Archives | 2006 | Scriptwriting Workshops
In January 2006, along with the 18th edition of "Premiers Plans" Angers Film Festival, some finalists of NISI MASA 2005 Script Contest were invited to attend a one-week screenwriting workshop.
Called “Deafening silences”, the event took place from the 21st to the 29th of January, and mixed rewriting sessions and festival’s activities.
The event gathered in this middle-size city of France 12 young scriptwriters who took part in the script contest “Silence” and 12 members of NISI MASA, coming from Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Turkey.
Human Rights and visual culture seminar, Ankara
Archives | 2005 | Seminars & Conferences
From the 11th to the 17th of November 2005, NISI MASA and its Turkish member organisation VideA co-organized a seminar called: “Human Rights and visual culture” in Ankara, Turkey. It took place in the Goethe Institute, along with the 11th Festival of European Films On Wheels.
WHY?
The European seminar dealt with the promotion of Human Rights values through audiovisual tools. This cross-cultural seminar gathered almost 30 participants from 14 European countries and the local audiences of Ankara. Besides encouraging intercultural dialogues, the meeting provided participants proper knowledge, tools and methods useful to develop films and audiovisual activities in their countries. In other words, the organizers tended to rise awareness among participants of the importance to make a broader use of audiovisual works to promote a Human Rights Culture in Europe.
WHAT?
Most of the activities dealt with the seminar main question: “How can cinema promote Human Rights values?” For example, each national group held lectures on a particular dimension of this question in regards with its own cinema and history. Discussions and workshops supplemented these presentations, on topics like:
-“Democratisation of Production and Distribution of Images”,
-“To look at Human Rights through Visor”,
-“Media & Monopolization"
Screenings of documentaries of Human Rights relevance also took place.
Some activities promoted innovating perspectives and points of view, like the workshop entitled “Images Left Out”. Parts of the program were open to public, notably the two ending lectures (“Human Rights in Turkish and European cinema” & “Alternative media production process”).
Experts and guests facilitated the activities like directors of videozine websites (Interspace, Bulgaria). Turkish academicians and directors were also invited.
OUTPUT
The seminar was followed up with the edition of a book, which collected the texts of all presentations, speeches and discussion held during this one-week seminar.
Unique Stories in Europe, Berlin
Archives | 2005 | Seminars & Conferences
NISI MASA, along with its German member FilmArche, organise a meeting of young Europeans that took place from October the 28th to November the 4th 2005 in Berlin.This encounter was held in association with the 21st international short film Festival, INTERFILM, which is one of the biggest short film festival in Germany. The project, which focused this year on one thematic: “Unique stories in Europe”, brought together film buffs from seven countries (Bulgaria, Finland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and UK).
Absurd and European cinema, Gonfreville l'Orcher
Archives | 2005 | Scriptwriting Workshops
In co-operation with Euphoria Borealis and Scuola Holden, NISI MASA organised in 2005 an 8 month European scriptwriting advanced course with on-line and off-line sessions (workshops in Torino, Sodankylä, Lyon), targeted for European script-writers, story editors, directors, graduates from film schools, etc.
Objectives
Script & Pitch was born with the aim to develop a “European style” in scriptwriting for cinema.
Archives | 2005 | Script Contests
The 4th edition of the NISI MASA European Short Film Script Contest, on the theme “Silence”, came to an end on the 5th of November 2005 with the announcement of the three European Awards.
The jury, gathered in Berlin (Germany) along the InterFilm Festival, rewarded:
- Lily, by Marianne Griolet (Sweden)
- Sea Bass Dream, by Claudio Lauri (Italy)
- If I Fall, by Hannaleena Hauru (Finland)
Archives | 2005 | Seminars & Conferences
April 2005 in Budapest, NISI MASA got on one of the biggest film festivals organized in Hungary: the Titanic Film Festival. For its 12th edition, “Titanic” invited almost 20 000 moviegoers to attend exceptional screenings of the best new films from all over the world. Most of the NISI MASA member associations have thus been able to take part in this celebration of cinema.
Their role along the Festival’s schedule? Organizing a meeting focused on national cinemas of Europe in cooperation with Cras Tibi, the member organisation of NISI MASA in Hungary.
Archives | 2005 | Seminars & Conferences
“First Frame: Europe” was an initiative of Haide and NISI MASA. It was supported by the Youth Program of the European Union and was held in co-operation with the 9th Sofia International Film Festival, from the 3rd till the 11th of March 2005.The project brought together more than 20 young people from four European countries: Finland, France, Italy and Bulgaria. They were guests to the Film Festival, during which they had the opportunity to attend screenings and lectures about Bulgarian cinema, and meet professionals from all over the world.
Archives | 2005 | Scriptwriting Workshops
Following the success of "Crossing Borders" scriptwriting workshop, gathering in Caen (France, May 2004) finalists of its European Script Contest, NISI MASA wanted to renew the experience.
For this 2005 edition, we found judicious to locate the event in parallel to a film festival dedicated to young European cinema, "Premiers Plans" in Angers. This kind of workshop aims to offer opportunities (of learning, practice, networking, etc.) to a large number of young European scriptwriters –and not only the 3 Award winners.
Archives | 2004 | Seminars & Conferences
18-24 October 2004, Huy, Belgium
In October 2004, the meeting “Towards another cinema” was held by Ciné Script and NISI MASA, with the collaboration of the FIDEC (International Festival for Cinema School), in Huy (Belgium). From the 18th to the 24th, more than 30 members of NISI MASA gathered to discuss about European cinema. Participants came from Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and Turkey.
