Training program dedicated to documentary film female directors and producers, CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator, will start its Module 02 on September 21st. Twelve participants from all around the world are developing their documentary film projects throughout three Modules. Module 02 of CIRCLE 2021 will be held live in the town of Tivat (Montenegro).
MODULE 01: 8-25 June 2021, Serbia/Croatia (Online)
MODULE 02: 21-26 September 2021, Montenegro (Tivat)
MODULE 03: January 2022, Italy (When East Meets West, Trieste)
For those selected to participate, the tailor-made program offers a chance to work with leading experts and renowned filmmakers - in order to develop their projects, professional skills, and develop sustainable business models.
For more information, visit the following link: https://www.doccircle.me/
The experts mentoring the work during Module 02 are: producer and screenwriter Bianca Oana (Romania), editor Phil Jandaly (Sweden), director Firouzeh Khosrovani (Iran), sales agent and distributor Aleksandar Govedarica (Syndicado FS, Canada), lawyer Anna Lisa Putorti (Italy), director Hubert Sauper (Austria) and publicity and marketing strategist Joanna Solecka (Alphapanda agency Switzerland).
OPEN MASTERCLASS PROGRAM AND FILM SCREENINGS - CIRCLE 2021 MODULE 02
Masterclass program and exclusive talks with the CIRCLE experts are open to all film professionals online upon registration, while the public film screenings of worldwide successful documentaries are realized in partnership with Underhill Festival. Successful film professionals will share their experiences in filmmaking and work in the documentary field.
The open program of Module 02 will be realized in a hybrid format - live and online.
CIRCLE 2021 MODULE 02 OPEN PROGRAM
SCREENINGS OF AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES
In collaboration with Underhill Festival, Porto Montenegro, Luštica Bay, Cultural Center Tivat
22 September 2021, 21:00
RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY, 2020, dir. Firouzeh Khosrovani
Cultural Center Tivat, Luke Tomanovića 4
Screening of the feature-length documentary of the Iranian director, awarded for the Best Feature-Length Documentary at the IDFA Festival in 2020.
SYNOPSIS:
I am the product of Iran’s struggle between secularism and the Islamic ideology.
My parents’ love story takes us from the Shah era to the Islamic Revolution and the hardships during the Iran-Iraq War, up to the present day – all in our home in Tehran. In my childhood, I was constantly forced to choose between my parents; each day, I endured imposition from one side and acceptance from the other.
TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/469937476
24 September 2021, 21:00
EPICENTRO, 2020, dir. Hubert Sauper
Amphitheater of Luštica Bay
Screening of the feature-length documentary film of the Oscar-nominated Austrian director.
SYNOPSIS:
EPICENTRO, an immersive and metaphorical portrait of post-colonial, «utopian» Cuba, where the 1898 explosion of the USS Maine still resonates. This Big Bang ended Spanish colonial dominance in the Americas and ushered in the era of the American Empire. At the same time and place, a powerful tool of conquest was born: cinema as propaganda.
In EPICENTRO, Sauper explores a century of interventionism and myth-making together with the extraordinary people of Havana – particularly its children, who he calls «young prophets» – to interrogate time, imperialism, and cinema itself.
TRAILER: https://youtu.be/F2ycVtJ8leM
MASTERCLASS PROGRAM
In collaboration with CED MEDIA Offices from Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia
23 September 2021, 10:45h
THE PERSPECTIVE OF DISTRIBUTION IN THE CONTEXT OF A THRIVING VOD MARKET
Online
Aleksandar Govedarica (sales agent and distributor, Syndicado FS, Canada)
23 September 2021, 15:00h
LEGAL HIGHLIGHTS AND MAIN TOOLS IN THE REALIZATION OF A DOCUMENTARY - FROM DEVELOPMENT TO DISTRIBUTION
Online
Anna Lisa Putorti (lawyer, Italy)
Masterclass programs are held in English. For more information and registration for your participation in the online Masterclass program via mail at the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
More about the CIRCLE program on www.doccircle.me and our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/circle.accelerator
CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator 2021 is organized by production company Wake Up Films, in partnership with: RE-ACT, Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, City of Novi Sad, Film Centre of Montenegro, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, When East Meets West, Cannes Docs - Marché du Film, Documentary Association of Europe (DAE), CED - MEDIA Office Croatia, CED - MEDIA Office Serbia, CED - MEDIA Office Slovenia, Motovila, CED - MEDIA Office Montenegro, EWA Network, Cineuropa, Municipality Tivat, Luštica Bay, Porto Montenegro, Foundation Petrović Njegoš, Underhill Festival, Sekvenca production and Cut Up production.
