UNESCO to conduct Documentary workshop in Mumbai news
UNESCO is conducting an Asian Documentary Workshop in Mumbai from April 5-10 in association with The Indo-Latin American Cultural Initiative (ILACI) and Whistling Woods. The workshop will focus on documentary film making and fund raising for issues related to UNESCO’s Millenium Development goals. It will also involve the making of a collective short film in order to bring out UNESCO’s objectives.
The workshop will be conducted by the documentary filmmaker Weik Lienssen from Holland. He is a Dutch documentary filmmaker, author and photographer who has conducted earlier workshops for the United Nations. Among his films are The Year Zero (about the prophecies of the Mayans of Guatemala), The Spirits Have Gone (about people in Amsterdam who make wooden statues out of old oak trees), Polenkaravaan (some seasonal workers from Poland who search for illegal jobs), Pidlisan’s Gold (an UNESCO project about how eight transnational gold mines threaten the existence of the Igorot community in Phillipines). The venue of the festival will be Whistling Woods International Institute for Film, TV and Media, Mumbai.
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Where does one get details
Where does one get details about this workshop?
Here are some more
Here are some more details:
Participants will have to be professionals in the audiovisual sphere with a passionate interest in documentary as well as social issues. Selected participants will have to come to the workshop with the idea for a project around MDGs (as explained below) that they would like to develop. The workshop will not only help them sharpen the project proposal but will also provide indicators about fundraising from European sources. Participants have to guarantee attendance during all the six days of the workshop.
Please note that there are no course fees. For filmmakers selected or invited to the event who live outside Mumbai, all costs of travel by air (by economy class), accommodation in Mumbai during the period of the workshop as well as meals will be paid/reimbursed by the UNESCO. Hotel reservations will be done by the organisers themselves and the selected participants would be informed about the arrangements.
If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please write immediately to Mr Indranil Chakravarty with your cv summary and the idea for your documentary proposal, if any. You may send an email to inchakra.cinema@gmail.com
Thanks for the additional
Thanks for the additional details. One last question: what's the deadline for submitting a proposal/idea?
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I believe immidiately, suggest you write to the email ID mentioned in my last response.