apply to the 2012-13 armed with a camera fellowship

Attention, emerging filmmakers! Visual Communications, the nation's premier Asian Pacific media arts center, is now accepting applications for the next edition of its prestigious Armed With a Camera Fellowship.

For the past decade, the fellowship has guided eighty up-and-coming filmmakers to launch careers and express the perspectives of the Asian Pacific American communities. This program offers funding, training, resources and an elite presentation venue, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Here are some more details about the fellowship:

The 2012-2013 Armed With A Camera Fellowship is accepting submissions May 1 - August 3, 2012. Up to 10 artists will be selected for the Fellowship. We will announce the new class of Fellows in September.

ARMED WITH A CAMERA FELLOWSHIP
FOR EMERGING MEDIA ARTISTS 2012-2013

Visual Communications (VC) seeks to cultivate a new generation of Asian Pacific American media artists committed to preserving the legacy and vision of VC. ARMED WITH A CAMERA FELLOWSHIP will award up to ten fellows $1,000 to complete a four to five-minute digital video, within a five-month span of time. Through the ARMED WITH A CAMERA FELLOWSHIP, emerging media artists will capture their world, surroundings and outlook on life as a part of a new generation of Asian Pacific Americans.

Final projects must be shot in digital video format and completed by March 22, 2013. A special program will showcase all completed projects at various VC exhibitions across the city of Los Angeles, including the 2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and other venues nationwide. VC will co-own the productions and will also package and distribute completed works. Distribution income will aid in the continuation of the Armed with a Camera Fellowship.

This year, they've changed the submission requirements -- there's no longer any age restriction to apply. For further information about the Armed With a Camera Fellowship, including eligibily requirements, project criteria and how to apply, visit the Visual Communciations website here.