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Seeking stories, impressions, testimonies and ruminations on speaking up, navigating, coping, surviving, healing and making sense of, through and beyond, the enduring traumas of sexual violence.

 

This Call for proposals is now closed. We thank everyone who has shared their proposals and stories with us.

The proposals are currently being reviewed. We expect to announce the selections by the end of May 2026.

 

For any queries, please write to info@roughedges.in

​​​​​​​fellowship notes

  • The Fellowships are open to women, non-binary, trans and queer filmmakers, above 18 years of age, resident in India, who may apply as individuals or as teams. Applicants are at liberty to propose and work with co-applicants, collaborators and team members, irrespective of how they identify. We especially encourage voices belonging to communities marginalised on the basis of their caste, class, religion, dis/ability, ethnicity, work and/ or region.

  • We encourage innovative formats and treatments that best complement your artistic vision.

  • The proposed projects could be between 30 and 60 minutes in duration, with a maximum budget of INR 3,00,000/- for a feature length film, though budgets will vary across projects, based on their respective requirements.

  • Ideas and budgets should be commensurate with the size of the Fellowship.

  • We aim to award two fellowships.

  • The films may be in any language - those that most intricately capture the specificities and depths of their subjects. In the interest of outreach, the final films will need to carry subtitles in English.

  • We will commission projects developed in response to this Call or those in early stages of development. Projects that have a rough cut or are in need of post-production/ finishing funds only, will not be considered.

  • We are not open to co-productions under these Fellowships.

  • We discourage proposals generated using AI tools.

  • An applicant/ team of applicants can submit only one proposal for consideration under this Call.

  • In the case of commissioning, applicants commit to completing their films in a period of eight-nine months.

  • These will be mentored fellowships, developed in dialogue with Rough Edges.

  • Those who have submitted proposals for consideration for the Lost & Found in the Normal Documentary Film Fellowships are eligible to apply for these Fellowships. Only one of the two fellowships will be awarded to a selected applicant/ team.

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submission terms

  • Rough Edges is not bound to honour incomplete proposals, those that do not reach us or reach us after the submission deadline.

  • Rough Edges will not be responsible should multiple proposals explore similar ideas. We may select any or none of them.

  • Decisions on the selection of proposals by Rough Edges will be final.

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