I was just made aware of the following opportunity.
-Josh Stieber
www.contagiousloveexperiment.wordpress.com
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Operation In Their Boots is a one-of-a-kind Filmmaking Fellowship sponsored by Brave New Foundation where five OIF and OEF veterans, reservists, national guardsmen and women, and currently enlisted service members* will be selected to direct their own, fully funded documentaries. Participants in this program will be selected from a 2-stage, online application process that includes the applicants pitch or proposal for a documentary that will capture their unique perspective of how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have impacted their lives, and the lives of their families, loved ones and their communities.
Selected participants will be paid a stipend of $7,500 and Brave New Foundation will designate a budget that will cover the selected project’s production costs.

To be among the first applicants please attend and apply at the Brave New Foundation informational presentation:

Operation In Their Boots Launch
November 9, 10:00 am
Presented by Executive Producer, Richard Ray Perez
Brave New Foundation Courtyard
10510 Culver Blvd. Culver City , Ca. 90232

Please contact aspain@bravenewfoundation.org if you are interested in attending or applying to this program.

The only thematic requirement the documentary projects applicants propose is that they must tell stories about the impact the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are having on people here in the United States, and they must done from a non-partisan, non-ideological perspective. The applicants proposed projects may be autobiographical documentaries, intimate family stories, or documentary projects that focus on issues related to how the conflicts have impacted our nation.

(*Currently enlisted servicemembers an other potential participants must get their commanding officers prior approval to participate in this program).

General Guideline:

· Prospective participants MUST BE IRAQ and/or AFGHANISTAN WAR VETERANS, RESERVIST, NATIONAL GUARDSMEN OR WOMEN, OR CURRENTLY ENLISTED SERVICE MEMBERS. IF YOU DO NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT, YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
· Prior filmmaking experience is preferred, but not required. Applicants who can demonstrate strong storytelling skills and the proven ability to complete and deliver projects similar in scale to a 15-minute documentary will be considered.
· Participants must commit to attend a 3-day “Documentary Filmmakers Bootcamp” in Los Angeles March 12 – 14, 2010. (Travel expenses for those who need it will be paid by Brave New Foundation)
· Participants must deliver a documentary of approximately 15-minutes by a deadline to be established by Brave New Foundation.
· Must collaborate with the In Their Boots Productions staff on the execution of production decisions and on establishing and maintain the thematic and creative direction of their project.
· Participants must agree to a “Producer Agreement” to participate in the program, and must agree to participate in all press-related events and campaigns.

Selected applicants will be notified by, or around January 1, 2010 and will have approximately two weeks to accept or deny participation in the program.

In Their Boots will fund the participants’ projects. Participants will work with the ITB production staff to develop the stories they produce. The editing of all projects will take place at the ITB production offices in Los Angeles by ITB editors. The ITB production staff retains the right to make all final editorial and content decisions. The final projects will remain the property of Brave New Foundation.

Operation In Their Boots is funded by a generous grant from the Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund (IADIF), a private fund administered by The California Community Foundation.