Synopsis
Rewards, festivals and diffusions
Festival International du film
Bilan du Film Ethnographique du Musée de l'Homme
Festival international des films réalisés par les écoles de cinéma
Forum des Images
Forum des Images
TV5, 1989
Catalina Villar
Director
Born in Bogotá, Catalina Villar came to France at the age of 20 to study Social Sciences at the EHESS, then trained in filmmaking at the Ateliers Varan and at the FEMIS in directing. She joined the Ateliers Varan team in 2000 and organized three courses in Colombia (Bogotá and Cali), one in Venezuela (Mérida) and one in Albania (Tirana). She took part in the workshops in Lisbon, Marseille and Recife and has been supervising production and writing workshops in Paris since 2000. She is also in charge of the Documentary Writing Workshop at La Fémis and has lectured at various Masters and Film Schools (Cuba, Spain, Colombia, etc.). Parallelly, she continues to make documentary films.
About : Documentary filmmaking workshop
The workshop is conducted in French, so a certain level of proficiency in the language is required to fully benefit from the training.
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This workshop is designed for those who wish to begin, advance their skills in filmmaking, or embark on a career change. It delves into the intellectual, moral, and aesthetic dimensions of filmmaking through every stage of documentary production, from conception to editing.
Each participant creates a short documentary film following a period of technical initiation, analysis of reference works, scouting, and scriptwriting. Each participant chooses the specific subject of their short film.




