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Creative Documentaries Based On Archives
By Béatrice De Pastre

Béatrice De Pastre, head of the  Archive Department and Cinematic Heritage in the National Cinematographic and animated image Centre (CNC) has run a number of workshops hosted by Dahshur Workshops:

  • Creating with Archives , 1st-6th November 2017
  • Creative Documentaries Based On Archives, 18th-23rd April 2016

Both of the these  workshops explored how participants could select and merge archival material, video, audio or visual, in order to enrich the narrative elements of their feature documentary or fiction project, while also maintaining a structured and coherent rendering. Concerns regarding copyrights were also addressed. The workshop focused on the utilisation of old footage (film archives, amateur films or photography) and how participants can find ways to recycle this footage and use it in new works.

Re-using Images from the Past: Adding Sound to Silent Films, 7th-9th October 2017

This three-day workshop took place at Dahshur Workshops’ office headquarters in downtown Cairo. The workshop gave participants the opportunity to explore and examine images, composition, and the relationship between sound and image. Participants explored a variety of subjects and exercises including listening exercises, analysing silent short films, montage, recording sound, adding sound to image and preparing soundtracks.

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    Make The Most Important 3 Minute Film In Your Life

    By Karin Westerlund
    Creative Documentaries Based On Archives

    Dahshur Workshops is opening the call for applications to “Make the most important 3 minute film in your life” with Karin Westerlund, The workshop concept is a film residency in Dahshur for 10 Egyptian filmmakers or visual artists who will work on a personal topic and produce a 3 minute film. This residency program is for 10 days from September 23rd to October 2nd, 2021

    The workshop aims to develop participants’ abilities to work on personal stories that come from the heart and produce a 3 minute film.

    Workshop Date:
    Sep 23 - Oct 2, 2021

    ALL POLITICAL ART IS BAD ART ALL GOOD ART IS POLITICAL

    Make a 3 minute film.

    If this is the last thing you do before you die, is it this 3 minute? Do not put another meaningless item into this world.

    Be serious!

    Where are you in the world today?
    Are you in your inside room?
    Or the room you are standing in right now? Or in Cairo?
    Or in Egypt?
    Or in Africa?
    Or in the world?
    Who are you in the world today?
    Who are “the others”?
    Are those sides of yourself you do not want to know about? Who is the stranger?
    Is it me or you?
    What do you do? How do you know?
    What do you have to do?
    WHAT DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO?

    -Karin Westerlund

    The workshop aims to develop participants’ abilities to work on personal stories that come from the heart and produce a 3 minute film. 

    Methodology

    Karin Westerlund, filmmaker and visual artist immersive 10 day residency program at El – Dahshureya.

    -Sharing her films and films that influenced her career as a filmmaker and a visual artist.
    -Collective discussions and dialogue.
    -Exploration of ideas, emotions, themes.
    -One -to- one meetings.
    -Hands on experience on every step in filmmaking to do a 3 minute film.
    -Personalized coaching from clearing the idea to the final edit .
    -Watching the final films together and analysing them.
    -Through viewings , lectures , one to one meetings and collective discussions, the participants should be making the most important 3 minute film of their lives.
    -The films should be good enough to be sent to any short film festival in the world.

    Methodology

    Karin Westerlund, filmmaker and visual artist immersive 10 day residency program at El – Dahshureya.

    • Sharing her films and films that influenced her career as a filmmaker and a visual artist.
    • Collective discussions and dialogue.
    • Exploration of ideas, emotions, themes.
    • One -to- one meetings.
    • Hands on experience on every step in filmmaking to do a 3 minute film.
    • Personalized coaching from clearing the idea to the final edit .
    • Watching the final films together and analysing them.
    • Through viewings , lectures , one to one meetings and collective discussions, the participants should be making the most important 3 minute film of their lives.
    • The films should be good enough to be sent to any short film festival in the world.
    Karin Westerlund

    Karin was born in 1955 in Karlshamn/Sweden.

    She had a master’s degree from The Royal Academy for Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1986. She teaches at the Danish film school in Copenhagen, The Art Academy in Copenhagen and at The Art Academy in Stockholm and Umeå in Sweden.

    Karin has directed many features and short films that have been selected internationally including ”IF I GIVE YOU MY HUMBLENESS, DON’T TAKE AWAY MY PRIDE” which was Selected at the Cannes film Festival, Un Certain Regard, France. ”GUD, LUKT och HENNE” which was Selected for the Mai Zetterling Prize at Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden. ”HELGOLAND” Selected for Berlin Film Festival, Germany + 24 other film festivals + 3 first prizes.”THE LAST STRANGER” Selected by the Cultural Ministry in Denmark to be shown to the government in the debate of immigration. ”LISANAK HOSANK INSONTO SANAK ” Selected by Arte France and several TV stations and Cinemas. ”NO TIME” Selected to Göteborg film festival Sweden and Danish TV DR Denmark. ”MEETING” Selected by Whitney Museum ISP, New York City, USA.

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