Student Opportunities
Tufts FMS is committed to offering our students exceptional experiences, which occasionally involves finding supplementary media opportunities for their participation. We encourage you to revisit this space periodically for any updates, and feel free to reach out to Gina O'Connor with any contributions or suggestions you may have. Your input is valued and appreciated!
FMS Crew Calls
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The King of Clark County Middle School Directed Study film, Abby Sommers
Seeking production assistants for a short directed study film shooting April 4-7. The film is called The King of Clarke County Middle School, and it follows the story of a washed-up Elvis Presley impersonator who has to get a job as a middle school music teacher. If interested, please reach out to abigail.sommers@tufts.edu for more details. We’d love to have you for any days you are available!
Tuft Opportunities
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Annual Undergraduate Environmental Photo Contest
The Tufts Environmental Studies Program supports an annual Undergraduate Environmental Photo Contest, and has done so for over a decade. The Top 3 photos are awarded prizes, and 10 of the submitted photos are celebrated and hung on the second floor of Barnum Hall. The contest begins accepting submissions in the spring for that academic year. Submission deadline is Monday, March 25th, 2024, at midnight.
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Tufts Career Center Summer Internship Grant Program
Internships. An opportunity to gain exposure, explore and try ideas for your future, apply theory from the classroom out in the world, get hands-on experience, and build skills. All things that add up to your overall career readiness.
Unfortunately, many internships in the U.S. are unpaid (even more within social or nonprofit sectors), which can make it challenging to take advantage of internship opportunities.
The good news: There are many ways to gain career-related experience, and internships represent just one option. Students also have opportunities to engage in research, pursue volunteer projects, participate in clubs, and more — all of which can help with career decision-making and strengthen one’s resume. Talk to a career advisor to brainstorm ways to gain experience in career fields that interest you.
More good news: Each summer the Tufts Career Center is able to fund 45-50 undergraduate students doing unpaid internships. These funds offer students the opportunity to explore career fields and gain experience. Selected students receive $4,500.
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Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Symposium
The Office of Scholar Development is happy to announce that registration for Tufts’ annual Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Symposium is now OPEN. This is a great opportunity for students to share their research and advance their presentation skills (as well as something that will look great on a resume!). The symposium will be on Tuesday, April 30th, and students can register through this Google form by providing a 250-word abstract that describes their research by Friday, April 5th.
Students can also submit a creative interpretation of their research for our “Art-your-research” competition, Artademic!. We welcome performances, visual art pieces, dance, music, or poetry submissions. If students are interested, they can submit their interpretations to anne.moore@tufts.edu.
Please direct any questions to anne.moore@tufts.edu and emily.palermo@tufts.edu.
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Non-Tufts Media Workshops and Events
Oscar Nominated Scripts!
One of the best ways to up your screenwriting game is to read screenplays, and with the 2023/24 Oscar nominations out, studios have posted many of the scripts ‘for consideration’ online.
Read Killers of a Flower Moon and understand how Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese communicate power dynamics through their screenplay; see how a highly visual feature like Poor Things works on the page; if animation is your thing, check out the script for Elemental or the 158-page screenplay for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; read Barbie and find out how Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach turned a child’s toy into a blockbuster comedy.
Whichever type of script inspires you, download it and dive in!
Mystic Film Institute Cinema and Media Arts Workshops
The Mystic Film Festival is pleased to announce a series of workshops in the cinema and media arts brought to you by the Mystic Film Institute!
Our screenwriting workshops are led by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Janet Roach and our podcasting workshops with award-winning documentary producer/director and podcast producer/host Jason Connell of Just Curious Media.
The weekend workshops kick off on March 9-10, 2024 and will continue through the spring of 2024! Courses will be held at Connecticut College in New London! Seats are limited so don't delay! Registration is now open!
Visit www.mysticfilminstitute.org/workshops for more info and to register! Any questions? Feel free to contact us at info@mysticfilminstitute.org.
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Filmmaker Awards and Opportunities
Diverso Fellowship
DIVERSO is a student-run film nonprofit dedicated to changing the face of entertainment by empowering the next generation of underrepresented storytellers.
In partnership with THE WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION, we have created The Diverso Fellowship: a paid internship program for minority student screenwriters. Vetted by a rigorous committee of industry readers, four talented students will spend ten weeks over the summer fine-tuning a writing sample with a personalized mentor, attending panels and classes with industry leaders, and learning from the best by shadowing in a writers' room.
Selected students will receive a $6,000 stipend to support a part-time commitment over 10 weeks. Interns are expected to make a 20-hour commitment each week. The internship program will be hosted virtually over the summer (tentatively set for June 6th - August 19th).
Application Deadline:
February 28, 2024
Humanitas College Screenwriting Awards
Humanitas College Screenwriting Awards recognize writers whose work advances the Humanitas mission and who are currently enrolled in a college or university program. Humanitas annually awards two prizes which recognize excellent student screen and television writing: The David and Lynn Angell College Comedy Award and The Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award. The two student-writers selected each receive a trophy at the annual Humanitas Prizes Event in September 2023, a $20,000 cash prize, a professional notes session, and a copy of WriterDuet.
Application Deadline:
April 15, 2024
Television Awards and Opportunities
Television Academy Foundation
The College Television Awards have recognized excellence in student-produced television content since 1979. The Awards have grown from two categories in 1979 into a competition with submissions from over 100 schools nationwide in nine different categories. Since 2019, thier nominees have also enjoyed the exclusive opportunity to network and connect with industry executives over three days of experiential programming culminating in the awards ceremony. These activities include networking with Foundation alumni and Television Academy governors, customized field trips, panel discussions, and skill-building workshops with industry leaders. Applications open October 2, 2023
The College Television Summit features industry leaders, including Emmy winners, creative and business executives, agents, and more, providing college students with an insider's guide to a career in the television industry.
The Television Academy Foundation's general program offers year-round experiential learning opportunities in Spring, Summer and Fall for students interested in exploring all facets of the entertainment industry.
Dates vary, check out their website for details
Film Festivals
Arlington International Film Festival
Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) is an award winning organization with its mission being to foster appreciation for different cultures by exploring the lives of people around the globe through independent film
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Brookfield Film Festival
Brookfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, situated within the southern foothills of the Berkshire Mountains. The two largest lakes in Connecticut border the Town, Candlewood Lake to the west and Lake Lillinonah to the east. Brookfield is located 43 miles northeast of New York City, making it part of the New York metropolitan area. The Brookfield Film Festival takes place in the historic Brookfield Theatre for the Arts.
Application Deadline:
Feb 9, 2024
Event Dates:
Mar 21-24, 2024
Mystic Film Festival
Mystic Film Festival is an annual event showcasing independent feature-length and short-form narrative films and documentaries from around the world. The festival brings together a diverse group of filmmakers and audiences to explore ideas, discuss the filmmaking process, and celebrate creativity. Through engaging community events, industry panels, and film screenings by acclaimed and up-and-coming talent, we aim to make the festival a special experience for filmmakers and audiences alike.
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Newburyport Documentary Film Festival: Young Emerging Showcase
YES (Young Emerging-Filmmakers Showcase) established in 2021, celebrates new and emerging filmmakers. The YES program features films showcasing the work of current and recent graduates from colleges and universities as perhaps their first opportunity to present finished work to the general public. YES Award finalists attend and participate in Festival activities, include a filmmakers roundtable in September. A first place prize of $1000.00 is awarded to one individual helping to fuel the winner’s next creative endeavor.
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Nightingale Vocal Ensemble SHORT FILM CONTEST 2024
Nightingale is a Boston-based vocal ensemble dedicated to curating unique and imaginative concert experiences by performing members’ original compositions, presenting varied ensemble and chamber works, and engaging in innovative collaborations. We are experts in vocal ensemble free improvisation, as documented on our 2023 album Composition Sped Up and in our monthly residency of Exploratory Choral Meditations at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in downtown Boston.
In January 2024, we will explore free improvisation in the context of film with our project Photoplay. We will spontaneously create musical soundtracks inspired by silent films and other dynamic visual material.
Application Deadline:
Jan 12, 2024
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Salem Film Festival: Mass Reality Check
Are you a college/university student or recent grad with a documentary film? Submit your entry for Salem Film Fest 2024, taking place March 21-24, 2024 in Salem, MA. Mass Reality Check is a showcase for Massachusetts college students to present their short documentary and experimental documentary films. Open to current or 2023 college graduates who live in Massachusetts OR attended(ed) a Massachusetts college or university. Entries must be 25 minutes or less in duration. The Mass Reality Check is a college doc shorts showcase for college and university students and recent graduates working in short documentary and experimental documentary film.
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Trinity Film Festival
Trinity Film Festival (TFF) is a platform for collegiate filmmakers to exhibit their work to the widest possible audience of peers, professionals, and local audiences.
Undergraduate students from all around the world submit films to TFF in the hope of being awarded the opportunity to visit Cinestudio Theater in Hartford, CT and present their films to a packed audience in a venue without peer.
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Wicked Queer Film Festival, Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival (formerly the Boston LGBT Film Festival) was founded in 1984 by film programmer George Mansour. Wicked Queer is the 4th longest running LGBTQ+ Film Festival in North America and is an all volunteer organization. Their mission is to build community and to celebrate Queer storytelling and filmmaking through the uplifting of voices and stories not yet heard and to present and preserve the vibrancy of our histories. Wicked Queer is a sponsored project of the Queer Film Institute.
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