Filmmaking Workshops
In association with Metafilmes we provide training in academic and community focused filmmaking for universities, community groups and individuals. Our in-person workshops can last from three hours to three days to two weeks. Weekly online training is also available. All you need is an idea, a smartphone, a laptop and the internet. If you would like us to provide you, your organisation or department with a filmmaking workshop tailored to suit your needs then get in touch.
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Al Khalifa Urban Dreams
A two week award winning filmmaking workshop focusing on the relationship between urban and natural heritage for young people living in the historic neighbourhood of Al-Khalifa in Cairo. The first week of field trips to Ibn Tulum Mosque, Degla Valley Reserve, Giza Zoo, and Mardi Nature Reserve allowed the participants to explore their relationship with their environmental and urban heritage. Partnered with Megawra|Athar Lina and in collaboration with Nature Conservation Egypt (NCE), and was funded by Landscapes of Hope. Winner of the UIA 2023 Golden Cubes Award (Audio Visual Category).
Academic Filmmaking for Impact and Engagement
A three day workshop for students and staff who wanted to use film as part of their research method, and/or to make a film from their research data. Funded by the Westfield Fund.
Producing Knowledge with Film
An international summer workshop for PhD students teaching filmmaking in an academic research-based context to increase filmic and video literacy, and learn technical audio/video production skills. Students were able to represent their work visually, and build new pathways for their student research and activities. Part of the American Association of Geographers 2022 Summer Series.
Producing Knowledge with Film
An international three-day online workshop for PhD students from around the world, using film-making as part of their research.
Love Letters to Al-Khalifa
Our first filmmaking workshop for young people living in the historic neighbourhood of Al-Khalifa in Cairo. They made a series of short films telling stories of place. We used a unique place-based heritage approach to develop the original stories with the young filmmakers. The original workshop was planned to take place in one week on location in Al-Khalifa in the summer of 2020 but due to Covid-19 we had to move it online and deliver it as a series of weekly sessions. In the summer of 2022 we were able to travel to Egypt to complete the filming and screen the films. In partnership with Megawra|Athar Lina. Funded by QMUL’s Centre for Public Engagement.
Using filmmaking to challenge racism in the academy
A four day film-making workshop with Dr Ruqiyabi ‘Naz’ Awan (QMUL) and Prof Marilyn Holness OBE (Roehampton). Re-imagining Attainment For All 2 (RAFA 2) was a student-led initiative focusing upon the process of academic assessment in higher education with the aim of critically analysing and addressing the attainment gap between black/African/Caribbean/black British, and white students. Our remit was to facilitate students exploration of the causes and affects of the ‘attainment gap’ in Higher Education.
Video Mapping & Storytelling Workshop
A one-day workshop exploring how critical video mapping can be used a community engagement device and decision-making tool using methods developed during the British Academy funded research project ‘A Different Sense of Space: How Bedouins Mapped the Sinai‘. Using a base map of cities including New Orleans we created icons inspired by significant events and people in order to develop ways in which mapping can be used with film to situate stories of social justice in place.