"Let's make something!": an international workshop in close contact with the territory of the Canton Ticino

On the occasion of the invitation to Michelangelo Frammartino as guest of honour of L'immagine e la parola (12 - 13 March 2022), Locarno will once again be the venue for a film workshop: eight young filmmakers, chosen on an international call, will make their own short film, starting with a reflection on the activation of the role of the spectator within the cinematic work.

The Ticino Film Commission is very pleased to collaborate once again with the Locarno Film Festival and the CISA (Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive) to open up new training opportunities for young filmmakers from Ticino and from all over the world through workshops that lead young talents to a process of research and reflection, always in close dialogue with the territory of the Canton Ticino.

The Spring Academy, a project that will host this new theoretical and practical film workshop lasting about ten days led by Michelangelo Frammartino, an Italian director and screenwriter, follows on from the experience of the workshop held as part of L'immagine e la parola 2019, which for over a week allowed fifteen young directors from all over the world to meet with the master of international cinema Béla Tarr. An experience crowned by the presentation of the episodic film Under the God at the 72nd edition of the Festival.

The workshop “Lets make something” will get under way during L’immagine e la parola  itself, providing an opportunity for eight filmmakers from around the world to explore and learn about the Canton Ticino, with the invaluable guidance of an artist such as Frammartino, a tutor and teacher of directing at CISA, noted for his careful observation of the link between the inhabitants of a territory and their environmental and cultural context. The young filmmakers selected will conceive and make their short films in a theoretical and practical workshop in which Frammartino will develop the concept of images that are not “just” pictures but instead aspire to the status of “things” (hence the title Let’s make something!). The resulting eight short features will be shown at the 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival (3-13 August 2022).

Applications are invited from candidates who:

• are young filmmakers (age limit 35) who have attended or are attending a film school and/or already possess advanced training in filmmaking;
• have made at least one short film screened in public;
• are fluent in English;
• are available to attend in person throughout the workshop.

More information and registration on the Locarno Film Festival website at the following link.

The Spring Academy is organized by the Locarno Film Festival and CISA (International Academy of Audiovisual Sciences), in collaboration with the Ticino Film Commission and with the support of RSI, PalaCinema and Hotel Du Lac.