Grant of 5000$ to Support Documentary Projects in the Arab World

The Arab Fund for Culture and Arts - Horizons and the Prince Klaus Fund in the Netherlands; and the partnership with Magnum Foundation in New York, USA, the Arab Region Photography Program, in the belief of the capacity to document, educate and advocate. Photographers can choose any documentary style of documentation, from photography. The program provides photographers with financial and technical support to help them complete their projects.

Program Goals:

• Supporting photographic documentation Professional, creative and unrestricted.
• Training photographers and expanding the horizons of their approach to the visual novel.
• Share Arabic visual stories with an audience in the region.
• Discover new ways to share photography projects

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:

• living and working in the Arab region, irrespective of age, years of experience, ethnicity, gender or religion. Exceptions are made for Arab applicants who had to flee their home countries during the past six years (since 2012) due to political unrest.
• Professional and emerging photographers are eligible to apply. Photographers who have not specialized in documentary photography will be considered as long as the proposed work is documentary in nature.
• Technical familiarity with photography is required. Journalists or activists who have not had experience with photography are not eligible to apply.
• Comfortable using English for all communication and in person discussions. The workshops and communication will be conducted in English. Translation can be provided during the workshops.
• Independent, i.e. not currently working under any “work for hire” agreements, and should have full copyright ownership of the work they produce.
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Ineligible Candidates

AFAC will not consider applications submitted by:

• Members of the Board of Trustees, their business partners or family members.
• AFAC staff members, their business partners or family members.
• Members of the current year’s jurors committees.
• Recipients of two consecutive grants unless two years had passed since the last grant (e.g. If a grantee had received two grants in 2016 and 2017, s/he can apply again in 2020).
• Applicants with a current open grant.
• Each applicant is entitled to only one application in the same category.
• If an applicant has an application that is in process, s/he cannot submit another application in any category until the result of the current application in process is a

Eligible Expenses

This USD 5.000 production grant shall be used to cover the artist fees, any needed production equipment cost, any research costs, travel and other expenses related to the production. Additionally, the grant covers per diem (when on location) and visa fees associated with attendance of the two workshops.  (Note: Travel and accommodation costs related to the workshops will be covered directly by ADPP).  Grant funds will be used solely for the undertaking of the described photography project and not for any other purpose.

Place and Duration

AFAC will not provide support retroactively, i.e. to projects already completed. For projects that have already started, AFAC will cover the expenses that will occur only after the signature of the contract if the project is selected, and the project’s time frame should not exceed 8 months.

For more details, visit the program's website: arabdocphotography.org

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