Announcement - Fellowship Applications Now Available Online!
Fellowship applications for the 53rd Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, South of the Other, are now available online at www.flahertyseminar.org.

Application Deadline: March 19th, 2007
The Flaherty offers two types of fellowships which provide economic support to applicants interested in attending the Seminar: Professional Development fellowships and Student fellowships. In both cases, awards are partial grants that cover a portion of the registration fee for the Seminar. The registration fee covers all lodging, meals, Seminar screenings, activities and functions for the week. All fellowships are highly competitive. While preference is given to first-time applicants, you may submit multiple times, and may receive fellowships up to two times.

NALIP, in association with The Flaherty/International Film Seminars, offers a NALIP Membership Development Program Opportunity: Fellowships for three of their members to attend the Seminar under the Professional Development fellowship program. Those interested in applying should complete the Professional Development application form and mark on the cover page that they are a NALIP member.

New York State residents interested in attending the 53rd Robert Flahery Film Seminar may apply for a Media Arts Technical Assistance Fund Grant from the New York State Council of the Arts through the Experimental Television Center Ltd. Deadline: April 20th, 2007.

South of the Other:
Chronicles of anti-colonial guerilla uprisings, contemporary telenovelas, popular dramas and traditional fables share startling commonalities: all reveal, reshape, and unsettle global cultural identities. Shifting southward to Asia, Latin America, and Africa, the 53rd Robert Flaherty Film Seminar will probe how myriad world cinemas over the past forty years have exploded, invented and reconceived the other. Co-curators Mahen Bonetti (African Film Festival, Inc.) and Carlos Gutiérrez (Cinema Tropical) will present diverse works exploring migration, homelands, Third Cinema, and the popular. Invited artists include Abderrahmane Sissako, Ximena Cuevas, Khalo Matabane, Theo Eshetu, and Kalup Linzy.