Synopsis
This documentary follows the daily work of a metal spinner – a metalworker and craftsman – in his 19th century Parisian workshop. With very few words and no voice-over, the film immerses us in a craft from another era, by following its sole surviving practitioner.
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Vilnius Film Shorts
Alicia Harrison
Director
Born of a French mother and an American father, Alicia Harrison grew up in New York City before moving to France in 2000. She studied philosophy at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon, while directing her first short documentary films. In 2007, she took the film direction course at the Ateliers Varan. She then worked as a scriptwriter, cameraman and director’s assistant on different documentary projects. She finished her first feature documentary, "Taxiway", in 2013. She now teaches film studies at Université Paris-Nanterre.
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.
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