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EU Young Filmmakers Competition

September 12, 2018

The EU is offering young filmmakers the chance to make their very own #EUandME short film. Five winners will each receive a grant of €7,500, as well as mentoring from a top European director, to help them to bring their idea to life. Read more here: https://europa.eu/euandme/en/yfc/

Call for Student Jury at the Verzio Film Festival

September 7, 2018

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Verzio invites you to be a student jury member and award this year’s best human rights documentary

(application deadline: September 19, 2018)

To become a jury member you should:

Call for Participation in the Verzio Doclab Filmmaking Workshop

June 21, 2018

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Impact Through Film - Human Rights in Focus

Dates of the workshop: November 5-10, 2018
Application period: May 1st - September 10th, 2018

Documentary films have power. They can inspire and be a call to action. They can be potent tools in the fight for dignity, and against censorship and oppression. In these challenging times, when human rights are under threat around the globe in unprecedented ways, documentaries that can tell these stories on film are of vital importance.

Former VSP Students' Film to be Screened at the International Migrant Film Festival

May 29, 2018

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"Anyák" (Mothers) a film made by former CEU students Mayya Kelova (Turkmenistan), Andrea Kobor (Hungary) and Adina Tulegenova (Kazakhstan) in the 2017 Visual Studies course “Historical Narratives and the Moving Image” taught by Jeremy Braverman and Oksana Sarkisova has been invited to this year's international Migrant Film festival in Ljubljana.

Call for Applications to VSP Visiting Faculty position

March 9, 2018

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Visual Studies Platform at CEU invites applications for a Visiting Faculty in visual theory and methodology with particular emphasis on digital and interactive media as well as cross-media perspectives. We are looking for an experienced academic with a strong background in theoretical reflection and comparative media analysis. The successful candidate will offer a 2 credit MA course addressing interactions of image and text as part of the Visual Theory and Practice curriculum (Fall or Winter 2018/2019).