Training is aimed at audiovisual professionals and other interested parties. Activity is part of the festival's affirmative actions, in partnership with the Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals (APAN)
The workshop “From Idea to Script for Black Professionals” is one of the highlights of the training activities of the 25th International Environmental Film and Video Festival (Fica). The initiative is carried out in partnership with the Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals (APAN) and is part of the festival's affirmative actions in this edition. The workshop is still accepting registrations and will take place between the 12th and 14th, from 8:30 am to 12 pm, free of charge.
Fica is carried out by the Government of Goiás, through the State Secretariat for Culture (Secult), in co-organization with the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), through the Educational Radio and Television Foundation (RTVE). The festival takes place in the city of Goiás from June 11th to 16th.
According to the president of APAN, Tatiana Carvalho Costa, one of the main objectives of this workshop, which is unprecedented, is to show the diversity of audiovisual production outside the Rio-São Paulo axis, in addition to strengthening audiovisual productions led by black people, as well such as promoting these professionals to the audiovisual market, which is, according to Tatiane, one of the association's missions.
“Strengthen, from a technical point of view, good ideas for films, series and other audiovisual formats. It is a workshop for projects to gain strength to even compete for other initiatives, such as notices. Also creating a collective experience to strengthen people, mainly because we live in a racist society that excludes us, we also think about working on people's self-esteem and appreciation”, explains the president.
Tatiana highlights black audiovisual production in the state and the importance of actions like this in a festival that discusses cross-cutting themes relevant to the black population: “The invitation to participate in Fica came at a super opportune moment for us, because it meets our I want to be more present with people who do audiovisual work and who are black in Goiás, understanding this diversity of the Brazilian black population and the relevance of the festival, and the Central-West is a very important region for us”, he states.
About the minister
Workshop “From Idea to Script – Workshop for Black Professionals”: Maíra Oliveira is a screenwriter, director and educator, graduated in Pedagogy and master's student in Performing Arts, with a special interest in stories with black and female representation that subvert stereotypes. Author of children's books and supervisor of more than 200 audiovisual projects, in different stages of development. He was actively involved in the development of more than 30 audiovisual projects, for Globo, Disney+, Canal Brasil, Netflix, Paramount and HBO in partnership with the country's main producers. She was President of the Brazilian Association of Screenwriters (ABRA) from 2021/2022 and is currently a Southeast Advisor of the Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals.
Other workshops and mini-courses
The 25th edition of the festival also features three more training activities, including another workshop and two short courses. All free and with open registration.
Complementing the workshop schedule, “Listening and Telling Stories: Podcast Workshop”, takes place between the 12th and 14th, from 10am to 12pm, and has 20 places available.
The short courses are: “Climate Change: Knowledge and action to transform the climate into an ally”, which takes place between the 12th and 15th of June, from 8am to 12pm, and has 30 places, and “The history, the present and the future of the Cerrado”, which will be held between the 12th and 15th, from 8am to 12pm, also offering 30 places.
To check the entire workshop schedule and access the registration form, visit the festival's official page: https://fica.go.gov.br/acoes-formativas/.
Multicultural event
Fica 2024 has a vast free program, with competitive exhibitions, debates with big names in national and international cinema, environmental activities and cultural attractions.
The festival is supported by the Goiás Social program; of the State Secretariats for Resumption; of Science, Technology and Innovation (Secti); and Environment and Sustainable Development (Semad); Saneago; State University of Goiás (UEG), Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG); Social Service of Commerce (Sesc) and City Hall of the city of Goiás. This year the event also has as supporters the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), the National Museum of Indigenous Peoples/Funai, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Grupo Kelldrin and Saga BYD.
