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IF YOU’D LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO PRODUCE SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS & TEACH OTHERS TO DO THE SAME
YOU SHOULD APPLY TODAY!Are you a postgraduate student or university lecturer in film, television, media, journalism, communications or a related area at an African university?
Are you interested in the dynamic fields of documentary film, youth media and community engagement?
Do you want to practice engaged scholarship that directly benefits the communities you work in through the production of original stories and media products?
Then you should apply for the seven-week long African Filmmaking Fellowships hosted by the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town.
AFF will bring four teams consisting of a postgraduate student and her/his lecturer/mentor from universities across Africa to the University of Cape Town for seven weeks to produce short documentary films and learn to facilitate video skills training.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS
31 August 2016
FELLOWSHIP COURSE DATES
31 October 2016 to13 December 2016
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE OFFERED THE FOLLOWING:• fiveweekfulltimeSteppingStoneshort documentary production course, which culminates in the production of a five-minute documentary or promotional video• oneweekyouthmediafacilitatortrainingcourse• onedaycellphonefilmmakingmasterclass• returnflighttoCapeTown• accommodationforthedurationofthe programme
PLEASE NOTE: You need to apply as a two-person team consisting of one postgraduate student and one lecturer/supervisor. You must be based at an African University. To apply, please complete the application form available on the UCT TV Studio website www.tvstudio.uct.ac.zaEmail queries to [email protected]
is a new initiative aimed at bringing postgraduate students and their lecturers/supervisors from a variety of African universities together in Cape Town, South Africa for a seven week, full time residency programme that will equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to produce short documentaries and to establish their own documentary production shortcourses.
THE AIMS OF THE AFF ARE TO:• facilitatepracticalvideoproductionskills training• shareknowledgeaboutdevelopingand producing short documentary films• providetheknowledgeandskills needed to establish and run video production short courses at participants’ home universities • establishanetworkofAfricanpostgraduate students and academics who can collaborate on film productions and academic research in the future• suportpostgraduatestudentsand academics interested in empowering youth with the skills to tell their own stories through film
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE IS SOMEONE WHO:• hasaninterestinvideo/filmproduction and/or documentary filmmaking, but doesn’t necessarily have existing practical production skills• hasakeeninterestinsharingthe knowledge s/he gains in the programme with others at her/his home university or in the communities s/he works or conducts research in • ispassionateaboutsharingrealstoriesand enabling others to tell their own stories•wantstousefilm/videoforadvocacy, education, empowerment, social justice or to share her/his research with others • iscurrentlyregisteredforapostgraduate degree at a university in Africa OR is currently teaching at a university in Africa•wantstotravelandmeetnewpeople•wantstocollaboratewithotheracademics and filmmakers from across Africa in the future
AFF is an initiative of the University of Cape Town Centre for Film and Media Studies. AFF receives financial support from the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Stepping Stone community engagement video training is supported by the Fox Foundation, UCT CFMS and UCT TV Studio.
