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\u201eWe have lost our homeland, but not our dreams,\u201c says the film \u201eDreams of the Future.\u201c This film, along with others, was created as part of the MitKunst project \u201eMake Your Own Movie!\u201c Over ten days in March and April, young people\u2014refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Chechnya\u2014came together to make films. In response to the open call for participants, young women and men from all over Berlin and beyond, with and without prior filmmaking experience, registered for the workshop. They all shared a curiosity and a desire to try new things together, exchange ideas, and learn the craft of filmmaking.<\/h5>\n

The film workshops took place in two blocks of five days each:<\/p>\n

March 13-17, 2017: All participants learned the fundamentals together: camera technology, sound recording, acting\/directing, and film editing. They formed teams and developed their own film ideas, wrote screenplays, worked out scenes, and wrote dialogue. On March 17, 2017, as the culmination of the introductory week, we visited the Konrad Wolf Film University in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Staff members gave us a tour of the building and the university's various departments: animation, music, editing, sound, camera, acting, production, directing, costume design, etc. The participants were able to ask questions about the training programs and admission requirements.<\/p>\n

April 3-7, 2017: In the second half of the film workshop, the teams turned their screenplays into film scenes. Filmmaking is teamwork. Even during the scriptwriting phase, it became clear who preferred to work in front of or behind the camera. Everyone took on tasks and supported each other. Props were made, sets were set up, and permits were obtained from various locations, including a football stadium, the police station, and a hospital. The participants also took on small roles as actors in other film crews' projects. At the end of each day's shooting, they reviewed the footage and began editing the rough cut. They decided what worked well and what needed to be reshot or repeated. In the final editing phase, they worked on the pacing, shortened shots and scenes, added sound, and incorporated music. The groups gathered around the screens, and joyful laughter could be heard. The film workshop concluded with a presentation of the films at the wannseeFORUM, to which family members, friends, and members of the wannseeFORUM were invited.<\/p>\n

Five films were made during this period, all very different, yet they share many common themes. The works deal with very personal experiences and events. They tell of war and the difficult decision to leave one's country, to leave family and friends, of the dangers encountered during the escape, of arriving and finding one's way in a foreign land, of friendship, and of dreams for the future.<\/p>\n

Text from a brochure about the project, Download here as a PDF (677 kB)<\/a>
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