Open to Terracotta Festival ticket holders/ festival pass holders only.Free, registration required. Terracotta Far East Film Festival invites film-makers, film-students and any Asian film goers to attend our Masterclasses with guest directors.   Masterclass with Sam Voutas RED LIGHT REVOLUTION director: "Turn On the Red Light: Marketing Your Concept" - Saturday 7th May 11am -11.50am Join director Sam Voutas in a Masterclass on how he turned his film concept to a reality. The...

Tak Sakaguchi is coming to London to attend the 3rd Terracotta Festival on May 7th at Prince Charles Cinema. If you are an aspiring film maker, DOP, action choreographer, or someone interested in action films and how they are made, we are holding a FREE masterclass with action actor and director Tak Sakaguchi on Saturday May 7th,  12.00 - 12.50 Buy a ticket to any film at the festival and register for the masterclass for free. http://terracottafestival.com/events/2011/masterclass-...

13th TDF: Sergei Loznitsa masterclass (3/16/2011) SERGEI LOZNITSA MASTERCLASS   Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa delivered a unique and detailed masterclass that immersed the audience in his filmmaking world and methods, on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at the John Cassavetes Theater, in the framework of the 13th TDF. The TDF is organizing a tribute to the awarded filmmaker, screening 11 of his documentaries. In his opening speech, TDF director Dimitris Eipides said: “I ...

How can short documentaries be produced and packaged in a compelling way? What are the challenges and advantages when working with international co-productions of short documentaries? Will the digital future bring a bigger need for short formats?  These are some of the issues explored in this master class focusing on the German -Czech co-production Breathless. This project consists of five short creative documentaries on the theme Breathless - Dominance of the Moment.  During the masterc...

Documenta Madrid invites you to the first masterclass who Frederick Wiseman will impart in Madrid. It will be at the Cine Estudio - Círculo de Bellas Artes next Tuesday 5th of May at 12:00am. This year, Documenta Madrid is featuring the presence of Frederick Wiseman, one of the most important directors in documentary film since the 1970s. “How to read a Documentary” will be the title of the masterclass that the american director will impart in Madrid. It will be at the Cine Estu...

Masterclass Imagine: Big films for small screensThe weird science-fiction film Stingray Sam (US, 2009) was specifically created for mobile phones. Filmmaker Cory McAbee will explain the why and the how in his masterclass ‘Big Films for Small Screens’. STINGRAY SAM 16 to 25 April 2009 – Pathé Tuschinskiwww.imaginefilmfestival.nl (news, pictures, and more… ) Cory McAbee is on a roll. A few years ago this American independent director/musician/actorwas asked by the Sundance Film Festival t...

Nicolas Philibert, director of the acclaimed Être et Avoir (To Be and To Have) (2002), is to be one of the guests at the upcoming Festival. The French director shall give a masterclass on Monday the 18th of February, a session at which Philibert shall review his work and take a look at his way of living film in the company of all those attending. A simple, friendly filmmaker, his style flitters between observation-based and interactive documentary, delving into the space in between direct inte...