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Jan Vrijman Fund
Objective
The JVF provides grants to independent documentary makers from developing countries. The
Jan Vrijman Fund is looking for creative documentaries. This means that it chooses films that
have been painstakingly designed and that express the personal vision of the maker. The creative
documentary is an art form. The documentary-maker is therefore an artist - not a journalist.
Where the journalist attempts with his or her reports to present reality as objectively as
possible, the artist follows his/her own idea.
Funding Amount
Special
The funding amount is up to 17.500 euro as a grant.
The application deadlines fall on the 15 January and 15 May.
The fund is initiated by
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, founded in 1988 in order to stimulate
national and international documentary culture (www.idfa.nl).
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The laws of journalism therefore do not apply to the creative documentary; the documentary
has its own quality criteria. Like reportage, documentaries provide insights into the
world around us; but they are also characterized primarily by artistic qualities: innovation,
originality, professional skill, expressiveness and cultural/historical value.
Conditions
The candidate should attach to his application a DVD or a link to Vimeo.com or a Youtube with
the audiovisual material from his/her project with English subtitles.
The producer must be based in a developing country.
If a project is selected, the contribution must be spent in a developing country and all distribution
rights for the Benelux countries must be reserved for the Jan Vrijman Fund.
information and contact
Jan Vrijman Fund
International Film Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Frederiksplein 52
1017 XN Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 627 3329 - Fax: +31 20 638 5388
Contact: Mélanie de Vocht – Email: janvrijmanfund@idfa.nl - www.idfa.nl