Deadline

15 May 2009

Apply online until 15 May 2009

June 20, 2009 - July 6, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania

www.summermediastudio.com

Vilnius: alive documentaries for professional screening.

Summer Media Studio is an international film workshop for European film students. The workshop has developed a good structure for intensive training: there is a two-week workshop, making up the theoretical part with lectures from high-level professionals. This is followed by the practical part, which consists of filming with international crews. The workshop gives an opportunity for students to improve their professional and personal skills across many different areas.

Each year, students explore different filmmaking topics, from conceptual to practical. This year the topic is: Vilnius: alive documentaries for professional screening. The task for the participants will be to observe the city and find documentary ideas, then to create 10 short films following their attendance at intensive seminars.

The team of international trainers-consultants includes: Witold Starecki (UK), Audrius Stonys (Lithuania), Lubomir Halatchev (Bulgaria), Anne Levy-Morelle (Belgium), Anitta Pankkonen (Finland) and Bartek Konopka (Poland).

The trainers-consultants will lead the preparation period, the script-writing and the film shoot. They will also prepare the individual theoretical lectures and additionally teach the students how to merge the final documentaries into a single film for a wider audience.



SESSIONS AND DATES

From 20 June, 2009 to 6 July, 2009 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The activities are divided into three sections:

-5 days of intensive workshops and seminars;

-4 days devoted to practical work of filming with crews;

-Final stage includes reconsideration of the material which has already been shot. 10 short video films will be produced by the crews and presented to the audience for discussion.



PROJECTS AND PARTICIPANTS

Application file should include: completed application form, letter of motivation, CV, synopsis of a film (for scriptwriters and producers), portfolio.

Selection requirements:
-advanced education and practical experience of particular position they are applying for;
-strong motivation to work as international crew in an unusual location;
-excellent English;
-original and/or attractive synopsis.



CONTACT

Inesa Kurklietyte (project co-ordinator),
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre,
Educational Film and TV Studio,
Kosciuskos g. 12,
Vilnius LT-01100,
Lithuania                                 send an email to Summer Media Studio
Tel/fax: 370 521 24 560           visit website at www.summermediastudio.com

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