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PROGRAM OVERVIEW In an effort to promote diversity in Hollywood and inclusion of Alaska Native content creators, GCI is collaborating with the Walter Kaitz Foundation to offer a fellowship program to two Alaska Natives who want to further their career in the film, television or digital industry. GCI will select two experienced content creators—from directors to playwrights to producers— to participate in the Walter Kaitz Foundation’s 9th Hollywood Creative Forum in Los Angeles, California. Each finalist will be able to establish and foster lifelong connections to help guide their professional careers in television, film and digital. CRITERIA GCI will select two Alaska Native artists to attend the 2018 Hollywood Creative Forum. Applicants will be selected based on the following criteria: • Must be an Alaska Native content creator with at least one show credit (writer, director, producer, showrunner, story editor, etc.) currently working and living in Alaska, seeking to expand his/her artistic career • Must be 18 or older • Demonstrates artistic and creative practice and be able to highlight a project as an example • Demonstrates a new, innovative and creative approach to content development • Submitted work must clearly contribute to the candidate’s professional development • The work must display confidence as a content creator • Must be able to articulate how the candidate will take advantage of the Hollywood Creative Forum to further their career GCI SUPPORTS ALASKA NATIVE VOICES A SPECIAL COLLABORATION WITH THE WALTER KAITZ FOUNDATION FOR FELLOWS TO ATTEND THE 2018 HOLLYWOOD CREATIVE FORUM
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW In an effort to promote diversity in Hollywood and inclusion of Alaska Native content creators, GCI is collaborating with the Walter Kaitz Foundation to offer a fellowship program to two Alaska Natives who want to further their career in the film, television or digital industry. GCI will select two experienced content creators—from directors to playwrights to producers— to participate in the Walter Kaitz Foundation’s 9th Hollywood Creative Forum in Los Angeles, California. Each finalist will be able to establish and foster lifelong connections to help guide their professional careers in television, film and digital.
CRITERIA GCI will select two Alaska Native artists to attend the 2018 Hollywood Creative Forum. Applicants will be selected based on the following criteria:
• Must be an Alaska Native content creator with at least one show credit (writer, director, producer, showrunner, story editor, etc.) currently working and living in Alaska, seeking to expand his/her artistic career
• Must be 18 or older • Demonstrates artistic and creative practice and be able to highlight a project as an
example • Demonstrates a new, innovative and creative approach to content development • Submitted work must clearly contribute to the candidate’s professional development • The work must display confidence as a content creator • Must be able to articulate how the candidate will take advantage of the Hollywood
Creative Forum to further their career
GCI SUPPORTS ALASKA NATIVE VOICES
A SPECIAL COLLABORATION WITH THE WALTER KAITZ FOUNDATION FOR FELLOWS TO ATTEND
THE 2018 HOLLYWOOD CREATIVE FORUM
APPLICATION PROCESS
All applications must be submitted via email to [email protected] and must contain the following:
• Contact information, including address and telephone number • Examples of work (could include screenplays, production videos, IMDB link, etc.) • Biography (500-word limit) • Cover letter (750-word limit) • Artistic statement (1,000-word limit)
DEADLINE All applications are due by Nov. 30, 2017. The finalists will be notified via email and announced at the Anchorage International Film Festival in early December. The two people selected will be provided exclusive entry to the forum on Feb.13-14, 2018, in Los Angeles.
WHAT FINALISTS CAN EXPECT • A trip to Los Angeles for the Hollywood Creative Forum, including round-trip airfare and
hotel expenses • Invitations to a private dinner in Los Angeles with a select group of development and
programming executives • A GCI Welcome Package upon arrival in Los Angeles • Feature on GCI and Walter Kaitz Foundation’s social media platforms • Feature on Channel 907, the Anchorage International Film Festival and at the Alaska
Federation of Natives Convention • Free admission to the Anchorage International Film Festival
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For more information about the fellowship program as well as guidelines on application criteria, visit www.gci.com/why-gci/walter-kaitz-foundation.
ABOUT WALTER KAITZ FOUNDATION
The Walter Kaitz Foundation is a nonprofit committed to advancing diversity within the cable industry, specifically the contributions of women and multi-ethnic cable professionals. The foundation serves as a catalyst for increasing diversity in the cable industry’s workforce, its supplier base and its programming.
