MA Film Making

BURSARY FUNDING 2010

Screen Academy Bursaries - Guidelines and Policy (updated Sept 2009).

Skillset Screen Academy status enables the London Film School to offer MA Filmmaking bursaries and Screenwriting bursaries for qualified UK/EU students who would not have been able to do the course for reasons of finance. It addresses the LFS's key goal of ensuring good access for the current generation of talented UK/EU graduate students so that they can participate and benefit from the school's special culture and its very full learning programme, as Mike Leigh, Horace Ove, Roger Pratt, Bill Douglas and many other UK filmmakers did before them. The MA Filmmaking degree is based on the conviction that students benefit from a professional working base in all technical departments and craft skills and so it trains 'filmmakers' whose knowledge will cover a range of film jobs.

The Fund is supported by Skillset (the Sector Skills Council for the Audio-Visual Industry) on a year-by-year basis, and is managed by the London Film School Bursary Fund Panel and the Head of Projects. The Panel decides on awards based on the quality of the original application and financial need.

All Bursary recipients agree to be tracked and inform the London Film School of their film industry activity for a minimum of 12 months after graduating from the School.

The London Film School Screen Academy aims to encourage greater diversity in the screen industries, and welcomes applications from under-represented groups, such as women, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities.

BURSARIES

MA Filmmaking

There are currently no Skillset Bursaries available.

MA Screenwriting

There are currently no Skillset Bursaries available.

ELIGIBILITY

Bursaries are for 'home' students only who must meet the following criteria:

On the first day of the year of enrolment students must be:

  • EU nationals
  • have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands throughout the three year period preceding that date. Ordinarily resident means other than wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full time education; and
  • be ordinarily resident in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland; and
  • be settled in the UK under the terms of the Immigration Act 1971, in other words, ordinarily resident in the UK without being subject to any restriction on the period for which they may stay.

The following categories of students are not eligible for this fund:

  • Students from the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

Students must demonstrate a commitment to working in, and contributing to, the UK film industry after completing their studies.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

When you have been offered a place on either the MA Filmmaking or MA Screenwriting you will be sent a bursary application form if you have ticked the appropriate box on the Direct Application Form

You should complete all relevant sections of the bursary application form and enclose the relevant supporting documentation. Incomplete applications will not be considered and will be returned to the applicant for completion. Please ensure that the information provided is accurate. Where it is adjudged that an applicant has made a fraudulent claim or withheld pertinent information the School reserves the right to reclaim moneys advanced.

Where necessary you may be requested to attend a short interview with the Bursary Fund Panel. Applicants experiencing difficulty completing the bursary application form should contact the Academic Secretary or Head of Projects for guidance.

EVIDENCE

You must prove your eligibility for bursary funding by production of the relevant documentation, as outlined in the main application form.

APPEALS PROCEDURE

Applicants who are dissatisfied with the outcome of their application may appeal. An appeal will only be considered on the following grounds:

Alleged maladministration within the regulations laid down for the scheme.

The availability of new relevant information following the original application, with a satisfactory explanation of why it was not available at the time of the first application.

Appeals should be submitted to:

The Director
The London Film School
24 Shelton Street
London
WC2H 9UB

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