Reel Stories Student Board Application 2023-2024

  • BAVC Media Youth Student Board application 2025-2026

    Applications accepted on a rolling basis, and close January 12th, 2026

  • Are you interested in filmmaking, leadership, and the film and media industry? Do you want to increase your leadership skills while building connections in the film community in the SF Bay Area? The BAVC Media Youth Student Board gives a group of passionate young film and media makers the opportunity to give feedback on YEMM (Youth and Emerging Media Makers) curriculum, build media industry-specific career skills, attend guest lectures from experts from around the film industry, and create films with support from BAVC Media staff. Student board members will be mentored in developing their voices as filmmakers and be the face of BAVC Media Youth programs for the 2025-2026 school year. The student board is active from October 2025-May 2026.

    It is entirely free to participate! Student board members will meet once a week on Wednesday evenings from 5pm-6:30pm PST starting on January 21st, 2026. Students with good attendance and project completion will recieve a $300 stipend per semester ($600 for the school year!)

    This is a hybrid program, the majority of meetings will be virtual on Zoom, with the exception of field trips and guest speakers roughly once a month. 

    If you have any questions, please email: youthprograms@bavc.org

  • What is your birthdate?
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  • What grade are you in school?*
  • Which BAVC Media Youth Programs have you been a part of?*
  • If you've previously been on the student board, which years were you active?*

  • Logistics

    Let us know your availability and willingness to participate in the Student Board this year.
  • Are you available Wednesdays from 5pm-6:30pm PST for weekly student board meetings?
  • Board Members are expected to attend all student board meetings throughout the year. If you do have to miss a meeting, please reach out and let staff know before your planned absence. You are able to have 3 planned absences (ie; soccer game, family event, doctors appointment), and 2 unexcused absences. If you exceed this number of absences, staff will schedule a meeting with you to discuss your position on the Board. Being sick will not count towards your absences, and please stay home if you are feeling unwell. If your school has a holiday, you are not required to attend the Student Board meeting that week in addition to planned BAVC Media holidays. Do you agree to follow this attendance and absence policy?*
  • Do you have access to a computer, laptop or tablet to attend virtual student board meetings? If you do not, you will be able to borrow a laptop from BAVC Media Youth!*

  • Long Answer Questions

    Here is your chance for us to get to know you better, and why you want to be a part of the BAVC Media Youth Student Board!

  • Demographics

    In this section, we are asking for demographic information. Your answers to these questions do not impact whether or not your application will be accepted. These answers are used to help us apply for grants to receive funding for BAVC Media Youth programs, including the student board. Your name is not shared alongside your demographic answers. If you do not want to answer any of the questions in this section, please write "decline to answer" in the answer box.

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