Deadline: |
1 May 2020
Location: |
Online.
(Prize)
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The Arab Fund for Art and Culture presents its documentary program grant, which was launched by AFAC and the Prince Claus Fund in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in partnership with the Magnum Foundation in New York, USA, in 2014.
Opportunity Focus Areas:
- Gender equality
- Human Rights
- Media and Journalism
- Imagery
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English.
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United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
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The grant winners will be announced and published on the AFAC website and Facebook page after the jury meetings conclude. An automatic email will be sent to those who were not selected to receive grants.
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As for individuals:
- This grant is open to Arab applicants mainly those living and working in the Arab region, irrespective of age, years of experience, ethnicity, gender or religion. Exceptions are made for Arab applicants who had to flee their home countries during the past six years (since 2012) due to political unrest. Their projects must, however, be related to the region.
- Professional and emerging photographers are eligible to apply. Photographers who have not specialized in documentary photography will be considered as long as the proposed work is documentary in nature.
- Technical familiarity with photography is required. Journalists or activists who have not had experience with photography are not eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be comfortable using English for all communication and in-person discussions. The workshops and communication will be conducted in English. Translation can be provided during the workshops.
- Applicants must be independent, i.e. not currently working under any “work for hire” agreements, and should have full copyright ownership of the work they produce.
- Recipients of two consecutive grants can’t apply unless two years had passed since the last grant (e.g. If a grantee had received two grants in 2016 and 2017, s/he can apply again in 2020).
- Applicants with a current open grant can’t apply.
- Each applicant is entitled to only one application in the same category.
As for projects submitted:
- AFAC will not provide support retroactively, i.e. to projects already completed. For projects that have already started, AFAC will cover the expenses that will occur only after the signature of the contract if the project is selected.
- The project’s time frame should not exceed 8 months.
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(Prize)
- AFAC’s Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP) provides up to 10 production grants per cycle of 5,000 USD each. This USD 5.000 production grant shall be used to cover the artist fees, any needed production equipment cost, and research costs, travel and other expenses related to the production.
- This USD 5.000 production grant shall be used to cover the artist fees, any needed production equipment cost, and research costs, travel and other expenses related to the production. Additionally, the grant covers per diem (when on location) and visa fees associated with attendance of the two workshops. (Note: Travel and accommodation costs related to the workshops will be covered directly by ADPP). Grant funds will be used solely for the undertaking of the described photography project and not for any other purpose.
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First Step: To apply, please login with your username and password. Once you log in, visit the program page you are interested in applying to and click on apply. In case you don’t have an existing account, please create one here.
Second step: Applications are only accepted through AFAC online application forms available on their website.
Third step: The applicant will receive a confirmation email once the online application has been received.
Notes:
- Supporting files/samples of the current submitted project and/or previous work smaller than 10 MB can be uploaded directly to the application.
- Supporting files/samples of the current submitted project and/or previous work exceeding 10 MB should be included as links to files on sharing websites (such as Dropbox, Vimeo, YouTube…).
- Applications submitted via regular mail or e-mail will not be accepted.
- The application must be submitted in English.
- AFAC will not contact applicants if any part of their application is incomplete.
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This Scholarship Published by:
” Rowan Adel Zaghloul/ Egypt “Reviewed by” Gehad Salem/ Egypt ”
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