Six intriguing masterclasses will be held in Agia Anna, from July 4th to July 6th, within the framework of a specialized workshop, tailor-made for the students of the Department of Digital Arts and Cinema of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, based in Psachna, Evia. All masterclasses are free for the audience.
Thursday July 4th
Challenges in the creation of a Mixed Reality project
Taking the Μixed Ρeality (MR) project Paradise Lost, currently in the development stage, as a case study, the prolific interdisciplinary artist will discuss the challenges that exist in the landscape of Greek production, and especially the technical solutions that can cater to the artistic vision at the level of programming, 3D animation, motion capture, etc.
Friday July 5th
Burning Days: Filmmaking in the Drylands
Emin Alper, one of the most prominent Turkish filmmakers of our time, and renowned Greek producer Yorgos Tsourgiannis, co-producer of Alper’s latest film (Burning Days), discuss the creative process behind their work; together they will explore the challenges of filmmaking in uncertain times and geographical contexts, developing alternative methodologies against, with, and possibly due to erratic limitations.
During the the 3rd Evia Film Project, Emin Alper will also attend the screening of his film Burning Days, which received the FISCHER Audience Award for the Balkan Survey’s official selection of the 63rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Scriptwriting: The Art of the Feasible
How easy is it to put your thoughts on paper and how realistic is it to believe that’s enough? Katerina Bei will discuss the collaboration between a screenwriter, a film director, and a producer, as well as cinema genres and their specific challenges; at the same time, she will lay down techniques and practices, comparing the similarities and differences between the scripts written for the small and the big screen.
Child and Cinema: A Constant Relationship
From its outset, cinema has been a dynamic medium immediately associated with childhood (and therefore with education), significantly affecting the ways we think about and perceive our world. This talk will set off a journey from the interwar period to this day, with the aim to identify the key and invariable points, as well as the relentless radical changes of this relationship, with a focus on the Greek reality.
Saturday July 6th
Milky Way and Other Universes of Music: Is music needed in the galaxy of the image?
Following the success of the original score he wrote for last season’s smash hit TV series Milky Way by Vasilis Kekatos, Kostis Maraveyas returns to Evia Film Project for a masterclass on music for the screen, explaining the terms in which cinema can give a helping hand to the narrative and visual world. He unravels his personal approach to the matter and analyzes the way he teams up with film and stage directors, from the moment of identifying the scenes that call out for a musical touch up until the final selection of sounds and composition.
Heatwave: Combining Animation Techniques
A presentation on the mixed-media techniques and the combination of analog and digital registers in the world of animation. Delving into his awarded graduation short Heatwave, the artist talks about the process of discovering new animation techniques, narrating his personal journey from the role of the VFX artist and digital designer all the way to becoming a stop-motion filmmaker.
