2017 GLOBAL EXCHANGE WORKSHOP
May 22 - July 7, 2017 (CTPR515 18606D 2 units, 7 weeks)
The Global Exchange Workshop was founded by Professors Marsha Kinder and Mark Harris and is now in its tenth year. It is an intensive documentary filmmaking workshop on the theme of “LA as a Global City.”
This summer, 8 MFA students from the Communications University of China in Beijing will fly to Los Angeles to collaborate with 8 USC students to work in pairs and create short documentaries.
Recent films from this course have won awards at: The 6th China Academy Awards of Documentary Film: “The Lost Tribe”; the 2016 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival: “Go Gentle into the Good Night;” The Fujian Student Film Festival: “Alone With 5 Million Fans;” The 2nd Asia University Film Festival” in Pusan, South Korea, and the Gold Award of the 5th Shanghai University Student Film Competition: “The Unclaimed.”
USC course enrollment is by application.
The faculty will be Prof. Pablo Frasconi (USC) and Prof. Hugo Zheng (CUC).
Contact: Professor Pablo Frasconi
Pfrasconi@cinema.usc.edu
213-740-7244
Please click on these links to watch films produced in earlier workshops: 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2014