What is The Open Lens Awards?
The Open Lens Award is a digital video scheme run by City Eye to assist emerging filmmaking talent in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Region. The award is an equipment and resource based that supports filmmakers with the cost associated with the hire of digital video equipment and nonlinear edit facilities such as Adobe Premiere and AVID.

We do not award money.

This scheme can not and does not support projects run purely for profit.

You must prove you have a basic understanding of film production and the time it takes to make a film or agree to undertake training.

City Eye's Open Lens Awards is changing
The award will be focused on three deliverable films during the year, which will be developed with City Eye, supported through access to equipment, post production facilities, tighter deadlines for the final delivery of the film and all films must be entered into at least one established film festivals where appropriate.

Further details and application forms coming soon - WATCH THIS SPACE


The Open Lens: Visual Artists
Currently in development a new "Open Lens" scheme focused on artists who want to move into film and video as a discipline. The scheme will mean advice, training and workshops around the use of film and video in visual arts as well as the means for artists to make films.

Further details and application forms coming soon - WATCH THIS SPACE

To view our past awards go here

OPEN LENS AWARD APPLICATION - DOWNLOADS (all word doc files)

Application /Equal Ops Form
Equipment Available with Award