The amount of the grant, established by TABOR Production together with the Theatre of Displaced People and the Platform for Contemporary Art Playground.DOС, is 20 000 hryvnias.
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"School #3" is a full-length documentary film directed by Georg Zheno and Lisa Smith, tells the story of the growing up of 13 teenagers, pupils of one school in Nikolaevka, Donetsk region, who survived the war, based on the play "My Nikolaevka" by playwright Natalia Vorozhbit.
The film received the Grand Prix at the Berlin Film Festival in 2017 in the Generation 14+ program. Part of the prize money the film team decided to send to the grant competition to promote the further development of Nikolaevka and its residents.
The project that claims to receive a grant must contain social and creative components, be realized in Nikolaevka in the near future, to encompass and attract educational institutions of Nikolaevka or the whole city.
All interested persons can fill in the electronic application.
The jury will include not only the design team of the contest but also the heroes of the film "School #3", as well as the administration of the third school in Nikolaevka, represented by the director and the vice principal.
Applications for participation in the contest will be accepted until November 23, 2017.