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Youngsters learn to make one-minute film
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) recently hosted a workshop for youngsters in Cairo to teach them how to produce a one-minute film.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:39 March 24, 2008
Dubai: The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) recently hosted a workshop for youngsters in Cairo to teach them how to produce a one-minute film.
The workshop, known as oneminutesJr, was supported by DIFF and presented by the One Minutes Foundation.
Three different sessions were held in Mumbai, Dubai and Cairo in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).
The Cairo session, hosted by the Goethe Institute, took place from February 20-24, and drew 18 participants aged 12 to 19 from in and around Cairo to learn basic camera skills and how to create stories based on the theme "Daily Life".
The participants were asked to develop ideas about things they see every day, dreams and goals they have for themselves, and aspects of their lives.
Alberto de Michele and Jennifer Petterson, two artists from Amsterdam who represent the One Minutes Foundation, help-ed the participants shoot and edit their one-minute films.
Shivani Pandya, DIFF's Managing Director, said: "The oneminutesJr workshops were an extension of our mandate to develop and nurture filmmaking talent across the region. We were very pleased with the way the workshops were conducted, and we urge those who are interested in cinema as a platform for cross-cultural understanding to view the remarkable videos online."
The final 18 films were shown at a screening at the Goethe Institute, attended by parents, friends and the community, including members of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union.
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Karen Cirillo, Executive Producer, Children's Broadcasting Initiatives at Unicef, said: "Partnering with DIFF was an excellent opportunity for us to continue our expansion throughout the world. We aim to position film as the ideal instrument for young people to express themselves and to learn about each other through a universal visual language."
DIFF 2008 will take place from December 11 to 18, 2008.
View the videos online at www.theoneminutesjr.org.
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