Moonlighter Film Camp - From Concept to Completion
Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
- Deadline
- 9 days left
- Entry fee
- $65
- Award
- Participation in intensive film camp and mentorship
- Location
- Alberta, Canada
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About
Filmmakers identifying as women are invited to apply for a four-day intensive film camp focused on narrative pitch decks, fundraising, marketing, and distribution for adventure film content.
Overview
Moonlighter Film Camp: From Concept to Completion is a four-day intensive residency program led by professionals in the outdoor film industry for women filmmakers. The camp focuses on building narrative pitch decks, producing, fundraising, marketing, and distribution for the adventure film genre.
Key dates
- Submission deadline: July 22, 2026
Eligibility
This program is for filmmakers who identify as women. Applicants should have a strong desire to make filmmaking their career choice, some experience in project planning, camera work, sound capture, pitching, location skills, editing, and distribution, and must have completed at least one film screened in a professional environment. Applicants are encouraged to apply with a specific film project they would like to develop.
Program details
Participants take part in scheduled workshops with faculty and guests to explore film production elements, discuss themes in mountain and adventure filmmaking, receive feedback on works-in-progress, and share strategies with peers. The program is run in English.
Accommodations and facilities
- On-campus lodging and meals provided
- Private bedroom in shared housing facility
- Shared production spaces and collaborative areas
- Photo and video editing suite with technicians
- Partially accessible (50% or more)
Application fee
- $65 CAD for individuals
- $35 CAD for applicants who identify as Indigenous
Residency fee and scholarships
Total residency fee before scholarships is $1,317.75 CAD (tuition $441, accommodation and meal plan $876.75). All participants receive a 100% tuition scholarship. Additional scholarships are available for accommodation and meal plan; participants should expect to pay a minimum of 50% of accommodation and meal plan costs after scholarship is applied. Canadian Indigenous applicants can receive a scholarship covering 100% of tuition fees, meal plan, and accommodation costs.
How to apply
Apply online at http://url.banffcentre.ca/bgOxHl with a specific film project you wish to develop.
- Award
- Participation in intensive film camp and mentorship
- Entry fee
- Application fee: $65 CAD for individuals, $35 CAD for applicants who identify as Indigenous. Total residency fee before scholarships: $1,317.75 CAD (tuition $441, accommodation and meal plan $876.75).
- Theme
- Digital Media, Documentary, Environmentalism/Conservation, Film, Journalism, Moving Image
- Eligibility
- Any stage of career — This program is for filmmakers who identify as women. Applicants should have: a strong desire to make filmmaking their career choice. some experience in project planning, camera work, sound capture, pitching, location skills, editing, and distribution. completed at least one film which has been screened in a professional environment. Applicants are encouraged to apply with a specific film project they would like to develop and be prepared to share it with the group. This program is run in English and English is the language of Banff Centre correspondence.
- Audience
- Filmmakers of any career stage who identify as women
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