Filmmaker and journalist Tsai Tsung Lung joined us at ZeLIG during the Bolzano Film Festival Bozen to talk about the role of documentary and the documentarian. Missed it? No worries — we’ve put together some key takeaways for you!
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On Wednesday, April 9, at 9:30 AM, ZeLIG incollaboration with BFFB will host the masterclass "Mirror or Hammer? Documentary practices and field work in Taiwan" with Tsai Tsung Lung.
The event is free and requires a registration here.
Tsai Tsung Lung is a Taiwanese director and producer. He graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University with a Master degree in Mass Communication, specializing in documentary filmmaking. He started his career as a journalist for the Independence Morning Post and Wealth Magazine. Later he joined Investigation Report (Super TV) and Hall of Dissent (FTV) and took charge of the in-depth report and investigation.
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Two major public events will take place at ZeLIG in the coming weeks:
On Tuesday, March 18, starting at 9:30 AM, South Tyrolean award-winning film director Andreas Pichler will hold a masterclass on his latest film, Dangerously Close. The film won Best Documentary at the Prix Italia 2024 and the BLAUER PANTHER - TV and Streaming Award 2024 and was nominated for Best Film at the Realscreen Awards 2025 and the Silbersalz Science and Media Award 2024. It has also been successfully distributed in cinemas across Europe, drawing large audiences.
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On Thursday, February 13, at 8 p.m. at Filmclub in Bolzano there will be the screening of AMOR, Italian award-winning documentary realised by Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri, who will introduce the film and participate in a Q&A with the audience afterwards. The screening is part of the film program DOCDAY, organised by FAS - Film Association South Tyrol together with the Art Gallery LUNGOMARE, who will host a talk with the film director at 18.30h of the same day at Filmclub, around the topic "Rivers and Art".
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Johannes Hammel is a Swiss filmmaker based in Vienna. He has worked as a DoP on numerous independent projects in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, including recent films by Ruth Beckermann.
On Thursday, 16 January, he will be in Bolzano to present FAVORITEN by Ruth Beckermann (20:00 at Filmclub), where he served as DoP. The following day, Friday, 17 January, he will hold an open masterclass at ZeLIG - School for Documentary, starting at 9:30. The session will focus on the production process of the film and his professional career.
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Wondering if ZeLIG might be the right place for you?
Come visit us on Wednesday, December 11, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Via Brennero 20/d. We’ll share our plans for the upcoming three years, introduce you to current students, and show you around our classrooms and equipment!
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Andreas Pichler, aktuell gefeiert für seinen neuen Erfolg "Gefährlich nah", wird nächste Woche bei uns sein, um einen seiner ersten Filme zu präsentieren: Schneeberg.
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Wir cruisen durchs Land und bringen die ZeLIG zu euch! Anlässlich der schon laufenden Bewerbungsphase für den Ausbildungszyklus 2025-2028, laden wir an drei Abenden in alle drei Ecken der Provinz zur Präsentation unserer Ausbildung mit anschließenden Film-Screenings!
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After a successful pitch held in Bolzano on the 3rd of October, the new ZeLIG graduation films, which will close the three-years cycle 2022 - 2025, are now entering their production phase.
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On Thursday, 3 October, starting at 9.30h at ZeLIG, there will be the Pitch of the upcoming graduation films.
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ZeLIG invites you to an OPEN DAY, followed by a ZeLIG film screening "under the stars".
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"Do you get me?", graduation film realised by Otto Lazić-Reuschel, Julia Inderst and Angela Disanto, received the award for the Best Medium-Short Documentary at the "Acthung Berlin" Film Festival, which took place in the German capital in April.
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Our students Simona Palmieri, Esther Kreiner and Elisa Cabbai, and our graduate Nuno Escudeiro, received two important awards at the 72nd edition of the Trento Film Festival.
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"Stanze", a short film realised by Simona Palmieri, Esther Kreiner and Elisa Cabbai, has been selected for the official program of "DIAGONALE - Festival of Austrian films"
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Our film DUSK CHORUS - Based on "Fragments of Extinction" is part of the two-days event "SOUNDSCAPES - L'esperienza del silenzio e del suono nel paesaggio", which takes place in Treviso on 22. And 23. February.
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Our recent graduation films continue their festival tour. New screenings foreseen between October and November.
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ORERA, graduation film by Julien Mounier, Nicola Maccanetti and Andrea Tomarchio, was part of the official program of the International Film Festival "Cinemambiente", which took place in Turin from 5. to 11. June.
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Our graduation film "CLOUDY MEMORIES", realised by Isabella Friedl and Demetra Rizzi, started its festival distribution with two important awards.
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Our recent graduation film, "Fuoritempo", by Matilde Ramini, Lorenzo Covi and Alessandra Bassi, will have its World Premiere at the Bellaria Film Festival, from 10. to 14. May.
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ZeLIG - Bolzano Documentary School has always set out to train filmmakers of international standing. But even the world's greatest and most successful filmmakers started "small".
From the 17th of March to the 4th of June, the students of the school will present their first exercises in the exhibition "DAN GRAHAM. Sonic Youth Pavilion" at Passage, a freely accessible space on the ground floor of Museion.
With the title "My Bolzano. Views of the city.", the 24 short films that explore the city of Bolzano from 24 individual points of view will be visible by the public. Dan Graham's work contains 4 video stations, each with 6 ZeLIG films.
The title of the exercise "My Bolzano" is interpreted in a completely personal way by the students. Some of these works reflect the personal and emotional experiences of the filmmakers, while others reflect on themes of a social and cultural nature and allow us to broaden our gaze from the Alpine valley floor to society as a whole, always starting from a fundamental premise for the teaching of documentary: the telling of stories of individuals and individual humanity.
Each of these films represents an important stage in the formation of the film-makers of the future. In the years to come, students will deepen and further refine their technical and dramaturgical skills and will be ready to establish themselves as protagonists of international cinema.
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