Awards
FAVA FEST Awards & Application
The FAVA FEST Awards include the Awards of Excellence and the Production Awards. Awards are presented during the festival. Up to eight awards of excellence will be presented along with four Production Awards. Learn how to apply for these awards.
Grants
FAVA TV Micro Grant
Not currently accepting applications – watch for updates
FAVA TV is the Film and Video Arts Society’s new online, on demand arts television. We are looking to collaborate with artists and producers to create unique, creative and informative videos for FAVA TV. The format is quite open: one offs; series; feature; short; documentary; experimental; educational etc. This grant is for PRODUCERS ONLY. We are looking for people who can find and work with artists and help make their vision a reality. Collaboration is the key here! If you are an artist, go find a producer to do the heavy lifting for you.
There is $3000 available and the producer must demonstrate at least 50% in 3rd party support or funding (this can be either cash or donated time/services).
Financial support breakdown is as follows:
$1,500 in production credit for gear and post production suites
$500 producer fee
$1000 for additional crew/talent
Telefilm Micro-Budget Grant
Telefilm Canada’s Micro-Budget Production Program targets emerging Canadian talent, supporting them in the production and promotion of their first feature-length film, with an emphasis on the use of digital platforms for marketing, distribution and audience engagement.
The program is comprised of three different components:
- Main component
- Aboriginal component
- New! Official-Language Minority Communities (OLMC) component
Scholarships
Women in the Director’s Chair
The Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) is an intensive, hands-on mentorship program providing professional and creative development to mid-career Canadian women directors of screen-based fiction. The intensive takes place at the Banff Centre for the Arts. For more in WIDC, visit their website http://www.widc.ca/
FAVA supports members who attend the WIDC program by providing the opportunity for one member to receive a $1000 scholarship. To apply for the WIDC scholarship, you must be a FAVA member and provide proof of your acceptance to the program. Email programming with this information at programming at fava dot ca.
P.O.V. Scholarship
A new film and video scholarship program
We are currently accepting applications for our Winter Classes: Intro to Screenwriting, Main Course, and Video Kitchen.
The Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA) is offering film study scholarships to improve access.
Many people have talents that go unrecognized or under-utilized. Barriers to inclusion such as socio-economic status, ethnicity, gender, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, education and religion are varied and sometimes keep people from participating in and contributing to the arts.
If structural barriers and circumstances like these are preventing you from pursuing your filmmaking aspirations, FAVA’s P.OV Scholarship program might be a resource for you.
Scholarship includes:
a free one-year FAVA membership
tuition fees for one of FAVA’s media arts programs
Please go to the following link to apply: https://fava.submittable.com/submit/9b8797ec-539f-41f5-8d46-f97080a13965/p-o-v-scholarship-application-form
Programs Available
We are currently accepting applications for our Winter Classes.
Video Kitchen – 12 week introduction to all aspects of filmmaking. Provides the skills and resources needed to complete your first film.
Main Course – 12 week intermediate production class. Builds upon Video Kitchen (or equivalent experience) to take your craft to the next level. Students who have received prior education elsewhere must receive approval from FAVA staff.
Intro to Screenwriting – 10 week class in which you will learn how to pitch, format, and workshop a screenplay.
For more information, contact programming at fava dot ca or call the Programming Department at 780-429-1671.
Residency
Artist in Residence
FAVA supports local, national, and international artists in the creation of new work, providing facilities, materials and financial support for an artist in residence. The Artist in Residence is then responsible for some of the following residency components:
- Workshop for FAVA members
- Artist Talk & Screening
- Office Hours to meet with FAVA members
- Production of Work
- Exhibition
Recent Programs Blog Postings
Education Brochure
Equipment List
Upcoming Classes
Video Kitchen
This is our introductory class. It is a prerequisite to Main Course. Video Kitchen provides a creative place to explore and express your ideas visually.
Acting
This is your chance to move from one side of the camera to the other. and figure out what exactly you’re asking your actors to do!
Producing
Learn how to make a project “go!” in this wide-ranging intensive class, led by industry experts. Sign up for the full class or take individual modules.
Screenwriting
Got a screenplay you’re itching to write? Develop your short or feature film script or one-hour teleplay in an intense but supportive workshop setting.
Main Course
This is our intermediate production class. Participants must have completed FAVA’s Video Kitchen course, or have proven equivalent experience.
Workshops
All Workshops
FAVA also offers one-off workshops, and collaborates with other arts and culture organizations in workshops too. Check out the Calendar of upcoming workshops at FAVA and in the greater arts community.
FAVA Free For All Workshops
The FAVA Free For All is an ongoing series of one-off workshops that are FREE for our membership. Workshops are topical and range from beginner to professional levels. They could introduce you to new gear, best practices, aesthetics and techniques, or just about anything. Make sure to contact FAVA Programming and register for a FAVA Free For All, spaces are limited for each workshop.
Personal Instruction
Access to Artists
Looking to learn how to use a specific piece of equipment or brush up your your skills in a certain area? If there isn’t a class or a workshop covering what you are interested in learning, FAVA members can contact our Director of Programming at programming@fava.ca, to set up one-on-one, member-to-member training through our Access to Artists program.
We Dare You
Super8 Challenge
Shoot some film! We dare you! Included in the cost of your registration you’ll get: a three-hour workshop on shooting super8; one roll of super8 film (one only! It’s a challenge!); a weekend rental of a super8 camera (or use your own if you have one); FAVA pays for shipping to the lab, film development, and transfer of all the films to DVD. See your masterpiece for the very first time alongside the other challenge participants at FAVA’s summer BBQ. Crank up your nerve and come have some fun shooting film.
BEST IN SHOW
SITE MAP
Navigating fava.ca
Select from the following tabs to navigate the main sections of this website. This site is organized by the main menu categories listed at the top of each page. Read more about each of the main sections of the menu and follow the links to the corresponding content.
FAVA
Broad Strokes / Brass Tacks
The 5 Ws of FAVA. Also A Calendar, News, and shout outs to the Community.
- About Us: Mission/ Vision, Location/ Facilities, Bylaws and Policies, and History
- People: Staff, Board, Committees, Member Directory, and our Funders
- News: News Postings, Calendar, Publications, Social Media, and our Ebulletin
- Community: Featured Artists, Crew Directory, Endowment Fund, Partnerships, and the greater Networking Links
PROGRAMS
Learn & Create
This section is about Education, Classes, Workshops, and Special Projects at FAVA. There are also links to Grants and Awards.
- Programs Overview: Programs Calendar, Education Brochure, Get Involved
- Classes & Workshops: Upcoming Classes, Upcoming Workshops, Free For All Workshops, Access to Artists
- Special Ops: Upcoming Projects, Challenges, Artist in Residence
- Grants & Awards: Deadline Calendar, Grants, Awards, Scholarships
EVENTS
The To Do List
FAVA hosts a variety of events each year including: The FAVA Summer Party, Gotta Minute Film Festival, FAVA Holiday Party, FAVA FEST, Screenings.
PRODUCTION
The Right Stuff
Production covers everything from rental equipment to procedures and facilities to resources and FAVA TV.
- Production Overview: Equipment List, Production News
- Rentals: Rental Eligibility, Rental Procedures, Rental Insurance, Production Gear, Post Production, Other Facilities & Gear
- Artist Resources: Crew Directory, Cast Directory, Job Postings, Call Outs, Useful Links, Downloads
- FAVA TV: Overview of FAVA TV, Featured Work, Visit FAVATV.com, Contact FAVA TV
MEMBERS
Join and Meet the Members
This section is for and about the membership and includes info on how to join as well as member profiles and works.
CONTACT
