Program
The program
A month of virtual pre-production and fifteen days in Mendoza to make six short films, from the first idea to the final screening.
- 1. Virtual pre-production
- October 2027
- 2. Opening, scouting and stories
- 1–4 November
- 3. Casting and the shoot
- 5–10 November
- 4. Editing and delivery
- 10–13 November
- 5. Final screening
- 14 November
I. October 2027
Virtual pre-production
Four virtual sessions, one a week: teams and roles, ideas, developing stories and treatments, and the production plan. Days and times will be confirmed with the selected participants.
- Session 1
- Teams and roles. Introductions and forming the six teams, with each person's roles.
- Session 2
- Ideas. Each team's first ideas for its short.
- Session 3
- Stories and treatments. Developing the stories and their treatments.
- Session 4
- Production plan. Each team's production plan, looking ahead to scouting, casting and the shoot in Mendoza.
II. 1–4 November
Opening, scouting and stories
Arrivals and welcome. The opening, with the method and introductions to the teams, the technical crew and the mentors. Location scouting, locking the stories and the production table.
III. 5–10 November
Casting and the shoot
Casting, rehearsals, permits and shooting plan. Then five shooting days, with a progress screening and open sessions with guest professionals.
IV. 10–13 November
Editing and delivery
Editing, sound, mix and colour, through to the final cuts and export.
V. 14 November
Final screening
Screening of the six shorts, the ANIOLUZ distribution award for the winning short, and closing. Departures are on Monday the 15th.
VI. The format
Six shorts, six teams
Thirty participants, open genre and up to fifteen minutes per short.
- Short films
- 6 · up to 15 min
- One per team. Developed, shot, edited and screened within the workshop.
- Teams
- 6 of 5
- Thirty participants, in teams built by role, as on a professional independent film shoot.
- Genre
- Open
- Fiction, documentary, western, portrait, hybrid: each team decides how to tell its story.
- Support
- Technical crew and mentors
- Teams are supported by the workshop's technical crew and by mentors and guest professionals.
- Casting
- Actors
- For the stories that need it. Actors' fees are included in the price.
- Scouting
- Locations
- Fieldwork to choose where each short is shot.
VII. Selection
Selection by role
The head-of-department roles of a professional independent film crew. Each participant chooses up to two.
- Directing
- Screenwriting
- Producing
- Assistant directing
- Cinematography
- Gaffer
- Production sound
- Art direction
- Costume & make-up
- Editing
- Sound design & post
- Colour & picture post
- Original score
Applications open in January 2027: the guidelines, deadlines and calendar will be published that month. More information coming soon.
Mendoza · 1–15 November 2027
Applications open in January 2027
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