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Poland.doc on holidays

In a week’s time we are starting first multimedia workshops for kids and
youngsters tutored by the Flying Cultural Animateurs and participants of
Poland.doc
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We are starting in the Sląsk district in Southern Poland with documentary
film workshops. Together with the kids we will be looking for “Local
Heroes”. During the workshops we encourage participants to observe tenderly
and with care. We believe film allows telling universal stories about
reality around us. We encourage our participants to describe their world,
develop their imagination and to translate their ideas to the language of
moving image.

 

by Krzys Pacholak

 

Summer Polska.doc workshops will be held in

Pszów 27.06-03.07
Kołbacz 11-17.07
Łucznica 25-31.07
Lublin 18-24.07
Kotla 19-25.07

See more on our website poland.doc.e.org.pl

Poland.doc: 10 minutes of inspiration

Participants with Marcel Łoziński. fot Ula Klimek

The Polish project from the Association of Creative Initiatives “ę” kicked off with a very special event. We have gathered our participants in one of Warsaw’s flagship cafe-clubs to have an intellectual speed-dating session with some of our most inspirational artists. We called it “10 minutes of intelligent conversation”.

 

The idea was thus: at 12 tables in Chłodna 25 cafe sat 12 inspirational artists and intellectuals. Our participants sat with them in groups of 3 and had 10 minutes chats. Then switched over to the next table. 10 minutes is not long for an in depth conversation, but it is just enough to ask this one important question we had in our minds for a while, talk about this book or film we have been wondering about. Enough to get few very important sentences to help us kick off our own projects, to start pondering something new – in other words get inspired.

Our guests included:

Marcel Łoziński – Oscar nominated documentary director and a tutor in film at academies in Paris and Warsaw. His films include: “89 mm to Europe”, “Anything can happen”, “Poste Restante” and the most recent – “Tonia and her children”.

Tadeusz Rolke – photographer with keen eye for social issues and situations, considered the precursor of polish photographic reportage. He bought his first camera during the World War II. Tadeusz contributes hugely to the education of young photographers.

Tadeusz Sobolewski – film critic, worked with most of major Polish film titles and now is a film editor at the daily Gazeta Wyborcza. He has also contributed to film as editor and screenwriter.

Kobas Laksa – photographer known for artistic approach and mixing media. He has also written and directed short films and music videos.

Lena Rogowska – cultural practitioner and gender studies academic. Lena has pionieered musical work with women in difficult life situations and has successfully produced musicals with girls from reformatories.

And many others.

This was the start of Poland.doc, which through a series of workshops will see a group of young creative through development of their own documentary film and/or photo projects. The workshops are tutored by experienced professionals and 10 most promising projects will gain a chance of realisation.

http://www.polska.doc.e.org.pl/

 

Doc Next @ Documentarist 2011

With the initiative of MODE Istanbul, a 50-minute long short documentary film selection from the  Doc Next Network media collection, including films completed at Youth MODE Media Workshops, will be screened at Documentarist 2011 Istanbul Documentary Days on Thursday June 2nd, 2011, at 18:00 in Sismanoglio Megaro venue in Beyoglu, Istanbul. Following the screening, a talk will be held with the participating young media-makers, instructors and MODE Istanbul representative about their past and current projects.

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Video Art Bursary work begins!

It’s been an exciting couple of weeks here at BFI Future Film! We have selected our documentary bursary winners! In addition to this, our video artists had their first meeting yesterday, with each beginning to plan their project and having a one-on-one session with our expert Phillip Warnell. The talented young people were also awarded their £400 (€450) cheques. The winners are pictured in the image.

We’ve been working hard scouting documentaries from the UK, and have now reached the 35 mark on our Vimeo Channel, with more to be uploaded by the weekend, so keep an eye open…

Finally, we’ve been busy planning away, and have some very interesting events lined up at the BFI Southbank over the next couple of months. On the 25th/26th/27th June we are excited to be host the Refuge in Films festival 2011, a three day festival full of films, interactive workshops and discussions to explore issues of displacement, refuge and migration. Click the link for more information on all the events taking place.

Then on the 9th July we are presenting How to Be Funny, looking at new ways to break into comedy writing for film, TV and the internet. We’ll be joined by our friends at the London Comedy Writers Festival to bring a whole host of practical ways you can write for comedy and get your work in front of an audience. There will also be a showcase of work by some of the hottest young comedy writers including our friends Kool Beanz Productions.

For more information on our events Click Here…

Film Producing 101

Discover and explore the role of the film producer at this month’s Future Film event. Find out if you’ve got the skills required to get a film made. Our workshops and screenings will give you tips and techniques to help you secure funding, manage a production, and get your film seen by the right people. We’ve teamed up with BAFTA to bring in producers from the film and TV industry who’ll share their knowledge and expertise with you. Don’t miss this chance to learn from the best.

Tickets are just £3, or bring a mate and you both get in for a fiver! Please call the Box Office on 020 7928 3232 (11:30-20:30 daily) to book. And download a networking info form here to make the most of this unique opportunity.

This event is for 15 – 25 year olds.

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Doc Next Media Collection

This film was made by Pavlos Stamatis (born 1989) from Greece. “This particular film has been influenced by the current situation in my country..”

Doc Next Network is collecting videos, stories, photos and other media art productions of all sorts of young people. With our focus on young, emerging European documentary-makers and opinion-formers, we are building up a broad collection of (alternative) documentaries.

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“Local Heroes” workshop in Eskisehir wrapped up!

“Eskişehir’in Yerel Kahramanları” konulu Youth MODE Eskişehir Belgesel Film Atölyesi başarıyla sonlandı!

18-24 Nisan 2011 tarihlerinde düzenlenen atölyede 15 katılımcı önce Anadolu Universitesi İletişim Bilimleri Fakültesi’nde belgesel film yapımı, senaryo oluşturma, dijital kamera kullanımı ve montaj konularında iki günlük eğitime girdi; daha sonra 3 gün boyunca gruplar halinde kısa belgesel filmlerin çekimlerini tamamladı. En son 2 günde filmlerin kurgusu gerçekleştirildi. 25 Nisan’da ise filmlerin gösterimi yapıldı. Tüm filmler yakında yayınlanıyor olacak.

Ilgın Aksoy, Şengül Moral ve Gamze Akan İÇİMİZDEN BİRİ adlı filmi; Merih Yıldırım, Ayşenur Uyanık ve Halil İbrahim Gökcan DİNLE NEY’DEN adlı filmi; İbrahim Zateri, Gözde Karadağ ve Kübra Yurtseven KOŞULSUZ adlı filmi; Ayşegül Kara, Yusuf Ziya Esencan, Müge Şahin ve Eren Babacan KRİSTAL UMUTLAR adlı filmi; Ahmet Demir ve Karan Düzyol da KİM-İM-İZ adlı filmi tamamladılar.

Devamını okumak ve atölye fotoğraflarını görmek için tıklayın.

To read more and to view the workshop slideshow click here.

Metropolis TV kicks off in Bulgaria!

After The Netherlands, Belgium and Nicaragua, the Metropolis TV shows is now aired in Bulgaria as well.  Bulgaria’s biggest commercial TV broadcaster Nova TV will air the Metropolis shows every Tuesday at 8pm. Metropolis Bulgaria is produced by Milena Boudinova. She has been our correspondent in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia since two years. The first episode features the theme ‘real men’, for which Milena produced a report last year that created heated debate on our website amongst Bulgarian visitors. Read more…

13 Festival Internacional ZEMOS98

Dicen que no hay tiempo que perder. Lo dicen las noticias y los fanzines, las canciones de siempre y las películas en versión original del cine al que vamos de vez en cuando. Se cuela por las rendijas subliminales de la publicidad, por las caras B y por la letra pequeña. Vivimos al día: hiperconectados, hipermotivados, hiperenlazados. Seguimos viajando de átomos a bits a la velocidad de la luz. La cultura converge y se vuelve transmediática e híbrida. Educación, comunicación, arte, ciencia y tecnología copulan amigablemente. Somos expertos de nada y amateursde todo. En este punto nos hemos quedado pensando, muy quietos, tratando de saber qué es lo que se pierde cuando el tiempo se va.

¿Es el overbooking cultural un nuevo problema de las ciudades contemporáneas? ¿Estamos reflexionando o estamos generando artificios reflexivos? ¿Debe el pensamiento crítico hacer marketing de sí mismo? ¿Por qué nos atrae lo nuevo? ¿Qué necesidad hay de generar noticias continuamente? ¿Escribimos nuestra propia historia o generamos consumibles comunicativos? ¿Queremos llegar antes o ir más deprisa? ¿Cuesta cada vez más pensar?

En estos últimos años hemos hablado de control y videovigilancia, de televisión, de inteligencia colectiva. Hemos puesto sobre la mesa conceptos como MicrobiosEducación ExpandidaRegreso al Futuro. Nos hemos dibujado y borrado en infinidad de ocasiones sin temor a salirnos de la línea. Nos hemos hecho preguntas y las hemos respondido. Hemos buscado respuestas y no las hemos encontrado. Nos seguimos haciendo preguntas.

Un festival tras otro, hemos sentido la responsabilidad de proponer un tema que abriera un nuevo surco de reflexión, que ayudara a definir un poco más el camino por el que transitan nuestros anhelos e intuiciones, creyendo que, conectando cada uno de los puntos neurálgicos de ese sistema nervioso, aportaríamos algo a este ecosistema cultural en el que nos movemos. Esta vez no, no queremos recurrir a la urgencia de lo nuevo, no queremos generar un trending topic o una keyword de moda. Lo que queremos es tomarnos el tiempo necesario para seguir pensando sobre aquello que consideramos define y redefine el contexto cultural de quienes entrelazamos espacios analógicos y digitales.

Queremos hacer un alto en el camino para reforzar la idea de que, aún siendo pequeños microbios, formamos parte de una masa multiforme que vive en la sociedad red, generando dinámicas de lo micro que abren espacios para la cultura libre y el procomún. El Festival Internacional ZEMOS98 funciona como hub cultural, por eso somos mediadores tecnológicos y por eso experimentamos con contenidos y formatos. En 2011, el año de la crisis incesante, nuestros intereses siguen su curso mientras mantenemos el anclaje en tres líneas de investigación:

  • Educación expandida: porque aprendemos en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar; porque para nosotros en la genealogía de festival encontramos un laboratorio educativo.
  • Audiovisual integrado: porque vivimos inmersos en una cultura audiovisual cuyos sistemas de representación y narración están mutando gracias a conceptos como interfaz, hipervínculo, código embed, etc.
  • Comunicación en Beta: porque no hay comunicación sin educación y viceversa, porque la red nos exige conversar, multiplicar nuestra identidad, ser honestos y transparentes.

Por todo lo anterior, señoras y señores periodistas, afiliados a festivales y público en general…lo sentimos: DESAPARECE EL FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL ZEMOS98.

Es broma.

En realidad simplemente no tenemos tema nuevo. O sí.

El sitio webPrograma de mano en PDF

 

 

Doc Next Media Collection

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Doc Next sustains an ever-growing collection of 500+ alternative media created by active citizens, artists and civil society groups from across Europe. This archive includes short films, remixes, mixed media, music videos, social commentaries, animations and artworks that document Europe’s most pressing social issues.

The Media Collection offers a safe space for activists to share their causes and to discuss how to mutually support each other in achieving their aims. The platform acts as an intermediary between the activist field and mainstream media, and aims to include the activist voices into the public sphere. This aim is supported by expanded media education offered by Doc Next partners, as it equips citizens to become equal contributors to the public sphere.

Films for different conversations

The Doc Next Media Collection is a unique living archive of socially conscious video making which has been growing steadily since 2007.

600 documentaries, short films, homemade videos, remixes, pieces of mixed media, music videos, animations, artistic films and comic films engaging with life in Europe and at its borders. They include:

  • Revealing amateur films made by with and for young people
  • Documentaries illustrating personal and collective memories
  • Observational portraits of towns, cities and villages
  • Illustrations of social tensions, protests and upheavals
  • Personal films looking at experiences of different identity groups
  • Documentaries showing day-to-day experiences of love, life and work
  • Artistic videos evoking feelings, emotions and dreamstates.

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Some highlights in the archive:

My Ukrainian
A short film animating sinister attitudes to Ukrainian housekeepers in Poland.
Remembering
A recent video portrait of an elderly woman who can remember the Armenian Genocide.
Faster, Harder, Stronger
A fly-on-the-wall documentary exploring macho-culture and the insecurities which lie behind it on a night out in Istanbul.
Glued
A cut and paste geopolitical history of the last 25 years from David Hasselhoff on the Berlin Wall to Helmand.
To Lapland
A short film showing two well-educated Spanish men forced to move to Lapland to take work shoveling snow.
Rising Prices in the Bride Market
A news report from a market in Romania where young girls are bought and sold.

Themes and categorisation

The videos are organised into seven themes which give an identity to the collection:

Social Struggles – the frontlines and faultlines of politics and power
Watching Places – films documenting places and the people who live in them
Memories – films made of personal and collective memories
Identities & Interests  – experiences of individuals and groups with whom they identify
Everyday Life – documenting people at work, at play and in love
Youth – films made by, with and for young people
Moods – videos to feel more than read

The videos are also organised into more specific lists which provide a ‘face’ for the collection and are a way of making it easier to connect the collection to current affairs, anniversaries and reflect the Doc Next Network’s new areas of work.

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The collection is a resource for people who want to start different conversations.

It’s for teachers who want to bring ideas to life. For organisers who want to animate events and places and researchers who want to discover new perspectives on social issues in Europe. It’s also for filmmakers who are looking for content they can appropriate, reanimate and reuse.

At this moment the Media Collection is available on Vimeo, as a public showcase, and on ResourceSpace, a platform for professional distributors and researchers with private use.

We want to take all this valuable material onto a next level, by reorganising the content and improving the tools we have to build an open platform that is both a media archive and a device for telling new stories about Europe.