Important Announcement:
MINT Chinese Film Festival Active Audience Awards Application from the Edinburgh Student Experience Grants scheme
Apply for a MINT Chinese Film Festival Active Audience Award for an inspiring festival journey now
We are delighted to offer 16 awards of £100 to Edinburgh University students attending the inaugural MINT Chinese Film Festival in Keswick, Cumbria, 3-5 February 2023. If you are interested in Chinese cinemas and motivated to experience an exciting three-day festival journey during the Chinese Spring Festival in the beautiful Lake District in Northern England, then this is a fantastic opportunity for you! Please carefully read the Award criteria and application instructions in this article and submit your application to us as soon as possible: the deadline is 11pm on Sunday 22nd January.
The deadline for applying the Mint Active Audience Application is extended to Jan 25th 11pm. Please submit your application soon to us!
The purpose and the coverage of the Award
The Mint Active Audience Award is supported by the Edinburgh Student Experience scheme, to motivate students from the University of Edinburgh to explore this exciting cultural event and experience the diversity of Chinese cinemas.
Our bursary awards are a contribution to the cost of travel and accommodation for those who are taking part in the festival. Please keep your travel, booking receipts and festival tickets for subsequent reviewing purposes.
Award Criteria
You must be an enrolled undergraduate/postgraduates/PhD candidate or staff currently registered at the University of Edinburgh to be eligible for an award.
The Mint Chinese Film Festival particularly welcomes participation and applications from women (cis/transgender/those identifying as a woman) and LGBTQ+ individuals/diverse sexualities.
In making awards, priority will be given to students or staff who can demonstrate the following:
-a) that attendance at the festival is of particular relevance to your course of studies/intended future career, and/or you are interested in Chinese cinemas/gender issues/cross-cultural communications. Anything you think will demonstrate your interest is acceptable. It can be your enrolled courses/research/essays/film reviews/artworks/creative projects/short films/ticket receipts/reflections on these topics, or even a photo of you attending a film screening, a cultural event, a leisure trip, a research conference, a festival and so on!
- b) active participation in student societies of relevance to China, and/or film curation/film studies/filmmaking, and/or women and sexual/gender diversity
- c) financial need - let us know why you need support for your travel and accommodation to participate in the Festival
Application deadline and instruction
Please apply by emailing Team Mint at mintchinesefilmfest@gmail.com from your Edinburgh University email address, stating, in a maximum of 400 words, why you want to attend the Festival and how you meet the criteria above with requested materials, by 11pm on Sunday 22th January, with the subject line of MINT CFF Active Audience Award application and your full name (surname then given name), and your student number.
The deadline for applying for the Award is 11 pm Sunday, 22nd January. Applications made after this time will not be considered.
Awards will be confirmed by email around 29th January and issued to recipients between 30 Jan - 5 Feb, on evidence of the purchase of a festival pass (or ticket(s) for) for the MINT Chinese Film Festival.
About the Mint Chinese Film Festival
The Mint Chinese Film Festival is the first Chinese Film Festival in Cumbria that will take place at the Keswick Alhambra Cinema, in Northwest England‘s Lake District in the UK, from the 3rd to the 5th of February 2023. This film festival is a joint initiative between Edinburgh University alumnus Carol Rennie (MSc and PhD in Chinese Literature), the owner and director of the Keswick Alhambra Cinema, and Yixiang Shirley Lin (2022 MSc graduate in Film, Exhibition and Curation), a film curator and the founder of UnicornScreening. It is likely to be the UK's first women-founded Chinese film festival.
Our first edition focuses on cross-cultural communication of Chinese cinema and women’s representation in specialised film. We hope to provide an occasion for spectators, filmmakers, critics and scholars to watch, discuss and award films. The three main parts of the festival include 1) the feature film screening and short films strand, the Audiences' Choice Award for the best short film and directors' Q&As, 2) the panel discussion/workshop, and 3) events and outdoor activities.
For more information about the festival programme, schedules and ticketing, please visit our website unicornscreening.com
About Active Audience Award
Mint Active Audience Award is fully supported by The University of Edinburgh’ Student Experience Grants scheme to motivate students from the University of Edinburgh to explore this exciting cultural events and the diversity of Chinese film. In line with our mission and curatorial ethos, the Mint CFF encourages in particular women and sexual/gender diverse groups living in Edinburgh to participate in the first edition of the Mint Chinese Film festival launched in Keswick, exploring the diversity of Chinese cinemas and meet up like-minded people.
Acknowledgement
This project was supported by alumni and friends of the University of Edinburgh through the Student Experience Grants scheme.
Authors: Charline Froment and Yixiang Shirley Lin
Contact Info:
Award Selection Committee: mintchinesefilmfest@gmail.com
Organiser’s Info
Mint Chinese Film Festival, co-founded by Dr Carol Rennie and Yixiang Shirley Lin
Official Website: unicornscreening.com
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