Deadline:
May 30, 2024
Program Starts: August 26, 2024
Program Ends: September 04, 2024
Location(s)
Italy
Monastery of San Nicolò Riviera San Nicolò, 26 I-30126 Venice Lido
Overview
The 19th edition of the Summer School in Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy is a training initiative jointly developed by GC and Picture People. The School is aimed at participants wishing to broaden their understanding on the connections between human rights, films, digital media and video advocacy; share ideas and foster participatory and critical thinking on urgent human rights issues; debate with experts and filmmakers from across the world during the 81st Venice International Film Festival; and learn how to use films as a tool for social and cultural change.
Details
The 10-day programme provides a safe, culturally rich and collaborative environment where diversity and inclusivity are embraced, original and critical thinking are encouraged, skills are honed, creativity is unleashed and networking with experts from the human rights arena and professionals from the film industry at the 80th Venice International Film Festival is supported.
The programme has a focus on the rights of children and young people in the broader framework of human rights protection and promotion. The course is designed to appeal to participants from diverse backgrounds, nationalities and experiences.
Why choose this course?
- Advance understanding of the intersection between, visual media, human rights and advocacy
- Unique film festival experience
- Networking with like-minded people from across the world as well as international experts
- Guidance and mentoring from faculty on individual projects on a voluntary basis
Learning objectives
By taking this course, you’ll be able to:
- Gain knowledge, insights and perspectives on the role of films and videos to influence change, and raise awareness on human rights issues
- Develop a critical thinking, through reflexion, dialogue and film analysis, to debate human rights issues
- Develop a toolbox of strategies, best practices, tips and techniques on how to tell, inform, document, investigate, and share stories for social change
- Understand ethical challenges in using photo and video in your work, and how to deal with trauma affected people, including children
- How to build your cognitive reserves when facing challenging stories
Course Outline
The Summer School offers an exciting programme of lectures, workshops, working groups, tutorials, both in house and festival film screenings & discussions combining human rights expertise, media studies and video advocacy strategies.
As part of the programme participants are required to watch and analyse a selection of human rights related screenings at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. Whenever possible, filmmakers and producers present at the Film Festival are invited to discuss their work with the Summer School participants. Participants will be provided with a Cinema category accreditation pass to the Film Festival giving access to a selection of festival screenings.
This is an intense 10-day programme, with teaching sessions scheduled every day, with one free day. Please note that film festival screenings & discussions could be programmed beyond usual teaching time according to the film festivals’ programme, and filmmakers’ availability.
In the past editions our participants have met several filmmakers, including:
- Giacomo Abbruzzese, director of "Disco Boy", Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Award and Kinéo Prize for Humanity Award
- Daniela Goggi, director of "El Rapto (The Rescue)", Orizzonti Extra Competition, 80th Venice Film International Festival
- Ibrahim Nash’at, director of "Hollywoodgate", Out of Competition, 80th Venice International Film Festival (online meeting)
- Claudio Casale, director of "L’Anno dell’Uovo (The Year of the Egg)", Biennale College Cinema, 80th Venice International Film Festival
- Evgeny Afineevsky, director of "Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom", Out of Competition, 79th Venice International Film Festival
- Soudade Kaadan, director of "Nezouh", Orizzonti Extra, 79th Venice International Film Festival
- Jafar Najafi, director of "Alone", Giornate degli Autori, 79th Venice International Film Festival
- Teona Strugar Mitevska, director of "The Happiest Man in the World", Orizzonti, 79th Venice International Film Festival
- Peter Kerekes, director of "Cenzorka", Orizzonti, 78th Venice International Film Festival
- Loup Bureau, director of "Tranchées", Out of Competition, 78th Venice International Film Festival
- Ameer Fakher Eldin, director of "Al Garib", Giornate degli Autori, 78th Venice International Film Festival
- Oleg Sentsov, director of "Rhino", Orizzonti, 78th Venice International Film Festival
- Merawi Gerima, director of "Residue", Giornate degli Autori, 77th Venice International Film Festival
- Jayro Bustamante, director of "La Llorona", Giornate degli Autori Director’s Award, 76th Venice International Film Festival
- Ahmad Ghossein, director of "All this victory" (Jeedar El Sot), Audience Award and Grand Prize Venice International Film Critic’s Week – SIAE, 76th Venice International Film Festival
- Alex Gibney, director of "Citizen K", Out of Competition, 76th Venice International Film Festival
- Askold Kurov, director of "The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov"
- Mike Leigh, director of "Peterloo", Out of Competition, 75th Venice International Film Festival
- Francesca Mannocchi, co-director of "ISIS, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul", Out of Competition, 75th Venice International Film Festival
- Sameh Zoabi, director of "Tel Aviv on Fire", Best Actor Award and Nominee for Best Film, Orizzonti section, 75th Venice International Film Festival
Methodology
Nick Danziger and Claudia Modonesi, Picture People’s directors, will run the 10-day programme with the contribution of experts in the fields of human rights, advocacy, film studies, film production and impact, and psychology.
The course will be delivered with a combination of:
- Lectures to introduce a specific topic using a diverse range of media and teaching tools
- Workshops to develop and apply a particular skill or technique
- Working in small groups to encourage peer learning, develop critical thinking and actively engage participants to learn by doing through practical exercises
- Tutorials in 1-2-1 with tutors and/or experts to discuss and feedback on a particular topic or project
- Film festival screenings to reflect on and apply the framework of understanding acquired in the course to a selection of human rights related films in the Venice International Film Festival
- Film discussions on selected festival screenings to debate and exchange views with fellow participants and tutors
- Private meeting with filmmakers and producers of the selected festival screenings to discuss issues inherent to the film production, content, and filmmakers’ distinctive style
Application deadlines
- For scholarship applicants: 30 April 2024
- For self-funded applicants: 30 May 2024
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Target audience
- Graduates, professionals of the human rights, media, NGO, advocacy and the third (voluntary) sector and anyone who uses or is interested in using audio-visual media as a tool for promoting human rights and social change are encouraged to apply to the Summer School.
- The School selects a maximum of 30 participants.
- Participants are selected on the basis of their motivation, practice and commitment to human rights, children rights in particular, advocacy and media issues, as well as their background and professional experiences. Gender and regional balance will be taken into account in order to form a heterogeneous group.
Conditions for Scholarship applications and selection criteria
- Candidates must hold a university degree (BA, MA or PhD) and, or have relevant experience (paid or voluntary work) in areas related to children and human rights, education, digital media and communication.
- Candidates from across the world are encouraged to apply.
- Candidates must carefully fill in the online application form. Candidate’s experience, quality, originality, and creativity on a children’s rights issue are evaluated. Quality being equal, selection may be guided by an interest in promoting gender and regional diversity. Candidates should demonstrate how their participation at the CHRA will further develop their contribution to children’s rights issues and to their professional or academic career and what is the expected impact of their project in advancing the rights of the child.
Dates
Deadline: May 30, 2024
Program starts:
August 26, 2024
Program ends:
September 04, 2024
Program Starts: August 26, 2024
Program Ends: September 04, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
Fees
The enrolment of the selected self-funded participants will be made on a "first come first served" basis. We therefore invite you to proceed as soon as possible to ensure a place in the programme.
The enrolment fee for the Summer School in Cinema, Human Rights, and Advocacy is € 1900,00 (VAT included) and it includes:
- Tuition fee
- Lunches and coffee breaks on class days
- Cinema Accreditation for the whole duration of the Venice International Film Festival
- Reading material and access to our online learning platform
- Certificate at the end of the programme
The enrolment will only be final with the confirmation that the payment of the fee has been received by the secretariat, therefore we kindly ask you to send a scanned copy of the international bank transfer to chra@gchumanrights.org
All participants attending the school will receive a certificate of participation upon completion of the programme.
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