KINO:VÉRITÉ - Regional documentary filmmaking workshop: Week 0
The preparatory week of the KINO:VÉRITÉ regional documentary filmmaking workshop, organized by Atelier Varan Belgrade and the Paris-based Ateliers Varan is underway in Belgrade.
12 participants from former Yugoslav countries (see next news item) are in Belgrade since Monday, June 18. During this week they will be introduced to the equipment they will use in the workshop, as well as the themes of exercises and final films. The preparatory week is led by Srdjan Keca and Rajko Petrovic from Atelier Varan Belgrade.
With the arrival of the Ateliers Varan mentor team (Jean-Noël Cristiani, Renaud Personnaz, Marie Claude Treilhou and Claudio Martinez) on Monday, June 25th, the main workshop programme will start.
The project is supported by the Embassy of France in Belgrade, European Cultural Foundation and the Ministry of Culture of Serbia. Our main partners on this project are the Faculty for Media and Communication of the Singidunum University in Belgrade, Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, the French Cultural Centre and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights.
Participants of the Regional Documentary Filmmaking Workshop
Applications
Jean-Noël Cristiani, the head of the pedagogic team that will lead this summer’s Regional documentary filmmaking workshop, conducted interviews with candidates in Zagreb and Belgrade from May 13th to 18th.
We spoke to more than 50 candidates from former Yugoslav countries, whose applications had been preselected. From a total of almost 250 applicants, the final 12 participants were selected. It is our honor and a pleasure to present them:
- Paola Albertini, Pula
- Segor Hadžagić, Sarajevo
- Ivan Ramljak, Zagreb
- Frosina Naumovska, Kumanovo
- Kaja Zadnikar, Ljubljana
- Bistra Georgijeva, Skoplje
- Visar Sherifi, Priština
- Ivana Todorović, Belgrade
- Andrea Palasti, Novi Sad
- Maša Drndić, Rijeka
- Marko Šipka, Banja Luka
- Dragana Bjelica, Belgrade
We would like to thank the French Institute in Zagreb for assisting us with setting up interviews in Zagreb, as well as the University of Arts in Belgrade for generously hosting the interviews in Belgrade. Special thanks to all the candidates for the work invested and the great level of quality of the applications we received.
