Our Students Experience
”I was able to try a lot of different things. This sense of freedom to experiment and to create was really helpful for me. It was a great experience. A new way of doing things, especially if you are interested in the intersection between anthropology and film.”
Nnenna Onuoha - PhD researcher in Anthropology
“I learned a lot about filmmaking, and I had an amazing time working on the film. Great community atmosphere, with colleagues from all over the world. Such an interesting mix of people. It made the experience very, very interesting.”
Oana Țenter - Fulbright Fellow Documentary-making
“It changed me in the way I film, I edit, in the way I prepare. It helped explain things better, understanding the ideas in the film. I was able to ask questions whenever I needed to. I would definitely recommend Cineimpact.”
Ignacio Garcia Sanchez - Filmmaker, storyteller, film editor
“The hardest part was to create the storyline. Not having a script and shooting for three full days made me feel a little bit concerned. But the Cineimpact team helped me extract the story from my footage. I learned so much in such a short time!”
Sergiu Chirău - Videographer, Storyteller
CINEIMPACT – Academy of Film, Transmedia and Interaction Design is a transdisciplinary catalyst in the fields of Filmmaking, Social Sciences and Strategic Communication.
In the period 19th - 26th of November 2023 you can enhance your creative efficiency within CINEIMPACT Film Academy in Casablanca-Morocco, an international art and social program dedicated to empowering you in the production of high-quality Films and Immersive Story Design.
As everyday more, Film and Transmedia storytelling can support topics of great human relevance, we invite Audio-Visual Practitioners to explore deeper and more sustainably their creative aims, helped by the mutual empowerment of immersive Filmmaking and Social Sciences.
Since 2014, Cineimpact Academies have addressed challenging themes. mentored and developed participants from over 20 countries on 5 continents, giving forward a method with results internationally recognized by two selections and an award at the prestigious Cannes International Film Festival.
Cineimpact Film Academy bridges the co-creative powers of Non-Fiction Film Production, Docu-Fiction Storytelling, Social Sciences and Personal Impact Journeys. Practical necessities of our present society prove that Filmmakers are tremendously enriched by best practice Anthropology and Humancentric Sciences, just as much as Innovative Communicators need to develop high-quality Film and Storytelling skillsets.
During the Cineimpact Film Academy, the successful applicants learn to optimally create new productions or perfect their work-in progress projects.
Fusing Filmmaking, Transmedia and Cross-Cultural Interaction Design, Cineimpact Method is offering a toolbox to reach your best creative potential in crafting your optimal film and immersive stories, even within difficult and hardly controllable contexts.
A Learning & Creative Journey for whom?
Creatives that want to set solid grounds or optimize their skills in fields such as:
Independent Film Directing / Cinematography / Editing,
Film / Transmedia / Multimedia Production,
Creative Documentary / Docu-Fiction / Fiction Post-Production.
Audio-Visual Anthropology / Ethnography / Journalism,
Video Communication / Arts / Activism,
Community / Participatory / Engagement Videography.
Cineimpact programs are focused on the humancentric essence of the filmmaking & storytelling process: special filming, editing, and anthropological insights, empowering your capacity to communicate with and for the world.
The Cineimpact experience optimizes your practical abilities to construct independent productions, in a manner that delves deeply into the human nature and society, creates emotional connections, generates empathy and involvement.
SAMPLES OF STUDENT WORK
You can choose to apply for the section :
New Project Production
-On Site & On Line-
Duration: 19th - 26th of November 2023
12 Days ( 8 Days On-Site + 4 Days On-Line )
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
The Participant learns a practical, transdisciplinary method on how to create an optimal movie/transmedia project out of a challenging topic, within a limiting amount of time, budget and context. The learning experience integrates the entire process of non-fiction and docu-fiction film making by developing a new film project from A to Z while going through the fundamentals of anthropological field work, pre-production, production and post-production phases, concluding with a brief final touch on project pitching, fine tuning and distribution.
The Cineimpact Method
The Cineimpact Method was developed since 2005 by Ionuț Pițurescu, interlacing Applied Sociology & Anthropology with Immersive Filmmaking, internationally recognized through movies such as "Quest" (Romania, 32 min), selected and awarded by "Quinzaine des Réalisateurs" at the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival.
"Quest" is a docu-fiction, medium-length movie, completed by Pițurescu from picking up the topic to the end, in a surprising time frame for a story that won one of the most sought-after prizes of the film industry. At the heart of the 2010 Selection and Prize at Cannes IFF for Quest, lies an ingenious Sensory Storytelling Method grounded on efficient Filming, Editing, and Socio-Visual Anthropology techniques, appliable in your most demanding audio-visual projects.
Bringing together his 20+ years of practical and field-work experience in over 40 countries, along various academic studies, including a Ph.D. in Sociology and Visual Anthropology, Ionut Pițurescu designed an experiential learning method developed around the most elusive parts of the filmmaking and transmedia processes: THE SENSORY STORYTELLING, THE EMPATHY FLOW and THE EMOTIONAL JOURNEY, co-created with and for the involved audiences and human contexts.
In 2015 a second selection at Cannes International Film Festival's Cinefondation Atelier had Pițurescu's docu-fiction project "Borders" (Denmark, Romania, Burma) recognized as one of the best feature-length film projects worldwide confirming the Cineimpact insightful method.
You can choose to apply for the section :
Work in Progress Incubator
-On Site & On Line-
Duration: 19th - 26th of November 2023
12 Days ( 8 Days On-Site + 4 Days On-Line )
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
The Participant learns a practical, transdisciplinary method on how to create an optimal movie story out of a challenging raw footage, within a limiting amount of time, budget and context. The learning experience integrates one-to-one advice and development mentorship on one of their work-in-progress projects, being a non-fiction, docu-fiction or fiction project, challenged by the hardships of script development, pre-production, production or post-production phases, integrating the optimization of project’s package, pitching, rough-cut, fine tuning or distribution strategy.
Learn a method with award-winning results
Get access to the process that generated two selections and one Grand Prize at Cannes International Film Festival.
Develop your present and future projects
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Apply the method to your documentary, docu-fiction or scripted film projects. Our Story Accelerator creative camp sections - "New Project Production" and "Work in Progress", are designed as hands-on learning experiences, fine-tuned for the specific challenges you can encounter in various present and future contexts.
Focus on what really matters
Sensory Storytelling, the Empathy Flow, the Emotional Journey. Grow an adaptive mastermind and personalized mindset at handling the most critical elements of shooting and editing. The rest of the knowledge is freely accessible on the web, one click away.
Time is precious. Spend it wisely.
In just a few days, you can acquire a personal toolbox of Anthropology & Filmmaking skills and see tangible results in your work, making this experience a great return on investment.
