Festival Bursaries

SSAW also encourages students and staff to attend UK and international film festivals and conferences. The SSAW project offers festival attendance bursaries so that students can travel within the UK and internationally to the main events in their fields of study.

In 2006, SSAW students were selected to attend the Cannes Film Festival as part of the CYFLE co-production scheme. The scheme offers a unique training package to assist and support production personnel in the process of going to the international marketplace to develop co-production skills. The package includes formal consultation and mentoring by an experienced professional before, during, and after the festival, as well as advice on pitching, potential markets, likely partners and post-festival follow up. The scheme will also be run in 2007 and bursaries are offered to the selected students to cover all travel and subsistence while at the festival.

Also in 2006, SSAW animation students attended the Annecy Film Festival to research international trends in animation production and to network with international filmmakers.

As part of the SSAW project's publicity and outreach plans, we support a number of high-profile UK film festivals, including Encounters (Bristol), The Cardiff Film Festival, Ffresh - the Student Moving Image Festival of Wales - and SAND (Swansea Animation Days). SSAW makes use of these platforms to promote the work of its students and to develop the network of supporters for its many activities. The SSAW also hosts networking events for the industry and course providers at partner institutions and supports showcase end-of-year screenings at the partner institutions.

Bursaries available in 2007

Bursaries for attendance at the following festivals will be made available in 2007. If you are an SSAW student and would be interested in attending please contact Sara Herritty for an application form.

Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival (January) MA Film students only
Ffresh student moving image festival of Wales (February) All students eligible
Eat our shorts London (February) All students eligible
Annecy Animation Festival (June) MA Animation students only