dragon forum

For filmmakers seeking a door into the film world we offer international documentary film workshops in the center of Europe as well as pitching in Krakow.

The workshops will be a master class, i.e. individual instruction by a renowned director over all projects. The Dragon Forum 2006 Workshops will be held in Cieszyn (July 2005) and Warsaw (winter 2005/6). We will present ready projects to commissioning editors from European television stations, who will be invited by us to the Krakow Film Festival in June 2006.

Marcel Lozinski will be the Dragon Forum 2006 Master:

“In my opinion, the sense of documentary film lies not in depicting reality but in its interpretation. The genesis of a documentary is the intersection of the world with the author's individuality: his or her thoughts, intensiveness of vision, sensitivity and intuition. Your internal life is the as much an element of reality as the one you encountered when making the film. That is why we are interested in your ability to perceive in reality what is the most important to you, your personal point of view, and your ability to find optimum forms of expression. Our task is only to help you express yourself as fully as possible through the reality that surrounds us.”

Marcel Lozinski, along with artists such as Krzysztof Kieslowski or Kazimierz Karabasz, is considered one of the main representatives of the Polish documentary school. He is also and educator whose artistic assistance is sought by young filmmakers.

dragon forum Partners:

• The Association of Polish Filmmakers
• The Andrzej Wajda Masterschool of Film Directing
• Ministerstwo Kultury
• Telewizja Polska
• Krakowska Fundacja Filmowa
• The Association New Horizons
• Warsaw Doc Review
• Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights
• European Documentary Network
• Hungarian Society of Directors
• Slovac Doc Center
• Ukrainian Documentary Film Center
• ERA Film
• International Visegrad Fund,

Author and producer: Dorota Roszkowska. Production: Arkana Studio.

As part of the dragon forum the film projects related to human rights issues will receive additional assistance as well as opportunities for interest from human rights orientated donors.

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