Workshops

MOBIFILM workshop and work meeting of film festivals from the cross-border region FILMYing project focuses on the development of film audiences and film makers in the cross-border region

Activities within the cross-border project FILMYing during the 29th European Film Festival Palić

Open University Subotica, as the executive producer of the European Film Festival Palić, and the Center for the Organization of Events and Media Activities Szegedin (Szegedi Rendezvény- és Médiaközpont Nonprofit Kft.), as the executive producer of the Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival, are partners in the FILMYing project - Film art connects the cross-border region, which is implemented within the framework of the Interreg IPA CBC program Hungary - Serbia. FILMYing project focuses on the development of film audiences and film makers in the cross-border region by implementing four types of activities: 1. Organization of innovative education in the process of filmmaking, 2. Research and promotion of the region's historical ties in the field of film art, 3. Cooperation and networking of film festivals in the cross-border region and 4. Promotion of the partner countries’ cinema.

As a part of the 29th Palić European Film Festival, MOBIFILM workshop will be held for MOBIFILM school participants from Subotica and Szeged. MOBIFILM workshop will bring together 10 young students from the cross-border region who previously attended the MOBIFILM school in Subotica and Szeged and participated in a joint workshop during the Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival in May 2022. The goal of the 4-day MOBIFILM workshop is to improve and upgrade students' knowledge in the following areas: writing (developing their own) film scripts, mobile phone camera and recording - advanced level, advanced level of film editing, as well as creating short student films with a mobile phone and their screening.

As part of the 29th European Film Festival Palić, second work meeting of film festivals from the cross-border region takes place. Representatives of 10 film festivals from the cross-border region will be informed about the possibilities and practical examples of cooperation between film festivals within the framework of various EU funds, while in the practical part of the meeting they will work on the preparation of joint project proposals in the field of film art.