LOFOTEN DOCS 2018 Documentary Talent Film Camp - Date: July 5th to July 19th Project manager: Tonje Ness Meinhardt ...
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LOFOTEN DOCS 2018 Documentary Talent Film Camp Date: July 5th to July 19th Project manager: Tonje Ness Meinhardt tonje.ness.meinhardt@tromso.kommune.no Filmveksthuset Tvibit, Tromsø
The Lofoten Islands is an archipelago and the environment (social and
in the northern part of Norway. Placed natural), to discover what keeps them
well above the arctic circle, the islands in a place, or makes them want to
stretch westward out into the frigid leave.
north Atlantic. With its dramatic The result will be at least 4 short
landscape and rich history within the documentaries, made by an
fishing industry, the area has come to international team of young film
the attention of both tourists and talents, paired with local assistants
artists alike - especially in the summer and/or film makers. The participants
months, when the midnight sun gives will deliver notes of reflection on their
this part of the world it's unique 24- stay, and record a short, personal
hour daylight. The area is otherwise deliberation about their experience in
sparsely populated, with small fishing the area. The films should contribute
villages experiencing stagnation due to to give a sense of place, both for the
centralization and industrialization of audience and filmmakers, leading to
the fisheries. How does this affect the reflections around the theme "place vs
environment for those who lives, and person" in a globalized world.
grows up here? How does this affect
newcomers? We would like to Workshops:
challenge young film talents to explore The Lofoten Docs workshop is aimed
the social environment in Lofoten from at young talents that wants to explore
this perspective of "change", and find the genre of short docs. Cooperation
stories that resonate in thematic between nationalities and networking
examples such as history vs activities will be central elements
present/future, young vs old, local vs during the stay in Lofoten.
global. The aim is to have participants
explore the bonds between humans
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Overview:
05.07.18: Arrival Kabelvåg (Staying at Lofoten Vandrerhjem Kabelvåg)
06.07.18 - 09.07.18: Workshop, research, idea development and an open seminar.
10.07.18 - 13.07.18: research and production
14.07.18 - 17.07.18: editing
18.07.18 - 19.07.18: wrap-up and departure
Part 1: Idea development, 4 days Part 3: Editing, 4 days.
Focus will be inspiration, discussions Here the participants will edit their
and idea development, as well as films. Workshopleader Anniken Hoel
researching Lofoten, and getting to will take them through and mentor
know the area and each other. Daily them during the editing, helping them
workshops, coupled with discussions to form their stories.
and research trips. Teams and ideas
are formed. We will also require that Part 4: Evaluation and reflections on
the participants do some research on the stay: before departure from
Lofoten and the area in advance. Lofoten.
Hans Eirik Voktor will be having an Workshop leaders:
inspirational workshop the first day, The workshop leader Hans Eirik Voktor
sharing from his own experience, will be with the talents for the first
seeing what's trending in short docs week, he will run the day-to-day follow
around the web, and exploring the up and discussion-groups with the
horizon of possibilities in the Lofoten participants. Voktor work as a teacher
Docs film camp. at the university in Stavanger, where
he teaches: Audiovisual storytelling,
narrative techniques and dramaturgy,
documentary theory, television
production, and storytelling in
documentary production.
The editing workshop will be led by
Anniken Hoel. Hoel is a Norwegian
writer, director and camerawoman.
She studied film in Denmark and at
Part 2: Production, 4 days. FAMU (the Film Academy in Prague),
and since 2003 she shot and directed
The teams have decided on ideas and documentaries in the Middle East,
start planning and filming material for India, USA and Europe. She divides
their projects. Morning gatherings with her time between Berlin and her
talks and discussions about their hometown Tromsø, where she runs
projects. her production company
Manifestofilm. CAUSE OF DEATH:
UNKNOWN took 11 years to finish,
and it´s her feature debut.
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Stian Andreassen and Tonje Ness Kulturkontakt Nord, North Norway Film
Meinhardt from The Tvibit Youth Film Center, Nordland Art – and Film
Center will also be there to coordinate school, Tvibit Youth Film Center and
and help with technical questions and Screen Talent Europe.
challenges.
Partners:
Further information: We got several partners in this located
12 participants, 4 groups (director, in Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
cinematographer and editor). We Germany, Faroe Islands, Northern
mainly want participants from our Ireland, Ireland and France, through
partners, the Nordic Countries,18 Screen Talent Europe (STE) and
years old and above, and with a Nordland Kunst- og Filmfagskole.
driver’s license. Then they will have
more freedom to drive around and Open Seminar:
discover a larger and more varied There will be an open seminar during
parts of Lofoten. the first week of Lofoten Docs. An
exact date is to be announced.
Media:
Lofoten Docs will be promoted in local Facilitator, Tvibit Youth Film Center:
and regional press. The finished films Based in Tromsø, Norway, Tvibit
may be shown at international festivals Youth Film Centre (TYFC) is a
and will thereafter, after agreement knowledge and resource center for
with the filmmakers, be posted online young film talents in Northern Norway.
at STE’s website and at Tvibit Youth Working with a broad range of
Film Center website. activities on different levels, TYFC
aims to recruit and develop film talents
Budget and financing: across a sparsely populated region
The budget is 445.400 Norwegian roughly 3 times the size of Denmark.
Kroner, (€45.720,32), financed by
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