The open call for the 2024-2025 Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship program ran from Monday, April 1, 2024 to Sunday, May 12, 2024. Thank you to all who applied. Applicants were notified of their status in August 2024 and fellows will be announced to the public in October 2024.

Our 2024-2025 fellowship is a year-long professional development program for assistant, associate and emerging documentary film editors from historically underrepresented backgrounds and experiences. The program will consist of monthly small group meetings with seasoned documentary editor mentors. Ideal applicants are currently working as documentary assistant, associate or early career editors who are looking to grow and work towards building a sustainable career. Applicants should be curious, open-minded, collaborative, and self-motivated people who are eager to get together with other documentary creatives to talk about the art, craft, ethics and business of editing documentaries.

You can read more about our fellowship program and its history HERE. For more information about the 2024-2025 fellowship program and application process, read our 2024-2025 Application Guidelines and our 2024-2025 FAQ documents. Information about our 2025-2026 fellowship program will be posted here in early 2025.