Art Department Masterclass

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Art Department Masterclass is an educational programme, designed to encourage a professional dialogue between rising and experienced heroes of the art department. Our masterclass offers the tools to fuel imagination, strengthen the visual sense, and improve professional qualifications. Art Department Masterclass consists of two 5-6 days long training sessions bringing into focus particular field of art department's work. During each session, globally acknowledged experts will share their experience in seminars, case studies, and Q&A sessions, aiming to uncover the session's theme from all possible angles. We invite 20 participants - production designers and other art department crew members to each of the training sessions, and 10 directors and/or scriptwriters to the 2nd training session; 50 participants in total. Sessions: 1. World Building (May 2022, Vilnius) 2. Digital Postproduction: A Playground for Building and Rebuilding the Worlds (October 2022, Turin) Our second training session also includes practical assignment, where we will select 5 TV Series or Feature Films in development. Guided by practical assignment mentors, production design participants will prepare 4 different visual presentations for each of the selected projects. Our previous experts include Eggert Ketilsson (Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet), Maria Djurkovic (The Hours, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Paco Delgado (Les Miserables, The Danish Girl), Uli Hanisch (Queen's Gambit, Babylon Berlin), Ludovica Ferrario (The Great Beauty, Youth, Young Pope), and many others. Art Department Masterclass contributes to the objectives of the Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme. This project is designed to nurture the talents and increase their professional capacity to operate internationally, with a particular focus on digital transformation, environmentally respectful work ethics, and entrepreneurial skills, needed to successfully compete within the industry.