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CAPA Conference 2016: Incubating Long Form in Film Schools

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The CAPA Conference 2016, held at the Griffith Film School, brought together over 120 educators and practitioners from around the globe to debate the role of and best practices in making long form screen productions as part of a film school education. At the heart of the 2-day conference were the panels, ranging from various discussions of co-production, interdependency, and creativity, to incubators and creative leadership. Every presenter shared a case study of what could be considered a ‘best practice’ example. Presentations created a rich overview of the different models of making long-form content within film education.  

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ERA Category

  • Curated Public Exhibition/Event - Festival

Eligible major research output?

  • Yes

Research Statement

Research Background The CAPA Conference 2016 brought together educators and practitioners from around the globe to debate the role of and best practices in making long form screen productions as part of a film school education. Research Contribution The CAPA 2016 Conference topic ‘Incubating Long-Form at Film Schools’ seemed to be a controversial one. During the preparation for the conference, we talked to many people about their opinion on feature films as part of filmmaking education. We were either met with astonishing enthusiasm or heartfelt disapproval - rarely anything in between. The time for a debate seemed ripe. We wanted the CAPA Conference to be as much a celebration of long formats as part of film education as a critical investigation of it. For this reason, we organised the conference as a research project that explored how to best bridge the gap between short film exercises and long-form filmmaking in the career paths of today’s filmmakers. At the heart of the 2-day conference were panel discussion between 27 panelists. Panels had been carefully curated. Every presenter was an invited speaker and who shared a case study of what could be considered a ‘best practice’ example. Presentations were meant to create a rich overview of the different models of making long-form content within film education. Research Significance CAPA is the Asia-Pacific regional association of CILECT - the international association of film and television schools. The CAPA 2016 Conference brought together over 120 attendees from the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Americas and Africa.

Confidential / Culturally sensitive

  • No

Duration of performance

2 days

Number of work performers

27

Estimated size of audience

120

Exhibition date from

2016-11-17

Exhibition date to

2016-11-18

Was the work disseminated?

  • Yes

Form of dissemination

  • Webstreaming

Scope of dissemination

  • International

Did the work go on tour?

  • No

Venue

Griffith University

Reference number

269011

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