After an intense process of selection, 30 new students have been admitted to attend the new three years didactic cycle in documentary filmmaking 2016-2019.
On Friday, July 1, with the last day of the graduation exams, the didactic cycle 2013-2016 in documentary filmmaking arrived at the end. 29 students received their qualification in Directing/Project Development, Camera/Lights and Editing/Post-production.
"Working for an African NGO, bringing across to as broad an audience as possible the reality we face on the ground, and the central reasons why we do our work, has always been essential. Through ESoDoc I have come to understand that there are broader channels of communications, possible partnerships and very real interest in the themes we deal with than I had envisaged. ESoDoc has shown me that NGOs have very real opportunities to ensure that the stories which are at the core of their work can be widely shared on a great number of mutually supporting platforms."
"Participation in ESoDoc made me realize even stronger that working on transmedia documentary project is not about the idea in my head but more about how do I communicate it to the world and how do I want to create an impact. This conclusion was backed by wonderful ESoDoc community: organizers, tutors and participants which was enriching as professional and deeply human experience."
"I found a great community at ESoDoc of people who share my passion and concern for the world around us. The multiple sessions gave us a chance to develop over time our strategies for how to tell our stories. I have also profited a lot from the ongoing ESoDoc network after our workshop concluded."
"Alla ZeLIG ho avuto l’opportunità di acquisire competenze tecniche e “di pensiero”, di alimentare una mia idea di cinema, di incontrare compagni di classe preziosi, personalità affascinanti e profonde, prima di tutto amici, con alcuni dei quali abbiamo stretto un sodalizio professionale e artistico che dura ormai da lungo tempo."
"Trovo che la ZeLIG sia come una porta, si entra e ci si ritrova in un mondo circondato da tuoi simili, che amano il cinema quanto se stessi e apprendono le competenze che servono per realizzare film di grande qualità. "
"La ZeLIG è una palestra di vita che mette a disposizione gli attrezzi del fare documentario e fornisce le lenti attraverso le quali guardare e analizzare il mondo. Un’officina speciale di reciproco apprendimento. Frequentare la scuola di documentario ha rappresentato far coincidere la formazione con il lavoro che amo. Il privilegio e l’occasione di incontrare i maestri e i professionisti del settore, di intessere relazioni lavorative, in uno spazio e in un tempo progettato per noi allievi, attraverso un percorso quotidiano di formazione tecnica, professionale e umana; con il supporto di un team disponibile e competente. Rifrequenterei cento e mille volte ancora la scuola ZeLIG!"
"I won the opportunity to study for three years at the ZeLIG School for Documentary Film in Northern Italy. The program was an eye-opener and I learned to translate my visions into a strong cinematographic language.
Graduated from ZeLIG Film School (South Tyrol, Italy 2007-2010) with distinctions and the diploma film - ‘Guanape Sur’ a documentary about workers that harvest guano on a barren island off the coast of Peru – was invited to over 50 film festivals including Plus Camerimage and IDFA. It also won prices in San Sebastian, the IDA Award, Silver Docs, i. a., including a few prices for best cinematography.
Since then I have worked in the field of feature-length creative documentary and fiction for cinema release and television world wide."
