The Trust's Student Bursary Scheme offers financial and editorial assistance to film students so they can make their final year documentary film abroad. These young filmmakers are given the opportunity to record personal stories from around the world and to share these stories with larger audiences. The aim is to encourage outstanding young filmmakers to tackle issues that affect the wider world without pointing their cameras at disaster, disease and dictatorships, which is all too often the focus of media coverage.

Currently, the One World Student Film Bursaries fall into two categories. Firstly, the Trust awards modest grants to film students studying in the UK, to help them go to a developing country to make their film. Secondly, the scheme supports overseas film students so they can come to the UK and make a film that reflects on the interconnectedness of different countries and cultures. In 2007, the Trust supported nine UK film students and three overseas film students, who came from India, Cuba and South Africa.

The UK scheme will take on a new form in 2008. The Trust will aim to provide more comprehensive support to the successful students, by organising a two-day workshop before the students go overseas, and hosting an in-depth feedback session once the programme is complete. Read more:

Bursaries Background More on the bursaries scheme, including its history, aims, and how the Trust runs the scheme each year   Student Bursaries 2007 Synopses and images from films supported in 2007, including UK and overseas bursaries   Feedback and Progress What do the students who have taken part think about the bursaries? And what about their university tutors?   Previous Years' Bursaries The bursary scheme has been running since 2001. Find an archive of all films here

Student Bursaries 2008 Read about the film students to be supported in 2008, and the documentaries they will make in the developing world   How To Apply Find out about the application procedure and the film schools that participate     Help For Filmmakers Find information on some other sources of funding, plus film award competitions and training opportunities   Watch A Film Watch some of the films that the scheme has supported in previous years. Films hosted by OneWorld TV