled. 

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Overhire Technician

• Date Posted 5/8/24
• Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) is hiring overhire technicians. CPT will be accepting applications on an ongoing basis to fill needs throughout the year. Employment is AS NEEDED. 

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Pandemonium Technical Associate

• Date Posted: 5/8/24
• Every September, Cleveland Public Theatre hosts its one and only fundraising spectacular: Pandemonium! The Technical Associate works with the TD and ATD to create & implement all artistic and technical components in multiple spaces across the CPT campus. During the event, the staff acts as a go-to team of stagehands & technicians, solving issues that arise & helping the stage/area managers as needed.

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EDUCATION

CPT’s Core Education Principles

CPT education programs follow four guiding principles that reflect our pedagogical, political, and aesthetic approaches to education and are deeply interrelated.

• Empowerment: Together we create original works of theatre, and our participants contribute to the spoken words, the movement, and the production elements. This layered approach engages participants dynamically, resulting in pride and ownership of the final product.
• Equity: We strive to bridge the gap between the heard and the unheard by centering rarely shared stories with a wider audience. Our work brings awareness to issues such as racial and economic justice, nurturing relationships that cross the invisible boundaries of race and class. We believe representation matters, and we are committed to engaging Teaching Artists who are representative of the communities with whom we collaborate.
• Excellence: We encourage the development of the whole artist, nurturing an artist’s personal, interpersonal, and artistic growth. This environment of self-mastery calls participants to own their greatness with pride, be accountable to their peers, and be engaged, curious, and connected to their community.
• Enthusiasm: We approach the artistic process with openness, rigor, intention, and joy! Our programs cultivate an enthusiastic learning environment that supports creative expression while nurturing a high degree of discipline and focus. We encourage our participants’ creativity, and we also challenge them to explore as many levels of their creative potential as possible.

Part-Time Substitute Teaching Artists

• Date Posted: 10/06/2023
• CPT is seeking part-time Substitute Teaching Artists to assist in implementing CPT Education programming. Theatre experience is a plus. We are looking to build a strong core of artists who are dedicated to creating work to further racial and economic justice.
• The search to fill these positions is ongoing. Please send a resume and letter of interest to Nicole Sumlin, Director of Education at [email protected].

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CPT is a nationally recognized center for contemporary performance. Its mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking theatre and life-changing education programs. CPT implements this mission through its annual theatrical season, featuring between 8-10 adventurous professional productions and a robust series of new play development programs that support writers and devisers at multiple points in the creative process. CPT’s acclaimed education programs engage communities in devising new works that speak to contemporary issues and empower participants to work for positive change in our community. CPT is home to community ensembles Teatro Público de Cleveland and Masrah Cleveland Al-Arabi, and CPT annually presents Station Hope, a large-scale community arts festival. CPT’s annual budget is around $2.5 million a year. CPT has 22 full-time staff members.

Beck Center for the Arts seeking overhire for Scene Shop. Click here for more information about open positions.

Beck Center is always on the lookout for people who are seeking some overhire hours for our on-site Scene Shop.

We’re seeking general tech including assistance with electrics, light carpentry, painting, and even strikes and changeovers. No minimum availability (a few hours here and there works!) but hours are almost always between 9AM and 5PM on weekdays. No evenings and weekends in general.

If you have potential interest please drop an email to:

Scott Spence, Beck Center Artistic Director, Email at: [email protected]

Near West Theatre is now hiring crew for any show in their season.

Learn how to backstage operations work, while building your community network.

Crew provides critical backstage magic. That table? A crew member placed it. His special effects makeup? They created it. Those faces that you see? They’re lighting them! NWT’s crew varies from show to show, but one thing that remains is each group’s dedication to making all of the technical aspects come to life.

One of the awesome parts about NWT’s community is this: many of our actors spend time helping out with crew when they are not in shows. This means our participants are getting a well-rounded theatre experience, both onstage and off!

Roles Include:

• Assistant Stage Manager
• Spotlight Operators
• Props Assistants
• Wardrobe Assistants
• Makeup Assistants

These opportunities are open to ages 13 and up, and the commitment begins two weeks before the run of a show, and continues through closing night.

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The Light Leaks (LLC) is a community hub that supports, empowers and educates female and gender non-conforming (GNC) filmmakers.

The Light Leaks is sharing an updated list of opportunities for creators curated by the TLL team. Scroll through to find fellowships, labs, festivals and more! And if you have an opportunity you’d like to share with the TLL community, please email [email protected].

Click here for current opportunities (fellowships, labs, festivals and more).

CROWDFUNDING FRIDAYS:

The Light Leaks will share crowdfunding campaigns on their Instagram each week! Simply send them your crowdfunding campaign in a direct message on Instagram with the @ you’d like them to tag, and they’ll amplify it on their Instagram stories on Friday!

The Academy Talent Development & Inclusion Initiative is pleased to offer the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women designed for emerging women filmmakers.

The fellowship combines direct financial support with personalized mentorship, access to once-in-a-lifetime networking opportunities, and lifelong career advancement support via the Gold Alumni Program. 

Currently, alumni of Academy Gold programs who identify as women, as well as Gold Rising partner company nominees, are eligible to apply. The 2024 fellowship is now closed to applications, but the 2025 fellowship program will be announced through this link.

The Academy currently awards two Fellowships annually, one in the U.S. and one internationally. For more information about the Fellowship, please contact [email protected].

The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters, awarding up to five $35,000 fellowships to amateur screenwriters.

Entrants submit a feature-length screenplay and entry fee via the online application when the competition is open for submissions. Fellowship winners are invited to participate in awards week ceremonies and seminars, receive individualized Academy member mentorship and are expected to complete at least one original feature film screenplay during their Fellowship year.

The 2024 Nicholl competition is closed to entries, but the 2025 competition will be announced through this link.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offers unprecedented access to the film industry and the Academy membership as part of its Gold Rising program.

The Academy is dedicated to inspiring young artists and creating opportunities for underrepresented communities to engage with the film world. As part of this mission, the Academy Gold Rising talent development program is an eight-week summer educational and networking experience that helps college seniors, recent graduates and young professionals acquire the knowledge, skills and connections to achieve careers in the film industry. It offers unprecedented access to the film industry and the Academy membership.

2024 Program Application window has passed.  Check back for details for the 2025 program.

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The Cleveland Comedy Festival is currently seeking volunteers for our monthly Third Friday showcases at 78th Street Studios.

Whether you think you are funny or not – we are serious about providing volunteer opportunities for aspiring production professionals and always appreciate an extra hand in continuing the long-term success of the festival.  Our staff are all volunteers so you would be joining some very dedicated people and we want to help you people build your portfolio for recording & production in the performing arts.

Available Opportunities:

Videographers / Photographers…

• for our main show performances at 78th Street Studios.
  • Each main show performance is approximately 90 minutes long (one on Wednesday & Thursday at 7:30p; two each on Friday & Saturday at 7pm and 9:15p).
  • Recorded footage will be uploaded to a shared cloud folder. You can keep the original footage for your portfolio & demo reel, but we ask that you do not publicly use any footage of performers’ material recorded during the festival.
  • You will be credited on any compilation programming.
  • You will need to provide your own camera & memory card.
• for B-Roll footage at 78th Street Studios and our satellite shows.

Stage Set-Up / Takedown

• Light work in setting up stage, lighting, projector, audio, seating & takedown after performances at 78th Street Studios.

Merch Booth / Ticket Taker:

• Confirming guests with pre-sold tickets; help guests with purchases on the website.
• Answer questions as needed.

If interested, please stop at the Pinball Parlor inside 78th Street Studios, during Third Friday from 5:30p – 8p to meet the CCF team, see the venues, and go over full details & benefits.  Ask for Elton, Kyle, or Logan.

To register, please go to https://www.clevelandcomedyfestival.com/support then complete & submit the “Support Inquiry Form” at the bottom of the page.  Be sure to select “Volunteer” in how you would like to support the festival.

Shape Cleveland is currently seeking interns for their Shape Scholars program.

Join the Shape Cleveland team of interns learning through hands-on experiences!

Shape Cleveland’s internship program is the core of what Shape does. Shape brings on interns on a rolling basis, with our primary hiring period being in early summer. Shape interns range in age from high school seniors to recent college graduates, but they are always open to anyone at any age who is interested. Interns who are earning high school or college credit for their experience are paid in school credit. Once a student reaches 400 hours or has previous experience may apply for an hourly wage should they be invited to stay with Shape after earning their credits.

Interns leave Shape with an understanding of basic video techniques, photography skills, an understanding of the job market available to them, and the business skills needed to be successful in this industry.

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