Training Applications Closed

Along with the film screenings at the 6th AJB DOC Film Festival, which will be held from September 8th to 12th 2023, a three-day training for young authors from the region will be held.

Applications for the three-day training course "Smatphone Documentary Film Production”, organized by the Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival (AJB DOC) in cooperation with the Al Jazeera Media Institute from Doha, are now closed.

Along with the film screenings at the 6th AJB DOC Film Festival, which will be held from September 8th to 12th 2023, a three-day training for young authors from the region will be held.

Due to a large number of applications received for the training it is necessary to conduct a careful selection of candidates. That process is ongoing and after it’s over all selected participants will be notified by e-mail on the results of the selection procedure.

Young authors will have the opportunity to acquire new skills during the three-day long training for documentary film production, and this years’ training, as in previous few years, is being implemented in partnership with Samsung.

After the training, all participants will receive Al Jazeera Media Institute certificates of participation. Also, the participants will be given a month’s deadline to develop an idea for shooting a documentary film with a smartphone. At the end of that period, the leader of the training and representatives of the organizers will select the best idea which will be implemented, and award a prize in the amount of €1,500, a prize from Samsung as a training partner and also provide mentoring support in the filmmaking process.