Offering new opportunities for excelling students from disadvantaged backgrounds to study and create films without financial stress.

Sapir College is located in Sha’ar Hanegev, near the town of Sderot and less than 2 miles from the border with Gaza. As Israel’s largest public college, it provides students with high-quality and accessible college education, allowing them to achieve greater economic and social mobility and improved quality of life.

In 2022, the Fondation Mazalbert helped to launch a scholarship initiative for film students in Sapir College’s School of Audio and Visual Arts, one of Israel’s leading film schools. The scholarships aim to support disadvantaged students under economic stress, including women and people from minority groups such as Mizrachi, Haredi, and Bedouin, among others.

Each year, the number of scholarships and the amount granted are intended to increase. In 2022, three students were awarded a scholarship, and in 2023, 5 scholarships will be awarded.

NB: These creative grants have been made with the support of the Fondation Mazalbert, under the aegis of the Fondation de Luxembourg. The opinions, ideas and artistic expressions presented in these works are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Fondation abritée. The Mazalbert Foundation is committed to promoting reflection, debate, critical thinking and creation.