Creative Culture Residency Program

Residencies in Creative Culture are four–six week intensive experiences for established filmmakers looking to work on a feature film project. Residents receive housing, a private editing suite, a weekly stipend, and access to the resources available at the Media Arts Lab and JBFC Theater. Residencies are by invitation only, with filmmakers being selected through partnerships with other like-minded organizations.A Creative Culture residency provides two members of a film team with the time and space to do significant work on a feature length project over the course of four–six weeks.

Each residency offers:

• Four–six weeks of housing at the JBFC Residence for two members of a film team.
• A weekly stipend provided for two members of a film team.
• Access to a private editing suite within the residence that is both Premiere and Avid compatible.
• Access to the production and post production spaces at the Media Arts Lab.
• Support from JBFC Staff and visiting filmmakers.

Residencies currently offered include:

• International Narrative Residency in partnership with the Sundance Institute
• Womxn Filmmaker-in-Residence in partnership with Chicken & Egg Pictures
• Social Justice Filmmaker-in-Residence in partnership with True/False Film Festival
• Focus-on-Nature Residency in partnership with EarthxFilm
• Remix Filmmaker-in-Residence
• Middle East & North African Filmmaker-in-Residency in partnership with Greenhouse Film Centre

Residencies are by invitation only.

Previous Artists-in-Residence

Residencies in Creative Culture are curated in partnership with: