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Framework programme of the Film Spring Workshop 2018
We start on 17.10 at our usual venue – Przegorzały in Kraków. There are more and more of us each year. There are 300 people already registered, and about 100 people plan to come to us from abroad. Your future and what awaits our industry, sets the direction of our activities. This year, we are supported by 50 Partners and the theme of this year’s edition is the New Production Model, and consequently, changes in the industry and new technologies.
We are working on our daily schedule but right now we are presenting in brief what awaits us at Film Spring Workshop this year.
Special guests
This year we will host James Edward Marks and Chris Szkoda (HoloPortal) – creators of virtual holograms from England. For the first time in Poland you will be able to talk to a virtual hologram in MR!
We are also delighted to have the opportunity to meet the renowned producer Ewa Puszczyńska, (“Ida”, “Cold War”), who will advise debutants on which way to go and how to adapt on the changing AV market. Magdalena Kamińska (Balapolis) will talk about coproductions and working with an international partner on the example of “Werewolf”/”Wilkołak”.
Lectures, meetings and presentations
Artificial intelligence and creativity? – this question will be discussed by an outstanding specialist, Aleksandra Przegalińska, who works at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Boston and is a researcher of new technologies, virtual reality identity, humanoid artificial intelligence and who also deals with robotics. She will bring with her Muse headbands testing the activity of our brain. The international company Unit 9 will present its VR and AR projects. The creators of the first Polish feature film in VR -”A Postcard from an Uprising”/”Kartka z Powstania” directed by Tomasz Dobosz will show how complicated but also fascinating process you have to go through to create an engaging narrative.
To all creators who want to find a new reality, we recommend a lecture and a workshop on psychology by Aleksandra Zienowicz-Wielebska, Ewa Serwotka and Pola Weiner. Konrad Kruczkowski will tell you how not to stop creative work in the so-called adult life.
The excellent, charismatic Gabriela Muskała (“Fugue”, “7 feelings”) will talk about acting in the film and whether an actor can write a script for themselves, and also how not to let go and follow the path.
Screenwriters will be assisted by Aleksandra Leszczyńska and Zofia Horszczaruk who will show how to pitch projects and promote them at festivals and also how to write an interesting synopsis.
About the art of animation using Cinema 4D on the example of his own projects will tell us our guest from Germany, Fabian Rozenkranz as well as Kamil Polak, who not only makes animated films, but also creates animations for the plays of Krzysztof Warlikowski. Piotr Ługowski (MBS Ltd.) will talk about music and its role in the film.
Creative groups and contests
This year, we prepared 22 creative groups with diverse programs:
– Award-winning Laila Pakalnina, director of documentary and feature films, will come to us from Latvia to lead the documentary film group;
– Thanks to our Partner, FoodCare, the producer of 4Move drink, the sports film group was created this year. The group will be filming the RUNMAGEDDON TRAINING RUNS held in Przegorzały and in Andrychów. We invite you to take part in them, but also to make a reportage of this event. Marcin Koszałka, director and DOP, will support our participants. In the Friday’s race a renowned goal-keeper, Jerzy Dudek will participate. 8 Participants of the group will receive scholarships from FoodCare to participate in the group (accommodation and meals);
– Music videos group led by Kobas Laksa – the winner of Fryderyk award for the best music video of 2017 – will create music videos for Tymon Tymański. Thanks to the Agora Publishing House, our participants have the opportunity to receive three scholarships to participate in the Film Spring Workshop;
– Groups: Animation – Kamil Polak – the creator of the animated film “The Lost Town of Switez”, which we will show during the Workshop and Painting Animation (Daria Rzepiela and Tomasz Wełna) will support the participants in creating music videos for Universal Music Polska. If the music videos appeal to them, Universal will sign commercial contracts with their creators;
– Transmissions in 4K quality no longer require the use of transmission vehicles. The future of streaming are 360-degree technologies and virtual reality – the SelfieTV Group (Łukasz Owczarzak) will have the opportunity to work using various equipment available for streaming: Panasonic 360 cameras, Black Magic equipment, Sony and an Israeli company – Mantis Vision equipment delivered by Bemiks. This year, the group also tested the new Selfie TV application that will allow Cinebus to upload videos recorded on mobile phones and will enable communication on the set. Thanks to Aruba, from this year, Cinebus is equipped with its own internal network enabling the transmission of films to Cinebus from a distance of up to 500 m;
– The Canon nature films group will hunt nature photos of the night forest under supervision of Maciej Thiem and Adam Suzin with the help of the extremely sensitive Canon ME20F-SH camera (4500000 ISO) allowing night shots without any lighting. Let’s search with them for a new language of storytelling to describe the world which we live in;
– Scriptwriting group (Borys Lankosz, Łukasz Maciejewski), to which the participants are selected on the basis of their treatment proposals will work on the analysis of their screenplays;
– New production model group will discuss how to make feature films cheaper and better using scenes from scripts as the starting point for the discussion (Sławomir Idziak);
– Previs group – animatics (Piotr Kukla) with FrameForge Storyboard Studio will help you prepare Previses of your feature films;
– Commercial film group (Marcin Ziębiński, Kamil Janik) will support Szlachetna Paczka. We encourage you to use VR and AR in advertising;
– The interactive narration group (Florent Pallares) will be involved in the work on the further part of the “Only You” project that has been carried out and analised for the last two years at our Workshop;
– Virtual and Augmented reality (Konrad Ziaja) will invite you to create new worlds and narratives;
– Augmented reality cinematic experience group (Wojciech Szczerba) is an experiment – a game to which we invite all participants of the Workshop;
– A modern workflow on the set of audiovisual projects. Post-production (editing, colour correction and CGI) during filming (Bogdan Dziworski) – will work using and testing Cinebus’s capabilities. We will analyze the structure of the Virtual Studio we are building, which will be the subject of this year’s Symposium (20-21 October);
– In the CGI and modern editing group (Jakub Sobek), you will familiarize yourself with the basics of animation, which you can then use in editing;
– Internet creators will be led by a socially sensitive blogger Konrad Kruczkowski and Ania Siewiorek. The group will explore modern forms of interaction with Internet users;
– LG YouTubers group (Daniel Rusin) is a group in which you will be able to make films using smartphones. The last Sodeberg movie was drawn only by means of mobiles.
– The OFFmaster Group (Wiktor Obrok) – practical technical exercises showing how to use various components of a modern, but economically-minded filmmaker’s vocation;
– Keeping control in extreme filming conditions (Martn Demmer) will practically show how to maintain control in extreme conditions on the set;
– No budget films (Andrzej Szypulski) will show how to make a film with no budget;
– Film graphics group (Maja Wolna) – we will encourage you to design a promotional poster for the film.
Screenings and meetings with filmmakers
Director Adrian Panek, who was awarded this year for directing at the Festival in Gdynia, will tell us about his film “The Werewolf”/”Wilkołak”
The film “Strzemiński / Kobro. Fantastic Tale” directed by Borys Lankosz and with cinematography by by Marcin Koszałka will have its premiere at Film Spring Workshop. This film was made specially for the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Kamil Polak will show his full-length animated film “The Lost Town od Switez”.
Marek Koterski, the director, will be our guest. We will watch his new comedy “7 feelings” featuring excellent actors.
We will be hosting Jagoda Szelc again, this time telling about her diploma film “Monument”.
Lila Pakalnina will show two of her films: “Short film about life” and “Dawn”. Operator Piotr Kukla, who will come to us especially from the Netherlands, will show the film “The Storm” / “De Storm” dir. Ben Sombogaart and tell how amazing it can be to work on a catastrophic film.
The projection of the debut film “Juliusz” is special to us – the director Aleksander Pietrzak was a three-time participant of our Film spring Workshop. Cinematographer, Mateusz Pastewka, will tell you how to prepare and plan a movie using pre-visualization.
Symposium of the New Production Model
On October 20-21 we organize a Symposium devoted to this topic. It will be led by Filip Kovcin (Film Pro). Participation in the discussion: Sławomir Idziak (cinematographer), producer Magdalena Kamińska (Balapolis), Maciej Ryśniak (Movie Bird), Łukasz Bem (Bemiks), Przemysław Garlak (CamSat), Robert Woźniak (Canon), Łukasz Bem (Bemiks), Konrad Ziaja (Film Spring Open). We will discuss the case of a virtual studio, which, like everything in the Film Spring Open, can be mobile…
During the event, there will be presentations of modern equipment produced in Poland and abroad. The equipment will also be available to participants of the Film Spring Workshop (MovieBird crane 14 , DGI drones, gimbals, LED light from the Akurat, etc.).
Film Spring Workshop’s Partner and provider of the Cinema 4D software for all workstations available at the Workshop is Maxon, at the invitation of which Fabian Rosenkranz, the creator of animations, will visit us. For our participants, the Adobe software package will also be available (thanks to Graficzne.pl), and also for the first time this year Avid and Pro Tools, and thanks to the Cyfrowa Republika – Resolve 15.
The participants of the Film spring Workshop will have cameras by: Arri, Canon, Panasonic, Sony, Black Magic, RED; lenses: Angenieux, Sigma, Samyang, optics from Panavision, LG phones and a lot of additional equipment, and above all two editing rooms (in the Cinebus and at the venue) equipped with HP workstations. As every year, Lux will provide light and professional suppor. The LED lights will be provided by the Akurat company and grip accessories by GLC. The professional Schoeps and Azden sound equipment will be provided by MBS Sp. z o.o. and ZOOM equipment will be provided by Sound Service. VR solutions will be delivered by VR Games and Epson.
Workshops
The creativetools.pl company will provide workshops on editing using Avid program as well as workshops with the RED camera and Sony VENICE.
Thanks to the Cyfrowa Republika (Digital Republic) company, there will be workshops on colour-correction using BlackMagic Design.
Marian Folga will conduct a workshop on the basics of stage make-up.
We can already guarantee that the programme will be interesting. Feel invited!
More about the programme of creative groups here
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- We are extending the Film Spring Open Workshop!
October 2021
- Make independent cinema with Wiktor Obrok!
- Konrad Kruczkowski will mentor the Youtubers Group
- Magdalena Miśka-Jackowska will be a tutor of the New Green Model Production Group!
- The 16th edition of the Film Spring Open Workshop is starting in less than a week!
- ARRI Crime Movies Group with Sławomir Idziak and Martn Demmer!
- Artur Homan and the Nature Films Group!
September 2021
- Konrad Aksinowicz will supervise Music Videos Group!
- From participant to mentor. Maciej Kunach will supervise the Video Games Group!
- NUKE the Art of Visual Effects with Agata Nawrocka!
- The Commercial Film Group with Jan Cieślar as a mentor!
- Marcin Koszałka will supervise the Sony Venice Group!
- Tomasz Siwiński and Animation Group at Film Spring Open!
- Film Spring Open: The Wawel Hackathon
- Canon Documentary Film Group mentor will be Oscar-nominated director Hanna Polak!
- Join Virtual & Augmented Reality Group led by Konrad Ziaja and Martn Demmer!
- Florent Pallares will lead Interactive Narration Group 2021!
July 2021
November 2020
October 2020
- Congratulations to winners of PZU Competition!
- Join CGI and modern editing group!
- Join VFX Group and win Nuke license!
- Check the program of Film Spring Open 2020
- Director Olga Czyżykiewicz will lead Music Videos Group
- Konrad Ziaja will lead Virtual Reality Group
September 2020
- Join Film Music Group
- Adam Suzin and Beata Rakoczy will lead Group Sony Shooting in Rough Conditions
- Bloger Konrad Kruczkowski will lead Internet Creators Group
- Pawel Dyllus will lead Arri Crime Movies Group
- Slawomir Idziak will lead New Green Production Model Group
August 2020
- Florent Pallares will lead Interactive Narration Group
- Canon Documentary Films Group
- Filming on a virtual set group
- We invite you to join Nature Films Group
July 2020
- Contest for a PZU SA preventive campaign
- Jagoda Szelc will lead scriptwriting group at Film Spring Open 2020 online edition
- Film Spring Open – Lab of the audiovisual future. Welcome to the 2020 Film Spring Open Workshop!
April 2020
October 2019
- The Kissinger Twins will lead a masterclass at Film Spring Open 2019
- Join the Video Games Group with Bloober Team!
- We invite to join Sony Xperia Youtubers Group at Film Spring Open 2019
- Andrey Zvyagintsev (“Leviathan”, “Loveless”) will be a guest at Film Spring Open 2019
- Learn about ecology and come to Green Film Open discussion panel at Film Spring Open 2019
- Artur Reinhart will lead the Nikon Movie Close-up group
- Sophia Kyriacou will be a guest at Film Spring Open 2019
- Wanda i Marcin Kędzierzawscy will lead the SFX and special effects make-up group
- Paweł Dyllus will lead the Arri Group – crime movies now and in the future
September 2019
- Gabriel Ziaja will lead Virtual Reality HP Group this year!
- Check the program of Film Spring Open Workshop 2019!
- Kuba Sobek will lead CGI and modern editing group
- Music video contest: win one of a three workshop scholarships!
- Michał Sobociński will lead the Sony Venice Group
- Sławomir Idziak will lead the Actors Previs Group this year
- Agata Nawrocka will lead Nuke The Art of Visual Effects Group
- Wojciech Staroń will lead Canon Documentary Film Group
- Why is it worth to join the contest? We ask the winners of 2017 edition
August 2019
- The Interactive Narration Group will continue the project during Film Spring Open 2019
- Film Summer Masterclass in Görlitz
- Competition for a PZU SA Preventive Campaign: fifteen scholarships to win!
- Dorota Kędzierzawska will lead Family and Children’s Film Group
July 2019
- Jagoda Szelc will lead screenwriting group at Film Spring Open 2019
- Join us at the audiovisual workshop Film Spring Open 2019!
December 2018
- Jagoda Szelc at the Film Spring Open Workshop 2018
- Visual Dramaturgy. Sławomir Idziak at the Film Spring Open Workshop 2018
- „You cannot make better fire than the real fire” – Neil Corbould – the special guest of the Film Spring Open Workshop 2018
- Tough way to debut. An Oscar winner, Ewa Puszczyńska – the special guest of Film Spring Open Workshop 2018
November 2018
- Character and Cartoon Animation in CINEMA 4D: 3 Case Studies – Fabian Rosenkranz at Film Spring Open Workshop 2018
- The 13. edition of the Film Spring Open Workshop has come to an end. Thank you!
October 2018
- Neil Corbould, a two-time Oscar winner arrived to teach special effects in low-budget filmmaking and Ewa Puszczyńska, an Oscar winner for Ida gave a lecture on film debut – the third day of the Film Spring Workshop behind us.
- Make an animated music video for Siles, Zuza Jabłońska or Laboratorium.
- Screenings at the Film Spring Workshop.The Lost Town of Świteź (dir. Kamil Polak)
- The latest technologies, talking Virtual Hologram and mind-tripping experiences in VR – our Special Guests: James E. Marks & Chris Szkoda from DoubleMe (London)
- Having a good head for filmmaking – about the mental training in the profession.
- Screenings at the Film Spring Workshop. Dawn and Short Film About Life
- LG YouTubers group. Be smart, use your smartphone to make a film.
- Screenings at the Film Spring Workshop. 7 FEELINGS/ 7 UCZUĆ.
- Framework programme of the Film Spring Workshop 2018
- Canon – Nature Films Group
September 2018
- Make a music video for Tymon Tymański & MU and win the scholarship at our workshop
- Get a scholarship and join our brand new group! Open call for the sports film group.
- Interactive narration group. Only you
- Meeting with an Artist – Jagoda Szelc
August 2018
- The Film Summer Masterclass has come to an end but this is just the beginning of great friendships and collaborations.
- From an idea to a story- from a line to a film. Painting animation group
- Make yourself a movie poster. A film graphics group
- Laila Pakalnina to tutor the documentary group at Film Spring Workshop.
July 2018
- Tools and means of transport in the new model of film production.
- Fantastic worlds of UNIT9
- Crossing the borders. Summer Masterclass
- Borys Lankosz will teach screenwriting at the Film Spring Workshop.
June 2018
- Augmented reality cinematic experience group
- The second team – how to speed work without losing in quality control.
- OPEN CALL for Film Spring Workshop 2018
May 2018
- Film professions. How is it and how could it be? cont.
- Film professions. How is it and how could it be?
April 2018
- Previs – New Workflow.
- Slawomir Idziak will hold a Visual Dramaturgy Workshop with introduction to New Model of Film Production in Bratislava.
- Filmmakers and artists at the Zakopane Festival of Films about Art. Promotion of the New Model of Film Production.
March 2018
- New Production Model. Part 4. All about Previs
- New Production Model. Part 3. Chaos, or how the cinematography is done in the film
February 2018
- Sławomir Idziak with the award for lifetime achievement. Cinebus at the PSC award ceremony.
- New Model of Film Production. Part 2. New is born from the death of the old
- The New Model of Film Production. Introduction.
December 2017
October 2017
- What you should know before coming to the Film Spring Workshop 2017
- The Summary of the Film Spring Workshop Programme 2017
- Internet stars at Film Spring Workshop.
September 2017
August 2017
- The battles, shootings, car chases, explosions – we shoot action scenes
- Revolution in Motion Capture accessible to anyone
- Allegro at the Film Spring Workshop – film project contest
- Make your own video game!
- Boost your technical filmmaking knowledge at Film Spring Workshop
- “Race cars, space jumps and explosions – putting every boy’s dreams into 3D graphics”. A presentation and workshop by Matthias Zabiegly, Aixsponza.
- Interactive Narration Group 2017 is waiting for you!
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
October 2016
September 2016
- Film Spring Open 2016 Daily Schedule
- Juliette Binoche at Film Spring Open-Air
- Neurobiology of creativity. For love of the Brain
August 2016
- Previs Group is waiting for you!
- Audiovisual Workshop „Spirit Possession or Confession” through the prism of the work of the French anthropologist and historian Michel de Certeau.
- Open Call to Commercials Group at Film Spring Open-Air
June 2016
May 2016
June 2015
September 2014
- Equipment at Film Spring Open Air 2014
- Only at FSO! Re-creating workflow of Natalie Portman’s directorial debut “A Tale of Love and Darkness”
- Sławomir Idziak workshops at FSO "The Triple Life of Veronique”
- Actors at Film Spring Open Air 2014
- Graphic of Film Spring Open Air 2014!
- Equipment at FSO – information from technical team
- Recruitment results – Filmspringers 2014
July 2014
- CHIMNEY POLAND supports Film Adaptations of Theatrical Spectacles Group!
- Music Videos Group KAYAX at Film Spring Open Air!
- Join Interactive Dramaturgy Group!
- Polish Society of Cinematographers offers scholarships for Film Spring Open Air!
June 2014
- Commercial Advertisement LOTTO Group at Film Spring Open Air!
- 105 000 PLN for scripts associated with Małopolska – Call for VII edition of the Competition “Three Crowns – Małopolska Film Award”!
- Invitation from Young Artists Set of the Union of Artists of Polish Scenes
- FilmSpringers’ "Your Place" now on VOFF
- Film Spring Open Air nominated for the Polish Film Institute Award!