Organisers of the 19th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival have put out the call to documentary filmmakers, aspiring film critics and students to apply for this year’s DocLab Workshop, the inaugural Film Critics Workshop and the Student Jury.
The 7th Verzió DocLab is a 4-day intensive workshop for directors, writers and editors, taking place 9-12 November. This year’s focus is on story development and editing. With the guidance of international mentors, successful applicants will work on their project’s story, and edit a festival trailer or a selected scene to present to an audience of festival programmers, sales agents and producers at the end of the workshop. Mentors are Tue Steen Müller, Michael Seeber, Brigitta Bacskai, Diana Toucedo. The application deadline is 26 September.
The inaugural Young Film Critics Workshop, taking place 8–12 November, is open to aspiring and early-career film critics and journalists who will take part in a writing-intensive program with the guidance of international tutors. The workshop will focus on writing about documentary cinema. Tutors are Pamela Cohn, Daniella Shreir, Zsolt Gyenge. The application deadline is 16 September.
The festival has also invited applications from university students to sit on the Student Jury to award the Best Film in International Competition. The deadline for application is September 25.
