Africadoc SA - deadline extended

The aim of Africadoc is to develop, together with all African countries, a training network to meet the need of a new generation of documentary filmmakers, and to set up a network of professionals working in the documentary world. The call for projects intends to inform as many people as possible in the country about Africadoc initiative, to identify, and attract to best suitable projects / profiles for this programme, those for which Africadoc will really be profitable both for the project and the filmmaker.

Eight young film authors/makers from South Africa will be hosted in a writing residency for a 12 days workshop, aiming to:

• Carry out a diagnostic and detailed critical analysis of their projects,
• Develop an actual documentary script for their project
• And finally, carry out exercises in rough video sketches.

The residency will take place in Johannesburg at AFDA. One tutor, both writer and director, will mentor the programme. The trainees will be divided into two groups for a total duration of 12 full days.

The workshop sessions will be divided into two groups; the first week will host a collective study group coordinated by the head of training for each of the projects, while the second phase will entail a collective and individual analysis of reworked projects after location scouting of between 2 to 4 days, and final draft of the project in constant coordination with the trainer.

Applications including the form filled in and the required documents must be sent only by email and before Tuesday, 6th April 2010 - midnight (closing date for applications) to the following adresses:

ENCOUNTERS: Mandisa Zitha Physical Address: 1st Floor, 27 Caledon Street, Cape Town 8001 Postal Address: P.O. Box 2228, Cape Town 8000 Tel.:+27 21 465 4686 Fax: +27 21 461 6964.

AFRICADOC / ARDECHE IMAGES: Marie Chataignier Physical / Postal Address: Le Village - 07170 Lussas - France Tel.:+33 4 27 52 90 23 Fax: +33 4 75 94 29 06.

For application forms and detailed information about Africadoc email Nicolas

The form must be sent by email to the address given in the enrolment form for each programme. The form must include the following documents in the order given below:

• Application form,
• The film writer-maker's detailed CV,
• A flyleaf giving the project's title and name of the author,
• A detailed, typewritten summary,
• A Statement of Intent of 2 to 3 pages and indications of foreseen audiovisual treatment and/or a developed synopsis of 2 to 10 pages,
• A brief presentation of the production company (if one is involved)
• Any additional information found relevant by the applicant