Criteria

EMILIO DE LA MORENA AW12

Eligibility

Applicants should be emerging directors based in the United Kingdom.
Emerging directors are here defined as current students, those who graduated within the past five years or those currently practicing film-making as a personal interest.
Directors who already have professional representation with an agent or production company are not eligible to apply.
Applicants may have shot paid-for commercial or editorial previously but must have no more than five years experience.

Directors will need to fill out the online application form. Applications for SS14 are now closed.
Directors will need to download the treatment template, complete it and upload as a PDF to the relevant area of the application form. Read the treatment notes by Stephen Whelan for guidance.
Directors are asked to provide no more than three samples of video work by online link only. No physical submissions will be reviewed.
The equal opportunities section must be completed, but can be anonymous. This will be kept and will not affect your entry.
Read this season's mentoring brief by Roksanda Ilincic here.

Once an applicant has completed the application form online, this will be reviewed and the candidate will be notified by email whether the application has been accepted.
All online submissions to include a short treatment of no more than three pages. This must adhere to the guidelines or your application will be declined.
Applicants may be asked to submit no more than three films and no more than ten photography stills, which will be considered alongside the application to reach the final shortlist.
Those on the final shortlist will be invited for interview by the Fash/On Film panel. Following this stage of interviews, the final recipient is selected.

Mentoring and film production will be awarded to one director, for one season.
Ownership of the film will rest jointly with the BFC and White Lodge.
The Fash/On Film panel includes key industry opinion formers and representatives.
The panel is there in an advisory capacity only. There may be certain cases where the BFC feels a particular applicant may or may not be suitable for mentoring, and the BFC reserves final say.

Applications for SS14 are now closed.

For further information please contact:
Emma Campbell
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7759 1964
emma.campbell@britishfashioncouncil.com