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During the first two days, the participants viewed their films and discussed together with expert Thierry Garrel, a good way to get acquainted artistically and a first step towards making up the teams. The third day was dedicated to a short incursion into the documentary film history, and the evenings were reserved for documentary viewings, among which L’argent du charbon/Coal Money, by Wang Bing (France 2008), and Dix-sept ans/Seventeen by Didier Nion (France 2003). At the end of the third day, Thierry Garrel, together with producers Dan Nuțu and Cristina Hoffman, decided on the teams, and starting on day four, the participants embarked on their search for subjects.
the middle of the prospection period, so they are sort of scared because they don't know yet what will the approach be, or the theme and the shooting strategy. The time is limited, but there is still plenty of time, and this is very beautiful, because once they find, understand and agree on a concept, they will be able to make a short documentary very quickly. Tomorrow is my last day and I'll hand over the torch to Nino Kirtadze and John Appel. But, as I told my students a couple of days ago: I would like to be one of them.”
