CINEIMPACT FILM ACADEMY
Art Cinema, Creative Documentary, Visual Anthropology, Social Immersion
invites you to
FILM, ANTHROPOLOGY and HERITAGE in TRANSYLVANIA
Theme: Connections of Heritage, Habitat and Social Life
30th of July – 14th of August 2022, Baile Herculane, Romania
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2 Filmcelerator Production Sections :
A. New Project Development
B. Work-in-Progress Incubator
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18 Days of Practical Learning and Mentorship :
15 Days On-Site Intensive Program
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3 Days On-Line Follow-Up Sessions
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Details of the Summer Academy Content can be found here
Details of the Summer Academy Application can be found here
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The dawn of a new world takes shape in the recent global circumstances. Crisis reveals the potentials of humanity as an individual and collective body. Our shared Peace, Environment and Society call for new tools of social understanding and action. The combined powers of Independent Film and Social Sciences offer most needed mirrors to our emerging realities. So when responsible mobility and collective safety ask for refreshed transdisciplinary visions and expertise, here is what you can do:
Between 30th of July – 14th of August 2022, you have the chance to feed your creative adrenaline within CINEIMPACT Film Academy, an international program dedicated to Art and Social Cinema taking the transdisciplinary form of Non-Fiction Cinematography, Docu-Fiction Storytelling, Visual Anthropology and Social Impact.
The program takes place in Romania’s Baile Herculane – a famous Transylvanian town, recently declared among Best East European Wellness Locations for its fabulous heritage and socio-cultural complexity. The little Spa Capital encompassed by the high peaks of the Carpathian Mountains connects the Roman Empire Heritage, the Habsburgic Empire Heritage and the Romanian Pre-Communist, Communist and Post-Communist Heritage. Baile Herculane area greatly inspires the film project development, magically interweaving the experiences of past and present: monumental architecture of forgone empires veiled in flamboyant decadence and poetry; old-fashioned rurality embraced by the astonishing nature of the Carpathian Mountains and Cerna Gorges; communist wellness infrastructure overwhelmed by post-communist apocalypse and tackled by challenging social regeneration. Infinite intersections in between utopian beauty and dystopian decay succeed to create a quite focal and cinematic environment for a synthesis of our present and future society.
The candidates should have experience in one or more of the following fields:
- film directing, cinematography, editing, videography, visual anthropology, visual arts, visual activism, film/video/visual communication and production
The applicants for the spring academy can choose from the following Film Production Sections:
1. New Project Development
- the participants will experience the entire process of film making by developing a new film project from A to Z while going through the fundamentals of anthropological field work, pre-production, production and post-production phases, concluding with a brief final touch on project pitching, fine tuning and distribution
2. Work-in-Progress Incubator
- the participants will receive advice and development mentorship on one of their work-in-progress projects, being a non-fiction or a docu-fiction project, challenged by the hardships of script development, pre-production, production or post-production phases, integrating the optimization of project’s package, pitching, rough-cut, fine tuning or distribution strategy
Through a tailored-made and hands-on filmmaking program, the summer academy will explore innovative methods of CINEMA and IMPACT production.
Students will have the chance to discover themselves in an environment that challenges their most personal creative limits. From learning to recognize exquisite stories after only few hours of interaction with the characters, to exercising decision making techniques under time pressure, from learning new editing secrets to creating best fit sound design, the academy will leave the participants amazed by how much and how better they can do, in such a short time span, along making new friends, exploring the unknown and having loads of fun.
The participants will be selected based on social experience, artistic motivation and personalities, briefly processed through a CV and Letter of Intent. The ones selected will go through a preparation process. Within the CINEIMPACT creative adventure, they will explore innovative methods of creating Sensorial Storytelling and Empathy by transgressing the boundaries of fiction, non-fiction, visual anthropology and social activism.
In its 9th year of challenging conventional filmmaking, navigating a tailored-made and hands-on mentorship program, Cineimpact cognitive journey guides its participants towards learning how to reach their best creative potential.
Mentor:
Ionuţ Piţurescu – director, scriptwriter and producer; Dr. in Sociology and Visual Anthropology, coordinator of the Center for Innovation, Development and Film. Among his cinema work, “Quest” (Romania, 32 min) premiered in Cannes IFF, winning Quinzaine des Realisateurs Award at 63rd Cannes Film Festival, while his feature “Borders” (Romania, Denmark, Burma) was chosen among best world projects in the official selection of Cinefondation Atelier at 68th Cannes Film Festival
Tutor:
Alina Matache – producer, consultant and story-editor, with 15+ years of experience in Corporate Management. Alina produced 18 films within Cineimpact International Film Academy, working with students from 20+ countries. Several of the films produced by Alina have been selected in important film events and numerous festivals
During the field research, development, production and post-production of the films, the participants will be inspired by support courses held by invited experts. The film’s authors will be tutored in building optimal development strategies for their new and work-in-progress film projects. One of the films developed within CINEIMPACT Film Academies, “Pattern or Not”, the creative work of Dorottya Balczo (director and cinematographer) and Andra Nedelcu (director and visual artist), was successfully selected and propelled to participate in one of the sections dedicated to short film (SFC) at Cannes Film Festival 2016. Other projects have been selected in various film festivals and were developed by Cineimpact into successful feature length projects such as “Mother and Son” by David Power (director and videographer, edition 2017) selected in prestigious forums and markets such as Lisbon Docs 2018, East Silver 2019, Astra DocTank 2020, etc
Cineimpact champions an Alumni community with great professional achievements and impressive creative leaps. Through a unique, internationally acclaimed method, innovatively developed since 2005, CINEIMPACT Film Academy continued to be a revealing learning experience for filmmakers from various backgrounds, cultures and countries from all around the globe, such as Sweden, United States, Spain, China, Italy, England, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Ghana, Slovakia, Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Croatia, Hong Kong, Switzerland, etc.
Our Students Experience
”I was able to try a lot of different things. This sense of freedom to experiment and to create was really helpful for me. It was a great experience. A new way of doing things, especially if you are interested in the intersection between anthropology and film.”
Nnenna Onuoha – PhD researcher in Anthropology
“I learned a lot about filmmaking, and I had an amazing time working on the film. Great community atmosphere, with colleagues from all over the world. Such an interesting mix of people. It made the experience very, very interesting.”
Oana Țenter – Fulbright Fellow Documentary-making
“It changed me in the way I film, I edit, in the way I prepare. It helped explain things better, understanding the ideas in the film. I was able to ask questions whenever I needed to. I would definitely recommend Cineimpact.”
Ignacio Garcia Sanchez – Filmmaker, storyteller, film editor
“The hardest part was to create the storyline. Not having a script and shooting for three full days made me feel a little bit concerned. But the Cineimpact team helped me extract the story from my footage. I learned so much in such a short time!”
Sergiu Chirău – Videographer, Storyteller
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Apply now for unlocking your career breakthrough!
Ever dreamed to learn how to use your personal equipment at its best storytelling potential?
Love to expand your creative skills simultaneously with your soft skills? Cineimpact offers a toolbox that guides you into the deeper understanding of cinematic storytelling along revealing your own personal powers to impact the world. Cineimpact mentorship enhances the development of your decision-making process, by learning to take better decisions in your non-fiction based projects, just as in real life contexts. You can have a lot of fun creating a film to take home at the end of this unique journey, as good times mixed with optimal creativity are the flow state of the program!
Details of the Summer Academy Content can be found here
Details of the Summer Academy Application can be found here
If ready to embark on Cineimpact immersive journey,
do not forget to share the creative adventure and bring along your friends!
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CINEIMPACT
champions
Cinema and Humanity
through
researching, mentoring, igniting
human centered
METHODS, TOOLBOXES & LEARNING EXPERIENCES
by whom
Film and Social Sciences, New Media and Technology, Visual Journalism and Visual Arts
collaborate in optimized ways
to Understand and Impact the Society We Live In
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