Military Times EDGE

If you aspire to filmmaking beyond funny YouTube clips of your buddies, pay attention.

Brave New Foundation, a nonprofit that uses media to promote social justice causes, is offering five active-duty service members and veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan a chance to create a documentary about their return from war.

The five fellows will attend a three-day filmmaking boot camp this spring and then they’ll be free to start filming. The foundation will provide equipment and cover production costs, as well as a $7,500 stipend for each.

But if you’re interested, you’ll have to act fast. Applications for the program, dubbed “Operation In Their Boots,” are due by Jan. 1.

Film experience is good, but not at all necessary, said foundation spokeswoman Lizette Becerra. “Our goal is to find people who can tell compelling stories.”