Schedule

24 April (Monday)

10:00-11:30 - Introductions. Participant presentations and discussion of project ideas and themes

11:30-13:00 - Presentation by Stefan Rusu: Critical engagement, alternative means of production - examples from Moldova and Tajikistan Found Footage Workshops

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:30-16:30 - Discussion of presentations and discussion of project ideas and themes

16:30-18:00 - Introduction to the preparation of archival footage from media sources, film selections and the digitalization process

25 April

10:00-13:00 - Presentation: Extant Poetics: Sifting Through the Dustbin (John Davis)

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:30-18:15 - Assisted hands-on Lab: Transfer of cinematic language/analogue films to digital format. Preparation of archival footage from media sources, selection and digitalization

26 April

10:00-12:00 - Presentation: The Rise Of Sampling and the Specter of Ownership (John Davis)

12:00-13:00 - Project discussion finalization

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-16:00 - Presentation: The Legacy of the Avant-Garde Cinema and the Reuse of Propaganda as a Tool for Critical Engagement (Stefan Rusu)

16:00-17:00 - Project discussion finalization

27 April

10:00-13:00 - Assisted hands-on Lab: Transfer of cinematic language/analogue films to digital format. Preparation of archival footage from media sources, selection and digitalization

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-16:00 - Project discussion finalization

28 April

10:00-13:00 - Examples of previous workshop

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-17:00 - Project discussion finalization & Assisted hands-on Lab: Transfer of cinematic language/analogue films to digital format. Preparation of archival footage from media sources, selection and digitalization

29 April

10:00-12:00 - Presentations of participant/instructors previous works

12:00-13:00 - Resume discussing participant workshop project ideas/progress

14:00-17:00 - Resume discussing participant workshop project ideas/progress

01 May (Monday)

10:00-11:00 - Presentation of found footage works from Eastern European filmmakers (Stefan)

11:00-13:00 - Reviewing/working with digitized material

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-17:00 - Work on individual projects/discussions

02 May

11:00-13:00 - Reviewing/working with digitized material

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-17:00 - Work on individual projects/discussions

03 May

10:00-13:00 - MNB tour and 16mm project/digitization introduction

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-17:00 - View/select from digitized archive

04 May (UB Inn)

10:00-1300 - Work on projects/Individual meetings

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-17:00 - Work on projects/Individual meetings

05 May (UB Inn)

10:00-1300 - Work on projects/Individual meetings

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-17:00 - Work on projects/Individual meetings

05 May (UB Inn) Rough cuts due!

10:00-1300 - Critique

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

14:00-18:00 - Critique

07 May (UB Inn)

12:00 - FINAL PROJECT DEADLINE!

10 May (iCinema Theatre)

19:00 - Workshop public screening