Documentary Summer Camp
Documentary Summer Camp is a laboratory for audiovisual creators where the creation, writing, and development process of non fictions films is encouraged and supported. Selected projects receive scriptwriting and directing advice from recognized professionals. The process culminates with a 5-day artistic residency based in Republika of Srpska. DSC is a space to stimulate new talent in a training, mentorship and exchange program about peripheral projects, with ideas, stories and imaginaries that need to be told, and focused on countries of the former Yugoslavia.
Audience: The target of the program are young filmmakers with first or second feature projects, that will work with booth international and local directors, scholars and producers in a creative and regional development environment in Pecka Visitor Center in an impact nature surrounding.
Objective: The main objective of the DSC is to construct bridges through audio-visual language between young generations of filmmakers with our communities, connecting particular stories and visions with the European realities and contexts. We believe in the power of the diverse and particular identity, celebrating our common past and bet for a collaborative future.
Dynamics of operation: The Documentary Summer Camp is a project driven workshop. By an open call to emerging filmmakers with a project in development, the program gathers filmmakers to offer creative and professional development with the advice and mentorship of documentary professionals, producers and filmmakers. The process start online with 2 sessions and conclude during 5 days the selected filmmakers work in an etno-house, writing, developing discussion and watching films, both, inside and in an open facility, in natural surroundings attending a collaborative workshop where they will further develop their individual projects and gain knowledge and skills necessary for their professional and personal development. The program provides all the expenses for the selected filmmaker include: transportation, accommodation and access to all the formative and recreational activities.
