Aspiring directors, here’s a chance to make your own fully-funded music video

BFI Network is teaming with Crack Magazine to find the music video directors of the future. We’re looking for unsigned directors aged 26 and under to apply for Three Minutes, a new incubator scheme for young filmmakers that’s designed to help open doors into the film industry. Five successful directors will go on to create a fully-funded music video through the scheme.

The aim is to help young talent with their first steps into the industry, with a focus on aspiring directors from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds. Directors selected for Three Minutes will receive a minimum budget of £12k and be paired with like-minded artists to develop their idea.

As Crack Magazine puts it: “Music videos define movements and have provided some of the most iconic moments in music culture. Three Minutes is a commitment to the celebration and furthering of this craft.”

To apply, aspiring young directors need to create a short pitch document for an example track alongside a personal statement and portfolio of 2 to 3 previous artistic works. The example tracks are:

• Lord Apex – ‘UK Shit’
• Jamila Woods – ‘SULA’
• Protomartyr – ‘The Aphorist’
• Park Hye Jin – ‘How Can I’

Panellists on the scheme include Oscar-winning cinematographer Robbie Ryan (The Favourite, Marriage Story); Observer film critic Simran Hans; grime video veteran Kaylum Dennis; award-winning Oscar Hudson, who has created videos for Radiohead and Young Thug; and BFI Network’s Caragh Davison. 

The deadline for applications is 23:59 (GMT) on Wednesday 16 September.