75 SHOTS
Scholarship Program
Empowering LGBTQ+ filmmakers living under oppression, our mentorship helps you find your voice, develop your storytelling skills, and connect with a global community that refuses to be silenced. Through hands-on smartphone filmmaking, collaborative projects, and ongoing guidance, participants explore visual storytelling as a tool for resistance, healing, and artistic transformation.
ABOUT
The Scholarship Program supports queer artists living in countries where homosexuality is criminalized. More than a filmmaking course, it is a space for confidence-building, meaningful connection, and artistic empowerment.
Participants are guided to create films with purpose — learning how to tell collective stories while collaborating safely across borders. Here, storytelling is not only about craft; it is about resistance, healing, and transformation.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
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Be LGBTQ+ and living in an oppressive country
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Demonstrate a clear commitment to filmmaking
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Show passion, discipline, and openness to collaboration
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Be committed to long-term community engagement and artistic exchange
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Have the maturity and reliability to contribute to a collective project
Program Structure
Duration: 8 weeks.
Participants engage in intensive, hands-on smartphone filmmaking, collaborative projects, feedback sessions, and advanced technical guidance.
Expectations Active participation, timely delivery of work, and respect for collective processes.
Throughout the programme, participants receive personalized mentorship, constructive feedback, and connections to an international queer community.
WACYL
“75 SHOTS, for me, is an opportunity for LGBTI people to express themselves artistically, in countries where being ourselves puts us in danger. It is an international connection, which links us together by learning new skills and creating films reflecting our stories.
75 SHOTS allowed me to express myself in many forms while working for the community. This is what I have wanted for years, to combine art and human rights. It also allowed me to communicate with people from different countries experiencing the same realities as myself, despite languages, time differences or circumstances. I hope that our projects expand into a real global artistic LGBTI network.”