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City Lights
"It is characteristic of the
Telluride Film Festival to run a program like the City
Lights...because Telluride is about showing films to provoke
discussion, bring people together and to inspire. The
students I encountered were eager to learn, full of questions
and some answers - they were an inspiration to me!"
37th Telluride Film Festival
CITY LIGHTS PROJECT
September 2-6, 2010
The TFF's City Lights Project provides a select few underserved high school juniors and seniors and their teachers a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the experience of the world renowned Telluride Film Festival. Up to twelve students and four teachers from two schools are selected to join a group of Telluride students and faculty at the Festival for a five-day nonstop whirlwind tour of eye-opening films, exciting educational events and extraordinary new experiences.
Through a rigorous schedule of film screenings, discussions with fellow students and interactions with festival guests, this program offers to expand the students' worldview, enhance their ability to become more thoughtful and social participants and equip them with new tools to become leaders for the future. It also serves as a singular opportunity to become lifelong friends with other students from widely divergent lifestyles and backgrounds.
PARTICIPATING STUDENTS WILL
- View approximately 10-12 film programs over five days.
- Interact with filmmakers, actors, and other film artists including screenwriters, musicians, and producers.
- Participate in journal writing sessions.
- Be overwhelmed by the marvelous mountains surrounding Telluride.
- Meet with college students participating in the Festival's Symposium and Filmmakers of Tomorrow programs.
- Learn how films are critiqued, how they are made, how stories are developed, how to express themselves through a variety of creative media, and how to open their minds to new experiences and viewpoints.
- Share their experience with other passholders and film lovers from around the world.
- Have the time of their lives.
STUDENTS AREN'T THE ONLY LEARNERS
We consider the City Lights Project a continuing education opportunity for teachers as well. Preparation for and participation in this program require a high degree of commitment on the part of the applying teacher(s). Please take care to ensure that if selected for the 2009 group you will be able to devote enough time to making the most of this program for you, your students, and your school.
If selected, you will choose 8-10 student finalists who will be narrowed down to 6 participants by CL faculty, based on their written essays speculating on the upcoming City Lights experience and written recommendations from their teachers(s). In order to make all the necessary preparations, student finalist selections must be made no later than March 31st.
WHO SHOULD APPLY
The City Lights Project is seeking students who are interested in film, literature, the visual arts, writing, and music, and who are able to articulate and build on that interest in a highly participatory environment. An interest in filmmaking is not a requirement. Successful partner schools are identified by the following criteria:
- Serving a student population generally identified as "underserved/at risk"
- Providing, or wishing to provide, special and/or advanced academic and arts-based learning opportunities to their students.
- Solid commitment to supporting their students and accompanying teachers in unique off-campus learning activities.
- Ability and commitment to provide extensive pre- and post-Festival studies to assist their students in preparing for the Festival experience, its potential effect on their futures, and building on the experience to create ongoing and long-term programs for other students upon returning to the school from the Festival.
- Ability to identify students eager for this film/study/interaction immersion experience and with the maturity to maximize this opportunity to gain a greater world and cultural awareness.
The reviewers will also consider a pair of schools or a youth service agency and a school collaborating on an application.
WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THIS?
Thanks to support from friends of the festival, the Telluride Film Festival pays for lodging, meals, supplies and curriculum materials. Travel to and from the Festival will be the responsibility of the participating school(s).
HOW TO APPLY
Simply complete the attached application form, and send via mail, fax, or email to Erika Gordon, City Lights Coordinator, through any of the contact info below. Use as much or as little space as you need on separate pages to answer each question to your satisfaction. Completed applications must be received in our offices, no later than February 12. Late applications will not be accepted.
CONTACT
All applications, correspondence and questions should be directed to:
Erika Gordon, City Lights Coordinator
PO Box 1603
Telluride, CO 81435
Tel: 970.708.4009 Fax: 970.626.5643
E-mail: egordon@telluridecolorado.net
For general questions about any of our education programs please email education@telluridefilmfestival.org.
For more information about sponsoring TFF’s student programs, contact our development department today.
"The entire trip was an adventure. Each person grew closer to the next. After each movie we would discuss it, making us think deeply. At the end of it all we had one wish: for the festival to just keep going. We learned how to interact in discussion groups, meet and talk with new people, and how to be pushed to the limits and still keep going."
