Bolzano / Italy / http://www.esodoc.eu

Deadline for Applications: March 5, 2010

What is ESoDoc?

ESoDoc - European Social Documentary is a training initiative offered by ZeLIG School for Documentary, and is supported by the European Union's MEDIA Programme.

ESoDoc is a European workshop on the social documentary, that takes up the challenge of putting together the various players involved in documentary film production.

ESoDoc aims at creating new opportunities in production for the European documentary market, where the focus is on human rights, social justice and environmental protection, especially in developing nations; at the same time, ESoDoc is a response to growing awareness, on the part of NGOs and non-profit organizations, that film and new media are strategic instruments for the promotion of their work.

ESoDoc provides a meeting point for audiovisual industry professionals in search of new content and non-profit organizations that are seeking out new ways to diffuse their message.

ESoDoc is increasingly focused on digital media. We illustrate the varieties of multi-platform programming and social websites. We teach how to operate the most common IT tools now available to support documentary programming. We hold classes in multiskilling camera for a single operator in a difficult environment. We also hold classes in ‘participatory video’, where the filmmaking is a shared experience between the professional and the community concerned, another example of changing roles in audiovisual production and a process where the making of the film is as important as the film itself.

Target Group

NGO media people, human rights activists aware of the value of documentary films, new media and cross-media in promoting their work; producers and independent filmmakers.

Conditions

Participants are chosen on the basis of their
- professional background and motivation
- project proposal
- sensitivity to social and environmental issues

Participation fee

1.200€ (€ 600.00 for participants from new EU member countries). The fee includes room and full board for all three course sessions. Travel expenses are not included. Four scholarships are available.

Contact

Thomas Righetti
ESoDoc project assistant
Email: righetti[at]zeligfilm.it - info[at]esodoc.eu
Fon +39 0471 302030
Fax: +39 0471 977931

Address:
ZeLIG School for documentary
via Brennero 20/d
39100 Bolzano
Italy

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