MARGARET TAIT Award and Residency 2014 – nominations and applications are now accepted

February 28, 2014

Glasgow Film Festival are delighted to announce that nominations are now open for the fifth year of the Margaret Tait Award, supported by Creative Scotland and LUX. For the second year Glasgow Film are also accepting applications to the Margaret Tait Residency.

The aim of the Margaret Tait Award is to support experimental and innovative artists working within film and moving image, providing a high profile platform for them to exhibit their work and engage with a wider audience. The Award is inspired by the wealth of talent emerging from Scotland within this field and aims to raise the profile of the many galleries, curators and arts organisations who support this area of work. It allows Glasgow Film Festival to have a lasting and meaningful impact on the careers of new filmmaking talent, support new commissions and forge new partnerships across the sector.

The recipient of the Award will receive a £10,000 prize to create new work and the opportunity to present it at the Glasgow Film Festival in 2015. 
The Award will be given to an experimental Scottish or Scotland-based artist who has developed a significant body of work within film and moving image over the past 3–10 years and is at the cusp of a major impact on the sector. The film which is produced may be screened in a traditional cinema setting within Glasgow Film Theatre, or make a more creative use of this space or a satellite venue. The film should be completed by February 2015.You can read more about Margaret Tait here.

Nominations are now sought from the sector. The deadline is 9am on Monday 31 March 2014.

Selection process:

Anyone can nominate, but artists cannot nominate themselves.

Who can be nominated?:

-Artists who are Scottish and/or based in Scotland

-Experimental artists who have developed a significant body of work over the past 3–10 years and are at the cusp of a major impact on the moving image sector

-There is no age restriction

-We regret that we cannot accept nominations of artists who are students

How to Nominate:

Please send 200 words on the artist’s career to date, their impact on the sector and your reasons for nominating. Be sure to include a link to the artist’s website or an online example of their work as well as the artist’s email address and phone number. Applications should be sent by email only to [email protected] If you have been nominated, you will be informed immediately and asked to send a portfolio. If you are short-listed, you will be asked to send a proposal.

2013 Margaret Tait Award winner Rachel Maclean

Rachel Maclean, premiered her film at Glasgow Film Festival on Monday 24 February. Her film, A Whole New World, portrays the fantastical ruins of a fallen empire. Combining grand narrative with cheap product placement, the work explores themes related to British Imperial history and national identity. With green screen composite video, hypercoloured fantasy worlds created around existing audio, and narrated by a statuesque Britannia Goddess, the action frequently shifts genre, moving from an all-singing, all-dancing musical score to sedate period drama and battlefield conflict. Maclean plays all the characters in the work, miming to a multilingual soundtrack and bedecked in an elaborate combination of prosthetic make-up, historical costume and Union Jack-encrusted tourist tat.

Previous Margaret Tait award-winners also include Stephen Sutcliffe, winner of the 2012 award, who screened his film Outwork around the UK after its premiere at GFF 2013 (including a screening at London Film Festival 2013). The 2011 Margaret Tait Award winner was Anne-Marie Copestake who has since screened her film And Under That in Bristol and London while 2010 winner, German-born Torsten Lauschmann toured his piece At The Heart of Everything is a Row of Holes in Melbourne and London. All the Margaret Tait Award winners’ films are now being made available to venues, for more information please visit the Margaret Tait Award on Tour page.

Glasgow Film Margaret Tait Residency 2014 – Applications now open

The Margaret Tait Residency aims to support and develop the skills of an emerging Scottish or Scotland-based artist working within film and moving image. It was developed for artists early in their career who would benefit from a focused period of development in a stimulating environment outwith their typical studio base.The recipient of the Residency will travel to Stromness Orkney in summer 2014 and be based there for eight weeks. They will be given accommodation, studio space, artist support at Pier Arts Centre and living expenses. After the Residency, they will complete a series of mentor sessions with prominent artists, as well as film production courses as requested and required. The artist is expected to then deliver a film or film event by February 2015 for inclusion in Glasgow Film Festival’s programme.

Applications are now sought from the sector. The deadline is 9am, Friday 4 April 2014.

Selection process:

Who can apply?

-Scottish artists or artists based in Scotland.

-Emerging artists, early in their career, who work in film and moving image.

-There is no age restriction.

-We regret that we cannot accept applications from artists who are students.

To apply, please send the following:

-An application form with statement and weblinks. Download the Application Form.

-A proposal of what type of film or project you wish to pursue (2 pages A4 max).

-Applications should be sent by email only to [email protected]

Timeline:

-Eight weeks to be spent in Stromness, Orkney in summer 2014 (dates negotiable between May–September).

-Further support and training to take place in UK between September–December, based on your needs and aims.

-Film screening at Glasgow Film Festival, February 2015.

-Film to tour beyond Glasgow, with assistance from GFF–from March 2015 onwards.

2012 Margaret Tait Residency winner Sarah Forrest

The inaugural Margaret Tait Residency was supported by the Creative Scotland Creative Futures Programme, LUX and the Pier Arts Centre. The panel selected Sarah Forrest as the recipient of the Residency which took place in summer 2012 at Pier Arts Centre in Stromness Orkney for six weeks. After the Residency, Sarah completed six mentor sessions with prominent artists, as well as camera skills and sound editing courses in London and Glasgow.Sarah Forrest’s film, that now, screened to a busy Cinema 2 audience on Friday 17 February 2013 at GFT, and was well received. Sarah then took the film back to Orkney in April 2013 for a screening at Stromness Town Hall, alongside Blue Black Permanent by Margaret Tait and has since screened at Belfast, Leeds and Rotterdam.

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