Each year, the South Carolina Film Commission and Trident Technical College offer grants up to $12,500 for production of South Carolina short film projects.  The 2013 funding cycle is now open, with applications due May 31, 2013.

 

Download the APPLICATION MATERIALS, with all rules and requirements, here:

 

2013 INDIE GRANTS APPLICATION FORM, with all program details and rules.

 

2013 INDIE GRANTS PROVIDED BUDGET FORM.  Other industry-standard budget formats are happily accepted.  See the APPLICATION FORM for more information.

 

2013 INDIE GRANTS SAMPLE BUDGET ITEMS.  For assistance in completing project budget form, as needed.

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After scoring by a panel of judges, we are pleased to announce the 2013 South Carolina Young Filmmakers Project Top Ten finalists.  (Well, actually, 11, due to a tie.)  Now it's your turn.  Visit our YouTube channel and "LIKE" your favorite to cast your vote.  YouTube votes will be combined with the judges' scores to determine our 2013 Young Filmmakers Winner.

 

Click here to vote at the Young Filmmakers Project YouTube channel.

 

The Top 11 were also featured with their own screening at the 2013 Charleston International Film Festival, including VIP passes for the entire event.  For more information on the contest, visit the contest page here.

 

The Top 11 are (in alphabetical order):

 

A Day At The Park (White Knoll High School)

Escape to a SC State Park (Northwestern High School)

Estabon (Summerville High School)

Everyone Wants to Play (Wando High School)

Exultation (Summerville High School)

Getting Active (Ridge View High School)

Hunting Island State Park:  Runner-Up to None (Beaufort Academy)

Hunting Island SC State Park (Provost Academy)

Le Ballon Bleu (White Knoll High School)

Message In A Bottle (White Knoll High School)

Thunderstruck (White Knoll High School)

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In the summer of 2010, the South Carolina Film Commission, in association with Trident Technical College, founded the Indie Grants. Awarding small production grants for selected South Carolina filmmakers on an as-needed basis, the program is designed to provide South Carolina independent filmmakers with resources that will add quality and creativity to their short-film projects, resulting in industry exposure for the state’s film community and training the next generation of South Carolina crew.
 

All funded filmmakers are required to use Trident Technical College film students in their crews. Other resources provided to Indie Grant filmmakers throughout the process include equipment, mentoring, professional script consulting, professional crew calls, collaborative critiques, and film festival consulting.

The program has resulted in a high-quality, intriguing collection of short films; South Carolina cinematic skills and stories celebrated by the world.  Official film festival selections and awards include the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, Palm Springs Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Stiges Film Festival, LA Film Fest, Toronto AfterDark, Mediera Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Charleston International Film Festival and Santa Rosa International Film Festival. See clips from past INDIE GRANTS films here. 

Accompanying the Indie Grant program is a series of production training workshops from the South Carolina Film Commission, on topics such as Scriptwriting, Aerial Lift (Condor) Certification, DSLR Cinematography, Digital Effects & Motion Graphics, MovieMagic, Production Design, and more.

 

Indie Grants programs also include the South Carolina Young Filmmakers Project, a high school filmmaker competition, and independent film screening events through-out the year.
 

View a brief video on the Indie Grants here:

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Check out this video for more information on the S.C. Young Filmmakers Project, a high-school filmmaking competition.  Win cash, prizes, and the adoration of all film fans.  Go here for complete rules and how to enter.  And like the contest on facebook.

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Charleston -- One of the film industry's most experienced production finance managers led two half-day software training workshops at Trident Technical College on Saturday, January 26, 2013.

 

The  Movie Magic Budgeting Workshop was sponsored by the South Carolina Film Commission and Trident Tech, and was held at TTC's new film school on their North Charleston campus.

 

Movie Magic Budgeting is an innovative budgeting and cost estimation software program used by production professionals around the world. Its format lets users create budgets of all sizes, for all types of production. 

 

Shawn Gillespie, Senior Vice President of Operations at CASHet Film Funding, conducted the seminar. Previously Gillespie worked at Entertainment Partners as the Director of Production Incentive Administration and Finance. His 17 years of film production financial experience include working for several major studios:  20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, Sony Pictures, Walt Disney, MGM, Miramax and ABC Network.

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