This year, Doclisboa organizes a series of meetings with film directors from all over the world (Nicolas Philibert, Želimir Žilnik, Mehran Tamadon among others) having as central theme the question: 'Which are the challenges of Documentary work'?

There will be 6 sessions of about 3 hours each, between 19th and 24th, October.

In each session, one film director will talk about the challenges he faced during his work as a documentarist. Cinema and life are always intimately connected and in documentary that is, maybe, much more visible. The participants will have the priviledge of discussing and thinking about the challenges of the documentarist in multiple dimentions: since some more technical, pratical and logistic issues to the most ethical and emotional, which always involves interpersonal relation.

The exercise about the 'finished piece' isn´t the most important, the focus goes to the escrutinizing process, discussing with the director the soluctions that he has found out and sharing experiences. It is crucial that the participants are there in every session.

Calendar

19th, Monday, 10:00 - 13:00 - Mehran Tamadon
20th, Tuesday, 14:30 - 17:30 - Ilan Klipper, Virgil Vernier
21st, Wednesday, 10:00 - 13:00 - Berni Goldblat
22nd, Thursday, 14:30 - 17:30 - Marília Rocha
23rd, Friday, 10:00 às 13:00 - Nicolas Philibert
24th, Saturday, 10:00 - 13:00 - Želimir Žilnik

Moderation and Coordenation: Catarina Mourão

Registration

The sessions will take place at São Jorge Cinema at October, 19th to 24th.
The registration have a total cost of €30 equivalent to the full six sessions.

Those who are interested should send their curriculum by e-mail to apordoc@sapo.pt, until October 6th
Subject: doclisboa 2009 / Directing Workshop.
The e-mail should make reference to the following points:
- preview experiences (works, studies)
- languages (fluency level)
- motivation/interest.