Individual consultations and invited experts

The course duration is 5 months, with classes held online three times a week. Students will learn various methods of documentary storytelling. Assignments will cover all stages of film production, from developing an idea and selecting a hero to post-production and distribution. Each student will create a 15-minute short film during the course. Students will be filming their stories throughout the course: the work begins as soon as the topic is determined. Parallel to filming, students will work on material selection and editing. Instructors will provide individual consultations for each course participant.


Twice a week, workshops are held. Once a week, a general master class is conducted with invited experts and professionals from the film industry. The topics of the master classes include editing, working with camera and sound, film distribution, and other aspects of film production. Every two weeks, students will have the opportunity to participate in a psychological support group. In a highly supportive atmosphere, led by a psychologist, students will be able to discuss the difficulties that arise during creative work and find solutions on how to deal with procrastination, loss of motivation, personal fears, and more.


Students will have the opportunity to present their film ideas during a pitching session in the first part of the course. Each student will be prepared for this: we will explain the most important criteria and requirements for presentations at international festivals and film markets.


The program concludes with a screening of the final works, during which virtual Q&A sessions with participants and detailed reviews of the works by instructors and invited experts will take place. The best works will be selected for participation in a series of Un/Filmed screenings worldwide and for distribution on a partner VOD platform. Five students, based on jury voting, will receive monetary awards for promoting their films.

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Un/Filmed Online: Documentary Film Workshop

Information on new enrollment will be in early 2025. 

Un/Told: Online Documentary Theater Workshop

In 2024 the course will take place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Pairing 6 Un/Filmed graduates and 6 aspiring filmmakers from the host country 

Un/Filmed Offline is a collaborative project in which 6 Un/Filmed graduates and 6 aspiring filmmakers from the hosting country will team up to create 6 short docs and screen it at the end of the week.
In 2023 Un/Filmed Offline took place in Yerevan Armenia. The films were screened and Yerevan and also in New York at Columbia University.

In 2024 Un/Filmed Offline will take place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in partnership with American University of Central Asia.

In 2024 Un/Filmed Offline will take place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 

Un/Filmed Offline: One-week Intensive Documentary Film Workshop

Film distribution consultations for Un/Filmed graduates

Developing a promotion strategy for films in Europe and the USA

Un/Filmed Plus is designed to accelerate the distribution of the Un/Filmed graduates' best projects. Participants learn how to develop a full-scale distribution strategy for their films and practice their producing skills to reach the new audiences in their current countries of residency, in the US and the EU in particular.

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