Greenhouse, a unique and advanced international training program, is opened for filmmakers interested in creating documentaries on the theme of Racism & Human Rights. Greenhouse, a leading organization for documentary filmmaking, aims to continue to support cultural exchanges between participating countries and contributes to mutual understanding between audiovisual actors of the European Union and the Mediterranean region, by underlining both common values and inherent cultural diversity.
Greenhouse' First Seminar on the Theme of Racism & Human Rights - Istanbul, April 2010
The Greenhouse first seminar will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, April 13th 18th.
The prominent documentary filmmaker Pirjo Honkasalo will give a Master Class in Greenhouse' first seminar on the theme of racism & human rights. Honkasalo is considered one of the most influential director and cinematographer both in her native Finland and world wide. She gained a multitude of awards both for her films (including at IDFA, Zagreb, Chicago, Venice, Locarno) and life's work achievement awards in Finland and in Thessalonki Documentary Film Festival. Her documentaries which she shoots herself on film (mostly 35 mm) have a stunning and hypnotic beauty and mostly deals with human rights issues, theological themes and war ordeals.
During the first seminar the filmmakers will focus on the declaration of intentions and the projects synopses, these two elements will reexamined in depth and broadened while concentrating on dramatic narrative and the main characters. The participants will work with the Greenhouse mentors and special experts: John Appel, Bruni Burres, Nenad Puhovski, Steven Seidenberg and Hans Robert Eisenhauer.
