The 20th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film (Budapest, November 22-29) has put out a call for submissions to its 8th DocLab on Story Development and Editing (Nov 21-25), a 5-day intensive editing workshop for directors and editors. The deadline for submissions is September 13.
The focus of the Verzió DocLab workshop is story development and editing, and with the guidance of international mentors, attendees will work on their documentary project’s story, and edit a selected scene that they will present at the end of the workshop in front of an audience of festival programmers, sales agents and producers.
“Verzió invites you to share stories from your community, your experience, your perspective. The workshop will aim to guide you to reach the artistic and cinematic potential of your project. With DocLab you can have your voice heard and reach an impact within the industry as a visual storyteller. Find the core of your story you want to tell!” write organisers.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/dkss-SZx1Go?rel=0The workshop is aimed at both emerging and advanced filmmakers interested in documentary filmmaking, and all levels of experience and backgrounds are welcome. Attendees can apply with production phase projects intended to be mid-length or feature-length documentaries. Organisers are looking for projects that are 50-80% ready and which can demonstrate “exemplary footage.”
An international team of directors, scriptwriters, editors, and programming experts will help six selected project teams in search of clearer dramaturgical structure for their documentary films. “The workshop seeks to define, develop and strengthen the key narrative elements of the film projects with the guidance of outstanding mentors,” write organisers. These are film editor Réka Lemhényi (Hungary), director Anna Kis (Hungary), director/scriptwriter/producer Michael Seeber (Austria), and Doc consultant and critic Tue Steen Müller (DK).
“During the 5-day intensive programme you will be working in groups, have one-on-one meetings, and receive individual tutoring. At the end of the workshop you will introduce your project to sales agents, and festival selectors as part of an exclusive presentation. As a result you will not only have professional guidance for your upcoming post-production period, but also an experience in pitching which can be later used for fundraising and further development of the project. During the presentation day Verzió will offer various forms of awards through our partnerships in Hungary and abroad,” write organisers.
The participation is free of charge and comes with a full festival accreditation. For further information and details on how to apply, see https://verzio.org/en/call-for-applications-doclab-workshop-2023.
Applications for the Verzió Young Documentary Film Critics Workshop, November 21-25, 2023 are open, with a deadline of September 8.
The 20th Verzió International Human Rights Film Festival (Budapest) also reminds VR creators to submit productions for its 2023 Vektor VR programme. The submissions deadline is 28 August.
