March deadline for writers’ lab
Maisha will be holding its first Screenwriters’ lab in Kampala in August 2005. The deadline for receiving Screenwriters Lab applications is March 1, 2005.
Maisha will be holding its first Screenwriters’ lab in Kampala in August 2005. The deadline for receiving Screenwriters Lab applications is March 1, 2005. All application information is on the Maisha website: www.maishafilmlab.com
Citizens and residents of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania can apply for the programme along with citizens and residents of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The Screenwriters’ Labs will be for intermediary Screenwriters, who are working on feature film projects. Ten Screenwriters will be chosen to attend the Lab.
The Screenwriters’ Lab will be an eight-day workshop providing participants with an opportunity to work intensively on their future film scripts under the guidance of experienced visiting mentors.
Selected screenwriters will have individual story sessions with the mentors, during which they will solve problems and brainstorm on issues concerning their scripts. In addition, participants will attend seminars led by the mentors, regarding story-telling craft and screenwriting techniques. For the participants, Maisha will cover costs associated with participation, including travel, accommodation and meals.Â
Story-telling has the power to forge bonds across boundaries in an increasingly global, yet fundamentally disconnected world.
Now more than ever, at a time when it is critical to foster global understanding, we need to listen to stories from places across our political and cultural borders. Out of a concern that young screenwriters and film directors in East Africa and South Asia do not have access to the professional training and production resources necessary for these story-tellers to articulate their visions, filmmaker, Mira Nair, was inspired to establish Maisha (which means life in swahili).
For more Information, contact Ms. Musarait Kashmiri, programme director, on Maisha..email:maishafilmlab@infocom.co.ug www.maishafilmlab.com
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Citizens and residents of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania can apply for the programme along with citizens and residents of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The Screenwriters’ Labs will be for intermediary Screenwriters, who are working on feature film projects. Ten Screenwriters will be chosen to attend the Lab.
The Screenwriters’ Lab will be an eight-day workshop providing participants with an opportunity to work intensively on their future film scripts under the guidance of experienced visiting mentors.
Selected screenwriters will have individual story sessions with the mentors, during which they will solve problems and brainstorm on issues concerning their scripts. In addition, participants will attend seminars led by the mentors, regarding story-telling craft and screenwriting techniques. For the participants, Maisha will cover costs associated with participation, including travel, accommodation and meals.Â
Story-telling has the power to forge bonds across boundaries in an increasingly global, yet fundamentally disconnected world.
Now more than ever, at a time when it is critical to foster global understanding, we need to listen to stories from places across our political and cultural borders. Out of a concern that young screenwriters and film directors in East Africa and South Asia do not have access to the professional training and production resources necessary for these story-tellers to articulate their visions, filmmaker, Mira Nair, was inspired to establish Maisha (which means life in swahili).
For more Information, contact Ms. Musarait Kashmiri, programme director, on Maisha..email:maishafilmlab@infocom.co.ug www.maishafilmlab.com
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