- Convenors:
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Caterina Sartori
(Goldsmiths (University of London))
Stephen Hughes (Royal Anthropological Institute)
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- Discussant:
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Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan
(New York University)
- Format:
- Workshop
- Sessions:
- Wednesday 8 March, -
Time zone: Europe/London
Short Abstract:
We welcome proposals from practitioners and artists who wish to receive feedback on a multimodal work-in-progress at any stage of production. The selected participants will receive feedback from an expert and from their peers in a supportive environment.
Long Abstract:
We welcome proposals from practitioners who wish receive feedback on a multimodal work-in-progress at any stage of production. The selected participants will get a chance to present their work to an expert: either a filmmaker, artist or an academic drawn from the wide RAI film network who can comment on their work in a generative way. We welcome digital media, sound, illustration, web based work, and other creative endeavours.
The sessions will be moderated by RAI Film Festival directors Caterina Sartori and Stephen Hughes, and they will be open to the festival audience. We aim to provide a creative and nurturing environment in which creators will benefit from the expertise and sensibility of senior practitioners, scholars and peers. It is an opportunity to receive valuable feedback and encouragement, to think through issues and open questions, and to connect with a network of peers. Each selected participant will have 30 minutes to present their work and receive comments.
In your proposal please provide:
- a brief summary of your project
- information on what stage your project will be at (pre-production, production, post-production)
- an indication of what aspect you would like feedback on (for example but not limited to.: editing, sound design, narrative structure, concept)
- OPTIONAL: a link to a sample of your current project (for eg a website, a set of images, sound or video of up to 5 minutes)
Accepted papers:
Session 1 Wednesday 8 March, 2023, -Milan Durňak (University of Pardubice) Livia Savelkova (University of Pardubice)
Paper short abstract:
The anthropological film project with the working title Lacrosse Returned Home is a continuation of the film trilogy by Lívia Šavelková, Milan Durňak and Tomáš Petráň (Lacrosse - lt´s a way of life 2014, Global Lacrosse Village 2015, On the Shore 2022) dedicated to the anthropology of sport.
Paper long abstract:
In their films, the authors reflect on the changing forms of indigenous activities and the various influences shaping the spread and sportization of lacrosse in continental Europe. The previous films show the important role of the Czech Republic in the development of box lacrosse in Europe, as well as its role in the recognition of the game's indigenous roots and indigenous sovereignties.
In 2015, the filmmakers, along with the Czech national lacrosse team, traveled to the World Indoor Box Lacrosse Championships, held for the first time on Haudenosaunee territory, from which lacrosse has spread around the world.
The theme of the film is cross-cultural encounters, in which the members of the Czech team encounter for the first time the social and cultural history and ubiquity of lacrosse in indigenous territories. This follows the visit of the national Haudenosaunee team, who first traveled to the Czech Republic in 2011 when the World Championship was held in Prague.
The new film is currently in the process of editing and is expected to be completed in 2023.
In the film, the filmmakers bring new perspectives on lacrosse as a specific phenomenon, and at the same time they would like to present a different form of audiovisual representation from those previously used in their previous lacrosse film projects.
During the workshop they would like to reflect and discuss the possibilities of visual-anthropological representations and interpretations in their fourth anthropological film project.
https://youtu.be/zGIDBl1voIc
Mari Korpela (Tampere University)
Paper short abstract:
This film is a story of a film project. It tells about the lives and views of five 14-year-old expatriate boys in Finland and the filmmaker's relationship to them during the filming.
Paper long abstract:
The temporary labour migration of highly educated professionals is increasing in various parts of the world. Often the skilled international expatriates are accompanied by their children when they move to new countries. In my ethnographic research project, I investigate the views and experiences of such expatriate children and youth in Finland. During my fieldwork, I filmed a group of 14-year-old boys on their free time in a Finnish town. The footage was filmed last spring, and I have now edited the rough cut of the film (45 minutes long). The film is above all a story of our film project that did not go according to my plans. In addition, the film tells about the boys' freetime activities; the good times that they have with their friends and the social interactions among them when they hang out together. Moreover, the film shows their reflections on their lives and experiences as "foreigners" in a Finnish town. It is an ethnographic film where the researcher managed to build open and trusting relationships with the participants, and the result is a happy film with good moods. I would very much like to get feedback on the narrative structure and the editing of the film.
Josepha Wessels (Malmö University)
Paper short abstract:
In 2000 I conducted longterm visual anthropological fieldwork in a small village in northern Syria. This film uses digital video footage from 22 years ago in Syria mixed with recordings of the same people now dispersed throughout the world. They tell their stories of flight and memories of the past.
Paper long abstract:
The world is in Syria and Syrians are in the world. Between the years 2000 and 2004, I conducted visual anthropological fieldwork in a rural village in Syria called Shallalah Saghirah (Little Waterfall) which was the basis of my ethnographic feature-length film Shallalah Saghirah. In 2013, a major massacre took place in the small village next to it and 208 women and children were murdered in cold blood. Shallalah Saghirah was abandoned. After having heard about the massacre and after months of searching, I finally reconnected with the people from Shallalah Saghirah in 2014, some of whom have become refugees in Germany and the Netherlands. In this film, I revisit them, we reminisce about the village, they tell the stories of their journeys of flight and how they see their new life whilst reflecting on the past life in the village. In this session, I will screen work-in-progress, currently in the postproduction phase. Going through more than a 20 year old archive with many different storylines, in particular I would like to have feedback on the narrative structure of the film. This is a link to my work in progress: https://youtu.be/h0W-x1W_9F0