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Subject: Black Shorts Film Workshop Georgia: Call for Participation<br>To: <a href="mailto:designini@gmail.com" target="_blank">designini@gmail.com</a>, Tinatin Gurgenidze-Schmitt <<a href="mailto:tikogurgenidze@gmail.com" target="_blank">tikogurgenidze@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br></b></span></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Black Shorts Film Workshop Georgia: Call for Participation.</b><br><br><a href="http://www.plotki.net/blackshorts" target="_blank">www.plotki.net/blackshorts</a><br>
<b>Deadline for applications is March 15th</b> (application form below).<br>Please submit to: <a href="mailto:blackshorts@plotki.net" target="_blank">blackshorts@plotki.net</a><br><br>We are searching for 20 participants to create experimental films at a<br>
12-day research workshop in Georgia around the theme of BLACK. Unwearable,<br>but hopefully not unbearable, these BLACK SHORTS will then be editing<br>during a second workshop in Budapest before been screened in cinemas and<br>
published online. Previous experience in filmmaking is welcome but not<br>necessary, just an inquisitive mind, an eagerness to learn and a<br>willingness to collaborate. Do you want to spread rumours of everyday life<br>
in Georgia? Then read below to find out more.<br>
<br><b>So what exactly does the BLACK SHORTS project consist of?</b><br>1. A 12-day training, research and filming workshop in Georgia with 20<br>young people from across Europe (May 10th – May 22nd 2011).<br>2. A 4-day video editing workshop in Hungary (June 5th - 9th 2011).<br>
3. Public premiers of the finished films at downtown cinemas in Budapest,<br>Tbilisi and Berlin (June).<br>4. The distribution of the finished films online, at film festivals and<br>via DVD.<br><br><b>Why Georgia? Why Black?</b><br>
We are aware that blackness in Georgia can invoke the past. It<br>might be associated with the dark 90's – with armed street gangs,<br>bullies and cleptocracy. Or that black could also refer blackouts<br>that plagued Georgia throughout the 90s and early 2000s, or the<br>
caravans of black BMWs and Mercedes owned by the wealthy and the<br>ruling class. If this is black, then maybe the Revolution of Roses<br>in 2003 was meant to signal the start of a colourful future? That<br>it was in part about the suppression of the black-side of Georgian<br>
society? A top-down and coloured modernisation that has physically<br>manifested itself through colourful street repainting,<br>gentrification and upbeat styles? Of course, we might be taking<br>black a bit too far – its roots lie in everyday life. After all, if<br>
you asked most foreigners to think of black in Georgia then it<br>would be the Black Sea that springs to mind, whilst for many<br>Georgians it’s another sea of black they see on a day-to-day basis<br>– the sea of black clothing in which most people clad themselves.<br>
Thus black is both a colour of everyday life and a colour full of<br>symbolic tension – a tension that can be artistically exploited.<br>Turning black on its head, we want to use the colour to shed light<br>on stories of everyday life in Georgia. Whilst the topic of black<br>
can be broad, what unites the possible film-topics is the colour's<br>underlying subversiveness, outsiderness and supposed legitimisation<br>of all that is 'white', legal and proper. We feel ill at ease with<br>
both the bright promises of modernity, as well as the dark<br>undertones of local-based resistance. Instead, we care for smaller<br>stories of everydayness that are (dis)coloured – symbolically or<br>physically. Intrigued and inspired, we want to slip under<br>
state-based radars to bring black rumours of everyday life.<br><br></span></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Give me more details! What will happen at the workshops?</b><br>During the first two days of the filming workshop in Georgia, you will be<br>
trained in the basic camera and sound techniquesand be given an<br>introduction into how to develop a story within a film. We will also form<br>five teams of filmmakers, based on research interest, film skills and<br>local language ability. Within the team you will develop your common idea<br>
for a film with an expert tutor. The teams will then have a little over a<br>week to film their chosen topic. The final days of this first workshop<br>will be for reviewing footage and deciding upon how your final film will<br>
look. During the editing workshop in Budapest, you will (having solved<br>conceptual, thematic etc. issues in Georgia and via email) make the final<br>edit of your film. On the final day we will screen the films in a downtown<br>
cinema in Budapest.<br><br><b>Who are you?</b><br>We are the central and eastern European magazine Plotki, the Georgian<br>documentary film company Sakdoc Film and the Centre for Arts and Culture<br>at the Central European University in Budapest.<br>
<br><b>Who am I?</b><br>If you’re under 35, creative, willing to learn, inquisitive and speak good<br>enough English to work in a multi-national team, then we’d love you to<br>apply. Though local language ability is an advantage, you don’t have to<br>
speak Georgian or Russian as each team will have one Georgian/Russian<br>speaking participant. Though previous filmmaking experience is not<br>necessary, we encourage filmmakers to apply (though you should have<br>realistic expectations and be willing to work with those who are less<br>
experienced). We will select participants based on their profile and the<br>proposed film idea (see application form below). Whilst we would like to<br>cover all participants’ travel costs, if you live outside Europe then it’s<br>
unlikely that we will be able to fund the full amount due to budget<br>limitations.<br><br><b>How much will this cost me? What will I get in return?</b><br>If you’re living in Georgia the participation cost is 10EUR, if you’re not<br>
from Georgia the cost is 120EUR (to reflect the differing travel-costs).<br>In return you’ll get travel to and from the Georgian workshop, living<br>expenses in Georgia, travel to and from the Hungarian workshop and living<br>
expenses in Hungary. You’ll also get training sessions on using film<br>equipment, conceptualising documentary films and editing films. Finally,<br>and most importantly, you’ll get the chance to design, plan, shoot and<br>
edit a short film as part of a multi-national team.<br><br><b>What type of film do you expect?</b><br>We are looking for short (average 15mins) experimental film on the theme<br>of black in Georgia.<br><br>Application Form.<br>
<br><b>Deadline for applications is March 15th</b> (application form below).<br>Please submit to: <a href="mailto:blackshorts@plotki.net" target="_blank">blackshorts@plotki.net</a><br><a href="http://www.plotki.net/blackshorts" target="_blank">www.plotki.net/blackshorts</a><br>
<br><b>Information.</b><br>Name<br>Age<br>Nationality (needed for visa issues)<br>Currently residing in (needed for travel cost calculation)<br>Relevant experience (filmmaking, artistic, social scientific, journalistic)<br>
Languages spoken (English is a must, Georgian and Russian appreciated)<br>Please indicate that you are available to take part in the two seminars<br>(May 10th – May 22nd and June 5th - 9th 2011).<br>Please attach a CV<br>
<br><b>Motivation.</b><br>Why do you want to take part in Black Shorts?<br><br><b>Creation.</b><br>Please provide a short (1 page max) proposal of the film you would like to<br>make. The filming can take place anywhere in Georgia.<br>
<br>Your proposal should include:<br>- the topic: What is it? Why is it interesting? In what way does it relate<br>to the theme?<br>-the how: How will you access the people/places/groups? How will you film it?<br>(Please note that if you’re accepted, you may not be able to make the film<br>
idea on which you’re accepted. You will work in a team of 3-4 people, thus<br>collaboration and negotiation will take place).<br><br><b>Decision.</b><br>Deadline for application is March 15th. We aim to select participants by<br>
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