KODAK Scholarship Program

KODAK is accepting submissions from the around the world for the 2011 KODAK Scholarship program. Accredited film schools are welcome to submit a maximum of two student candidates who will be judged on a combination of their past work, faculty recommendations, and academic achievement.

"As a company, we believe that one of the most important investments we can make is an investment in the talent of the next generation of filmmakers," said Johanna Gravelle, Kodak's worldwide Image Capture Marketing Director. "This is a unique program in that it rewards the winners cash tuition prizes along with film prizes, so they can tell their next stories without creative compromise."

As part of the competition, sample reels submitted by the students will be judged by a panel including a noted cinematographer and a UFVA representative. "They will evaluate the student's ability to use moving images to tell their stories most effectively," said Gravelle. "And every year, the ability of those students gets better and better."
In the more than fifteen years that Kodak has supported this program in conjunction with the not-for-profit University Film and Video Foundation (UFVF), the company has found one constant aspiration among all winners: "Regardless of what they shot before," said Gravelle, "most students aspire to shoot film -- and this program makes that possible."

There are five prizes, ranging from the Gold prize of $5000 in Kodak motion picture film, with a $1500 cash tuition award, Silver prize of $4000 in Kodak motion picture film, with $1000 cash tuition award, Bronze prize of $3000 Kodak motion picture film, with $500 cash tuition award and two $2000 Kodak motion picture film grants for Honorable Mention. The 2011 winners will be announced in early August and screened at the University Film and Video Association (UFVA) Conference, held this year at Emerson College in Boston from August 3rd through 6th.

Kodak introduced its worldwide film school program in 1991. Through the years, that program has grown to include a wide range of initiatives to help both students and educators to enrich their knowledge and enhance their skills in the art and craft of filmmaking.

Today, the Kodak program includes scholarships, educational materials, awards, seminars and student showcases, as well as other incentives that raise the profile of emerging talent and enable them to tell their stories on film.

Deadline for submissions to the KODAK Scholarship Program must be postmarked by June 14.

Download the KODAK Scholarship Program nomination form (PDF)
Visit www.kodak.com/go/scholarships