Masterclass: Inside filmmaking with Loach’s crew: Sound and Editing with Jonathan Morris, Kevin Brazier and George Fenton

26th September 17:00 in the Gallery

An opportunity to uncover the complexities and challenges of turning hours and hours of footage into a coherent and entertaining drama. Iyare Igiehon will discuss editing techniques with the editor and sound editor who work regularly with Director Ken Loach, whose prolific output as one of Britain’s foremost filmmakers we are celebrating this month. You’ll also get a chance to ask your own questions.

This is the third in our series of Ken Loach masterclasses, for more information Click Here 

BFI London Film Festival: Future Film’s Connect and Collaborate Festival

Education screening: Better This World Wed 26 | 10:15 | Vue West End

As part of the 55th BFI London Film Festival, BFI Future Film are hosting a 2-day festival called Connect and Collaborate.

As well as screening Better This World, we’ll be hosting Fever Pitch straight afterwards, a pitching competition which will see one talented young person win a £2000 production budget, professional kit loan and expert mentoring.

Then on the Thursday we’re running a workshop on Collaborations with IdeasTap and a Networking for Beginners session.

For more information on the events and to purchase tickets click here.

DNN@European Culture Congress

Next Doc Network presented its activities to the public in Poland for the first time. The opportunity to meet and people and talk about the DNN was one of a kind: the European Culture Congress saw over 200 thousand participants over 4 days. The program was filled with  over 100 interdisciplinary projects prepared by 550 artists and curators.

 

Among them the Doc Next Network screenings of films made by young artists from across Europe and a purpose built container, where films were were watched at all times (including on special projections during night time), information was obtained and many interesting conversations were held. We issued special publications in Polish and English, and produced a video to promote our activities.

 

Visitors at the Doc Next Network container watched films and talked to hubs representatives, acquired DVDs with the special Congress pick of 11 films from the DNN collection, our t-shirts and bags (which proved hugely popular among the Congress audience).  Our guests had their photos taken with a polaroid camera and kept a DNN branded portrait. If you didn’t get a chance to visit or follow the (almost) real time commentary on Association’s “ę” facebook page.

 

The Congress was also an opportunity to meet the network’s partners. We exchanged experiences gained while working on our projects. We looked for similarities and further opportunities for exchange and cooperation. We examined how we differ from each other and how this diversity can provide inspiration for further work. Hubs tirelessly debated the events of the IDFA 2011 – the next meeting of the network in November. See you in Amsterdam!

Further reading: the DNN materials at the European Culture Congress.

Association of Creative Initiatives “ę” is the Polish partner the Doc Next Network.

DNN in Wroclaw, Poland

Doc Next Network will be present at the  European Culture Congress in Poland in September 2011. In Poland Doc Next Network will have hour-long screenings of selected films from the media collection on 8 + 11 September in the Festival Club. At the congres Doc Next Network has its own space in a container, designed by young Polish architects and graphic designers from Super Super and video artist Karol Rakowski.

This trailer was made especially for the European Culture Congress by our Polish hub partner Towarzystwo Inicjatyw Twórczych „ę”.

We are nominated!!!

Doc Next Network is nominated for the Erasmus EuroMedia Awards 2011!

The Erasmus EuroMedia Award is an annual prize, launched in 1995, to outstanding media productions contributing to the development of a European society. Doc Next has been nominated for its media collection and the entire network that is providing content to this media collection.

The award ceremony will take place on 14 October 2011 in Vienna.  The ceremony is a meeting point for international media professionals. The afternoon presentation of the winners and the festive evening reception provide the ideal ambiences to socialise and exchange ideas. Covered by news media from all over Europe, the EuroMedia Awards attract attention to our work.

The EuroMedia Awards honour media productions that:

  • enhance the media discourse on Europe
  • provide a qualitative discussion of objectives, perspectives and challenges for the development of European Societies
  • relate to European topics like cohesion, social values, migration, identity, solidarity …
  • show an educational ambition
  • invest ideas and ambition in an European Public Sphere

Cultural Conference Polish EU Presidency

Doc Next will me present at the Cultural Conference of the Polish EU Council Presidency. A selection of movies from our media collection will be screened in the festival club. In a container right next to the Centennial Hall will be a multimedia presentation of our work. The activities are coordinated by our Polish hub Creative Initiatives “e”.

Çanakkale 2010 – A Story of a Year

This publication tells the story of an unusual year-long civic project that took place in the Turkish city of Çanakkale in 2010, carried out by Anadolu Kültür, who have been closely involved with the ECF European Neighbourhood programme since 2005. Chosen by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) as an example of good practice, the project encouraged the city’s entire population to get involved in cultural policies and activities – through workshops, focus groups, activities and meetings.
Downloadable in English and Turkish, this publication documents the project’s progress from start to finish in the words of the citizens themselves. It includes statements of mission and vision, activities that led to the development of a city-wide manifesto, press coverage showing the project’s visibility and evaluations of the project, as well as some suggested next steps.

 
The idea for Çanakkale 2010 was developed under the framework of ECF’s ‘(In)visible Cities’ project, which provided arts management training and advice to local cultural operators working on cultural projects in three different Turkish cities, including Çanakkale.

More information..