Since its inception, what makes for the uniqueness of Île Courts are the workshops it holds. The Festival hence becomes a small and short-lived film school, a place of apprenticeship, creation and research for young directors, actors, technicians or film producers.
This year, 4 workshops are geared towards young professionals.
They cover the three main areas of filmmaking:
- Scriptwriting
- Direction
- Sound techniques
The selection of participants was made shortly before the Festival, following a Call for Applications published in June 2014. The young professionals who take part in the Festival’s workshops have been selected on the criteria of their projects, their productions and their motivation.
In addition, the Festival is hosting 2 programming workshops for teenagers, put together in collaboation with the students of the Audiovisual Stream of the Lycée des Mascareignes.
These workshops are being organised with the support of their host sites in Port Louis, the Lambic and the Publico.
Under the direction of Vincent Kaluza, the teenagers of the NGO Safire and of the Audiovisual Stream of the Lycée des Mascareignes will be given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with programmation. Comment is a film programme set up? Why do we like a film? What film to produce for what public? How to amaze your audience? The teenagers will discuss together to set up a programme of short films which could be presented to the public during the Festival’s screenings.