World Film Collective

WFC has just wrapped workshops in Brazil and Palestine! From October through December 2009, we delivered a Level 1 Fictional Shorts Workshop in the Cidade de Deus favela in Rio de Janeiro, and a Level 2 Documentary workshop in the Balata Refugee Camp in Palestine. The students were enthusiastic and eager to learn about making films with mobile phones. Each workshop produced two wonderful short films based on the issues that the students found most relevant and important in their lives.

We are currently busy delivering our second workshop here in London, and are preparing for our upcoming workshop in South Africa this March! Stay tuned for more updates and student films from the workshops!

Check out our latest films to be uploaded to the WFC site.

These films were produced by participants at our workshop in Morro dos Prazeres favela, focusing on life in the favela and Central station.

Participants were taught the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking, the results of which can be seen in these films, all of which were shot on a Nokia 6010 Navigator phone.

 Click here to watch the work of these talented young people from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

World Film Collective has continued its momentum from a busy summer of workshops by starting a new workshop in Nablus, Palestine earlier this month.

Next week a new workshop will launch in Inpar, Brasil with 14 participants embarking on their first mobile-phone filmmaking workshop.

Both workshops are being taught by local drama and film professionals who are being employed by World Film Collective.

After successfully completing a pilot workshop with the Amy Biehl Foundation in South Africa, World Film Collective will be starting two new workshops with Amy Biehl Foundation in a matter of weeks, one for creative shorts and the other for documentary filmmaking.

November will also mark the beginning of our first documentary workshop in London which will be enjoyed by students from Little Ilford Learning Zone.

World Film Collective is now preparing for a significant fundraising event in London this November where we will showcase the films produced by our participants.

If you would like to help us deliver our upcoming workshops, perhaps you would consider donating a spare camera phone or even donating any airmiles you might have accumulated.

Contact us if you think you might be able to help or click here to become a member and hear about our updates more regularly.

We are holding a training session to train potential tutors for employment in Cape Town from 11am - 5pm on Saturday 10^th and Sunday 11^th October.

Places are limited and will be confirmed by 6pm, Thursday 8^th October.

If you would like to be considered for training to become a World Film Collective tutor, please send your CV or a short-profile describing yourself and your work to roles@worldfilmcollective.com.

We have today uploaded the final film produced by participants from the Maloyaroslavskii Children's Home in Russia.

This Level One workshop, which finished in August, involved participants learning all facets of filmmaking, from storyboards to directing, producing and editing.

Their final film, entitled Fishing was a collaborative effort from all workshop participants, aged 10-17 years old. Click here to view.

WFC is looking for an intern to join our London team. This is a unique opportunity to get involved with our organisation and help us to continue our work across the world.

Click here to find out more information, applications close September 21st.