AFCOOP is a member-run arts-centre that welcomes anyone interested in creating films! Our members come from a wide variety of backgrounds including students, emerging and experienced filmmakers from all walks of life. AFCOOP’s past and present membership include some of the most acclaimed filmmakers in our region.
Many opportunities and resources become available to you when you become a member of AFCOOP. There are various types of membership and each has its own requirements and advantages. The only prerequisite for membership is that you are a resident of Nova Scotia.
Associate Membership – $40
(Please visit or contact AFCOOP at 405-4474 to sign-up)
Benefits:
- Associate Membership Card
- Workshop and course discounts
- Bi-weekly electronic newsletter
- Discount on Halifax Independent Film Festival pass
-Complimentary website classified postings (when available)
-Complimentary inclusion on the AFCOOP online Cast & Crew database (when available)
- If you become a Full Member within 12 months after becoming an Associate Member, the upgrade fee is the pro-rated membership fee minus $40 – but the renewal date is the original payment date.
Limitations of Associate Membership
- No equipment rental discounts
- No voting privileges
Requirements: Complete application form and membership agreement
Expiry: One year from the date of purchase.
Full Membership – $70
(Please visit or contact AFCOOP at 405-4474 to sign-up)
- All the benefits of Associate Membership PLUS
- AFCOOP Equipment and facilities rental discounts at ¼ commercial rates
- Member Privilege Account, which includes term invoicing for various film service companies and includes discounts
- Additional discounts at select film services companies
- Access to AFCOOP’s Production Insurance program
- Access to AFCOOP’s / ACTRA Fraternal Benefit Society Drug, Health and Dental Care Insurance Program
- Eligible to apply to Open Grant production funding program
- Voting rights and can serve on standing committees
- Equipment and facilities credit for volunteer hours. 1 Hour = $10 credit, after mandatory 10 volunteer hours per year.
Expiry: All Full Memberships expire annually on April 1st
Requirements:
- Complete 10 volunteer hours
- Attended one General Meeting and one Orientation Meeting.
- Have a sponsor who is a Full Member in good standing
- Get voted in by membership at a General Meeting
Production Membership – $180
(Please visit or contact AFCOOP at 405-4474 to sign-up)
Requirements: Complete application form and membership agreement
Benefits:
- equipment member discounts on non-commercial projects as per equipment rental policy
- discounts on workshops
- equipment membership card
Expiry: one year from the date of purchase
Lifetime Membership
(Please contact AFCOOP directly to determine eligibility)
Benefits:
- all the benefits of Full Membership
Requirements:
- must have been a Full Member for 10 years or more, not necessarily consecutive
- must have completed 10 volunteer hours within the year
- have a sponsor who is a full member in good standing
- get voted in by membership at the AGM
- fill out and sign application form and membership agreement
Sponsorship
Prospective Full Members are to be sponsored by a full member who knows them and their interest in film. Sponsors act as a mentor to the new member by facilitating their understanding of AFCOOP’s operations, facilities and services. The sponsor must make him/herself available to the new member. It is recommended that they meet at least one time after s/he is voted in.
Membership Agreement
This is the form that all new members sign. It communicates the membership policies and ensures that the new member understands how to maintain and upgrade his/her membership. It is where contact information is obtained, so that newsletters and other information can be received. We maintain a database of membership. We ask members to update changes of information by contacting AFCOOP.
