One-Minute-OR-Less Documentaries
Film Co-op Training and Development - Coming Up!
Intro - Theory & Hands-on
Sept 6/7, Sat/Sun, 11am - 6pm
Instructor: Semra Yüksel
Location: New Brunswick Film Co-op, (732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton), Charlotte Street Arts Centre
Fee: $30 for NBFC Members
$40 for Non-Members
Number Limit: 8
It is a challenge to get your ideas into a one minute or thirty second documentary, but it is a rewarding and smart way to tell interesting stories. How to design, write and deliver a short form documentary is the topic of this workshop.
INSTRUCTOR’S BIOGRAPHY
Semra N. Yüksel is a sociologist, researcher, writer, documentary filmmaker and the president of Acrolect International Inc.
Semra chooses her film subjects carefully to heighten people’s knowledge and understanding of social and economic justice, human rights, and cultural equalities.
Her films have been used as an educational tool in the schools and she is frequently called upon by teachers, professors and community groups to show and talk about her films. In August 2007, she was invited to Sydney Australia to talk about her film Colours of Hope. Semra also spoke at the University of Prishtina in Kosova, in the Kingdom of Bhutan , at the Bilkent University in Ankara , Turkiye. She has given numerous workshops at the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative.
Presently, she is in the post-production stage of her documentary film Sabian which will be broadcast in primetime on Bravo and CBC Atlantic.