Istanbul Express filmmaking workshop

NISI MASA is glad to announce its biggest itinerant filmmaking workshop of 2010 which will be

realised this autumn in 18 countries via the railways of Europe with as final destination: Istanbul.

Istanbul Express: Exploring Multilingualism across Europe aims to investigate the common issues

about languages starting from three European capitals, passing through three, and finally arriving

Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture.

The 45 participants will meet in three European Capitals: Tallinn, San Sebastián and Turin. Dividing

into groups of three people (one director, one cinematographer and one sound engineer), they will

make 15 short documentaries on the way to Istanbul. 15 participants will meet on the 20th of September

in each starting city. After spending some days at the starting city by shootings and attending the local

events organized in the frame of the workshop; they will start the journey. Each train will pass 7/8 large

European cities (mostly capitals) and make shootings on the trains and in the stopover cities.

Besides, they will attend some local events organized by the NISI MASA member organizations at

these cities.

Apply now to for a chance to be on board!