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Film workshop: “From Madrid to the Arab World: Crossing Glances”
From September 19, 2014 until October 19, 2014 From 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Prior registration required.
MADRID
Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Alcalá, 62)
From 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Prior registration required.
Space limited to 12 people.
Price: 160 euros.
The registration period for this course, directed by Pascale Féghali, has been extended.
Casa Árabe is starting this workshop with two different objectives. On the one hand, allowing the participants to express their own view of the Arab world through images filmed in Madrid. This is a practical workshop in which the images from Madrid will be analyzed in a dialogue with images by Arab filmmakers, by viewing excerpts from a selection of movies by directors from various countries. On the other hand, exercise techniques for filmmakers will be taught.
Three different methodologies will be worked on:
To be held at the Casa Árabe headquarters, as part of the contents during the sessions:
- Film exercise: This is a specific type of exercise adapted to filmmaking, which was created in the 1960’s by filmmaker Jean Rouch (one of the founders of French cinema’s “Nouvelle Vague”) along with mime Marcel Marceau. This technique makes it possible to film without using a tripod. The exercise is based on a dissociation between the different parts of the body. This instills the filmmaker with greater flexibility in terms of movement and greater control when filming fixed shots.
- A theoretical reflection on directing films based on viewing excerpts of films by Arab filmmakers, including the following: Maher Abi Samra, Omar Amiralay, Ali Atassi, Joanna Hadjithomas y Khalil Joreige, Mona Hatoum, Michel Khleifi , Mohammad Malass, Mohammad Soueid, Elia Suleiman and Akram Zaatari.
To be held outside of the Casa Árabe headquarters as individual tasks:
- Weekly filming by the participants on the topic "Views of the Arab world" and presentation of their own film when the workshop comes to an end.
Intended participants
Intended for those individuals who are interested in the Arab world (students, researchers and scholars) and who want to learn how to film.
Materials
Each student must have a light video camera of any type.
It is recommended that you bring a mat or similar item to the exercise sessions.
Duration and dates
8 sessions lasting 3 hours each.
Dates: October 22 and 29; November 5, 12, 14, 19, 26 and 28 
Foto: Javier Santos Audera
Those interested must send an e-mail message, by October 19, to gerencia@casaarabe.es, indicating the following:
Message topic: Cinema Course + Full Name
Full name
With a brief explanation of the candidate’s profile, a summary of prior experience (if any) in film (maximum of 15 lines).
Once you have received an e-mail message from Casa Árabe confirming your admittance, you must make a payment by bank transfer into account ES49-0065-0073-26-0031000018 at Barclays bank, and you must send the bank transfer receipt to the same e-mail address: gerencia@casaarabe.esel
Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1969, Ms. Féghali studied Art Sociology (1988-1993) at the Sorbonne (France) and later studied Visual Anthropology (1999-2007) at the University of Nanterre, France. At this university, she worked with Jean Rouch, one of the founders of France’s "Nouvelle Vague" in cinema. During this time period, she took up work methods based mainly on absolute freedom of movement for the filmmaker when filming. To achieve this, Jean Rouch developed a specific series of exercises. From 1994 to 1997, Pascale Féghali worked with Lebanese writer Elias Khoury, the artistic director of the Beirut Theater. Later, from 1997 to 2001, she founded and directed the Ayloul Festival of Beirut, a multidisciplinary cultural event (theater, contemporary dance, film, etc.) focused mainly on the Arab world. Pascale Féghali later earned her Doctorate in Filmmaking and Television from the University of Nanterre in 2007. She is a professor in the Department of Film and Theater Studies at Saint-Joseph University in Beirut and an Associate Researcher (since 2009) in Urban Anthropology at the CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique) in France.