VFS and YouTube have just announced an international scholarship competition that should knock Chris Crocker off the front page and into the obscurity which has hungered for him ever since the Leave Britney Alone fifteen minutes started.
The prize is a full tuition scholarship to internationally-respected Vancouver Film School, the school out of which Kevin Smith dropped to go on to produce the magnum opus, the veritable Big Chill of his generation, Clerks. Like I ever saw that.
I’m old, yo.
Anyhoo. The challenge is to make a compelling YouTube pitch explaining just exactly why you’re the natural choice to win. Anyone with enough self-confidence to go into film should have no problem with this part. The school picks the finalists, and then the viewers on YouTube make the final choice.
A few more details, from the FAQ:
This competition is about making film school accessible to everyone. The YouTube community will award three aspiring artists (that includes directors, animators, actors, sound designers and more) with full-tuition scholarships to the Vancouver Film School program of their choice.
Between March 18th and May 9th, submit a short film, animation or creative pitch addressing the theme “What Matters to You.” You must start your video by identifying the VFS program you wish to attend and you must limit your video to no more than three minutes. On May 20th, we will announce the 10 finalists, selected by Vancouver Film School.
From May 20th to May 27th, the YouTube community will view and vote for their favorite videos.
On May 30th, we will announce the 3 scholarship winners.
What programs are up for scholarship awards?
1. Foundation Visual Art & Design
2. Acting Essentials
3. 3D Animation & Visual Effects
4. Classical Animation
5. Digital Character Animation
6. Houdini™ Certification
7. Acting for Film & Television
8. Digital Design
9. Entertainment Business Management
10. Film Production
11. Game Design
12. Makeup Design for Film & Television
13. Sound Design for Visual Media
14. Writing for Film & Television
Some handy tips:
Be creative. Don’t just tell us what’s important to you – show us. For example, if you’re a director, make a short film or documentary about an issue you care about. If you’re an animator, animate a story about an issue, person, place, etc. that matters to you. If you’re a writer, pitch a fresh screenplay concept about something that matters to you. If you’re a makeup artist, transform a stranger into someone who matters to you. These are just ideas and we know you can do better, but the point is: think creatively!
What gets into the shortlist?
Vancouver Film School will judge submissions based on the following criteria:
a. Creativity and Originality (up to 25 points)
b. Relevance of the video to the particular program of study selected (up to 25 points)
c. Technical Execution: Camera/Sound/Lighting/Editing (up to 25 points)
d. Overall Impression (up to 25 points)
And after that, it’s all up to the community on YouTube, so start sucking up building relationships now!
raincoaster 
how can i pass may video entry?
how can i pass my video entry? if the entry is over 10mins.? thanx a lot!
If the entry is over 10 minutes, you will fail. The limit is three minutes, period.
As for your other questions, click on the link and read their rules and suggestions. I’m just the messenger here; it’s all covered.
Dear Sir,
I am working as screen writer, some times director and actor in Nepali film industry. Because of no training institutions/universities, we don’t have ideas of film making. So I want to get study/ training programs of film. But the expenses to the study of abroad is very high for the people as me. So I would like to request to provide the scholarship. Hope I will be responded soon with your consideration, as much as you can. I am requesting for consideration because you know about the financial condition of Nepalese people. I am waiting your respond with seek eyes. Thank you
best
Ram sharan Pathak
LamatarVDC-2, Lalitpur, Nepal
The contest has long since closed. Did you read the website I linked to?
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tk, yw.
I Would like to make a film and be a director because non of the director’s in my country have the skill to address the exact problem and aware or educate the people every film I know is influnced by bollyhood movies and the indan’s are influnced by hollyhood movies.There are a lot going on in my country. we have rich cultural background but due to the technical knowhow and dominance of indian movies I feel like we have no identity and I also wanted to compeate to the indian market and direct my people towards the 21st century since movies would be the best way to make people understand about issues and aware them for changes and it could be understood by both educated and uneducated group of people.
10. Film Production