Master�s Workshop: How to Make a Documentary Film?

NetNovinar

09 October 2006

NetNovinar Centre for Investigative Reporting and Media Education organizes a Master�s Workshop with Pjer Zalica: How to Make a Documentary Film?, November 20-24, 2006. Deadline for Application expires on November 6, 2006.

The workshop will be held by Pjer Zalica, film director whose documentaries (�MGM Sarajevo�, �Children Like All Others�) and feature films (�The Fuse�, �At Uncle Idriz�) have won numerous awards, among them Silver Leopard (56th Locarno IFF); Best Feature Film & Audience Award (9th Sarajevo FF); Best Feature Film (11th Raindance FF); Golden Palm & Best Screenplay (25th Valencia IFF); Felix (European Film Academy Annual Award for Documentaries, 1994). Zalica is professor at the Academy of Theatrical Arts in Sarajevo and member of European Film Academy.

The workshop is intended for editors, journalists, producers, directors, students and all persons interested to learn more about filming of documentary films.

The participants will learn the specifics of shooting a documentary film from the viewpoint of the artistic position held by the director, the process of creation of a documentary film and specific aspects of production of the format.

The workshop is based on practical exercises of the participants, using video material they develop themselves during the workshop. One or more videos submitted by the participants will be processed during the workshop, depending on production capacities and the individual characteristics of proposed projects. The workshop should result in a complete production of one documentary film.

A participation fee of 500 KM (256 EUR) is charge, and it includes a certification on successful completion of the workshops. The participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.

For additional information on the programme, application procedures and criteria, please contact: Masa Hilcisin Dervisevic masa@media.ba, or Lejla Kapetanović lejla@media.ba, or by telephone on +387 33 715 840.

Detailed information on NetNovinar training programmes/workshops/events are available on www.netnovinar.org, in the section �Aktuelno u NetNovinar trening centru�.