OPEN CALL FOR GRADUATE FILM ARTISTS
Cork International Film Festival, National Sculpture Factory and Sample-Studios are delighted to announce an open call for applications for the Parallax Emerging Film Artist Award. The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday, 21st June 2024.
Established in 2022, this unique Award seeks out, supports and platforms graduate film artists from Irish fine art tertiary education institutions and is a collaboration between three significant arts organisations in Cork.
The Parallax Emerging Film Artist Awardee will be announced at Cork International Film Festival’s Parallax Strand – profiling Film Artists and Artist Moving Image work – at the 70th Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) in November 2025.
The selection panel includes film artists and representatives from CIFF, National Sculpture Factory and Sample-Studios.
This Call for the Parallax Emerging Film Artist Award is open to 2024 graduates of degree programmes in Irish third level visual art education institutions. The Award comprises:
- €5,000 bursary
- 12 month Associate Membership with Sample-Studios with associated access to training, equipment and workspace.
- Studio space provision from the National Sculpture Factory
- Solo exhibition opportunity in Sample-Studios’ Gallery, The Lord Mayor’s Pavilion, as part of the Cork International Film Festival Programme in November 2025.
Applicants must submit the following materials to parallaxawards@corkfilmfest.org by Friday, 21st June 2024:
- Artist CV (Max 2 pages)
- Artist Statement (max 300 words)
- Link to artist website (if relevant)
- Up to 5 images/stills of work (minimum 300 dpi)
- Up to 5 links to recent film work
- An outline of the work you intend to pursue as part of the Award and how you feel this Award will support your further development as a film artist (max 500 words)
Previous recipients of the Parallax Emerging Artist Bursary Award are MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Graduate, Myfanwy Frost-Jones (2022-23) and TUS Limerick School of Art and Design graduate Asha Murray (2023-24). Frost-Jones presented a solo exhibition of new work, ‘Another Country’, as part of 68th CIFF in November 2023 and Murray will present her solo exhibition as part of the 69th Festival in November 2024.
Myfanwy Frost-Jones commented: “The support and encouragement that I received from the Parallax team – from Sample-Studios, the National Sculpture Factory and CIFF – was essential to the development of my new work with my Irish/Ugandan family archives and my Complicated Legacies video work. I would definitely recommend the experience to any emerging artist considering applying in the future.”
Group applications by one or more artists working together or as a collective are ineligible. Please note that this is not a studio-based residency and there is no residential component to the residency ie: it is not essential for successful applicants to undertake a period of living in Cork in order to engage with a studio setting in Cork but applicants must demonstrate a willingness to travel to Cork to facilitate site visits and meetings with partners in advance of their solo exhibition. For additional information, please contact parallaxawards@corkfilmfest.org