11 June
THE Film Development Center at No.50, Shwe Taung Kyar Road (Golden Valley Road) in Bahan Township, Yangon, will be host-ing a filmmaking workshop on how documentaries utilize a va-riety of animation techniques to enhance storytelling and visual style.
Titled ‘Animation in Docu-mentary Workshop’, it is a joint collaboration between the Film Development Center, Yangon Film School and the Australian Embassy. The Masterclass will be take place on 14 June from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
It will be led by visiting Australian, Marisa Martin, a multi-award winning filmmaker based in Canberra. She is the director of EoR Media: Ene-mies of Reality Films, a small production house specialising in animation and production design.
There are 6 films on the workshop’s filmography, includ-ing ‘Della Mortika: Carousel of Shame’, an animation by Mari-sa that won Best Australian Animation at Flickerfest 2019.
Those interested can regis-ter or follow the event at ‘Film Masterclass by Marisa Martin’ on Facebook, though seating is limited. Translation into Burmese will be provided by professional interpreters and entry is free of charge. —MNA(Translated by Zaw Htet Oo)