Canon Video Grant – Short Film Documentary

Canon together with the International Festival of Photojournalism Visa pour l’Image-Perpignan, are pleased to be presenting the fifth Canon Video Grant for a short film documentary. The recipient will be awarded a grant of €8,000 plus the use of pioneering Canon professional video equipment to be made available on loan.

The 2024 award winner, Alan Lau, will use the funding to work on his project “The Gordian Knot” on the slaughter of buffaloes in Nepal. The documentary will be screened at the 2025 festival. For further information: [email protected] In September 2024, the project will be presented as a preliminary teaser, and the final version of the video report will be screened at the 2025 festival in Perpignan.

This year, we will be happy to present the final project of Juan Vicente Manrique Gomez (2023 winner) “Looking for a donkey”, on the violation of freedom of expression by the Venezuelan regime.

For further information:[email protected]