A joint concept was developed at yesterday's workshop in Görlitz.
What do well-known representatives of the film industry such as producers, cameramen and film scholars, the Rector and the Vice-Rector for Education and International Affairs of the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences do at a joint workshop? They are developing the vision of a film academy in our region!
A productive workshop on the development of the "Görlitz Film Academy" took place on August 20, 2020 in the workshop room of Jakobs Söhnen in Görlitz, which incidentally already served as the backdrop for the Oscar-winning film "The Reader".
The focus was on developing a joint concept to respond to the demand for qualified and competent personnel for film and series production. According to Stefan Arndt, a founding member of the German Film Academy and co-producer of the series Babylon Berlin, there are many film projects available, but unfortunately there are far too few qualified personnel.
This is now set to change quickly, and so a concept for a film academy was developed in the workshop organized by our university as a driving force, which will initially focus on the further training of specialists in the fields of "production", "image, light and sound" and "equipment".
Vice-Rector for Education and International Affairs, Professor Sophia Keil: "The initiators' wish that the specialists should be based here in Görlitz naturally makes us very happy. We have the opportunity to play to our strengths as a university and also see this task as an opportunity for the entire region."
In addition to topics such as film basics, communication, project management, IT skills, occupational safety as well as the basics of business administration and logistics, interculturalism and much more are addressed.
Summing up the successful workshop, the Rector, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kratzsch, said: "It is simply a wonderful and rewarding challenge at the same time. The filmmakers know what is needed and we know exactly how we have to implement the requests. Our university offers the best conditions for providing optimal opportunities for future filmmakers."
The next steps planned for the coming days include further interviews with experts and producers from the national and international film industry in order to further differentiate the concept and develop a well-founded curriculum on the topics mentioned.
