Film Mentorship Award 2025

The objective of the Film Mentorship Award is to support the professional development of an emerging filmmakers by providing them with a structured mentorship opportunity with a professional film production company.

The successful applicant will receive mentoring from an established film production company (Harp Media) over a ten-month period. Depending on the mentee’s specific interests, they can be provided with structured learning opportunities in the following areas:

Film funding landscape, funding pathways and film pitches
Grant writing skills
Preparing for meetings
Managing human resources
Script-writing feedback and review
Preproduction and planning
Production work experience
One-to-one feedback sessions

The award emphasises the value and benefits to an emerging filmmaker derived from an extended process of engagement with experienced filmmakers.

Mentee will receive a grant of €500 towards expenses incurred during mentorship programme.
Mentor will receive €3000 towards costs incurred providing the mentorship programme.

Applicants can come from any arts discipline or background.

Application Deadline

Application Deadline is 5pm on Friday, 20 December 2024.

How to apply

You can apply online using the online Film Mentorship Award 2025 Application Form.
The online application system does not accept attachments. Please ensure you email your mandatory documents (artist CV and artist portrait photo) and any other documents you wish to be submitted as part of your application to artsoffice@longfordcoco.ie.
Before applying, please familiarise yourself with the Terms and Conditions which include eligibility and scoring criteria and frequently asked questions.

Assessment Process

Application will be processed by Longford County Council Arts Office. Applications that fall outside of the eligibility criteria may be eliminated at this point. Longford County Council reserves the right to redirect applications for consideration to appropriate categories other than those applied for, should it be deemed beneficial to the applicant to so do. All eligible applications will be considered by an adjudicating panel that comprises of two independent assessors with relevant experience and expertise.

Arts Bursary Award 2025 outcomes will be issued to all applicants in mid-January 2025.

For more feedback on your application, please email scrossan@longfordcoco.ie. Requests must be made no later than 20 days after the Film Mentorship Award 2025 outcome correspondence.

Freedom of Information considerations

Longford County Council is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1997, 2003. If you consider that any information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential, this should be highlighted and the reasons for sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material will, in response to an FOI request, be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.