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Guillermo del Toro launches 2020 Jenkins–Del Toro film scholarship

Jenkins-Del Toro Scholarship is granted to young people who want to do film studies

Mexican director Guillermo del Toro – Photo: Jon Nazca/REUTERS
19/12/2019 |20:00Notimex |
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, winner of two Oscars for “The Shape of Water,” announced the opening of the call for the second edition of the , destined for young people who want to study .

The scholarship, in collaboration with the and the Board of the , is granted to people who want to study full-time majors or Masters degrees abroad in any area related to cinematography.

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Through his Twitter account, Del Toro invited people to participate in the scholarship. According to the , the scholarship grants up to USD $60 thousand that can be used to study in a college of excellence to polish film studies.

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Those interested must present a short of up to five minutes long or a feature film of up to 45 minutes. The projects must be works in the genres of action, documentary, and animation . They can be unpublished or not.

The Mexican director’s altruistic work is widely known. Recently, he offered to pay for the 12 plane tickets of the that took place in South Africa.

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The winner of the 2020 Jenkins – Del Toro scholarship will receive a recognition in the framework of the 35th edition of the Guadalajara International Film Festival that will take place from March 20 to 27, 2020 .

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