The Tartan Shorts initiative creates an opportunity for Scotland's filmmaking talent to make cinematic short films. The scheme has been running for seven years and each year, three projects are awarded up to a maximum of £60,000 to produce a 35 mm film. This year each film should be of approximately 10 minutes duration. Guidelines and application details for next year's scheme should be available from mid-July 2001 and the deadline for applications will be September 2001.

The scheme will be relaunched in July 2001, the closing date for applications is likely to be early September 2001. If you would like to be added to the database to receive an application form and guidelines for the 2001 scheme please contact Jo Hufton via email or on 0141 302 1728.