A new European independent film school is now accepting applications students to its first series of courses to be taught by a Hollywood filmmaker and teacher, Mark Travis, in July 2002.  This relatively secluded place in Western Poland awakens one’s imagination.  Novelists have traveled the roads hidden in the neighboring forests.  The locals talk about ghosts in the village manor house.   And a few film enthusiasts recently kicked off the idea of organizing seminars about movie-making in the very same manor house, planning to take the idea soon to a much higher level.  The official aim of those enthusiasts who gathered at the manor house last Easter is the education of European filmmakers by means of exposing them to different currents of thought and encouraging them to express their individuality and culture through films that would bring satisfaction and commercial success.  This summer, during the first two weeks of July, Mark Travis, a Hollywood filmmaker and teacher of the art of filmmaking, will conduct lectures at Kotla concerning various aspects of making movies.  He will teach courses he has taught around the world, including script analysis, the rehearsal process, staging, the relationship between director, camera and the actors, and a workshop on directing. 

The secluded Silesian manor which is the location of the July summer school is known as the FilmFarm.  It is intended not only as a place for lectures but also as an escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life where the participants can create their own reality.  For more information about the FilmFarm, see www.filmfarm.co.uk or call Agnieszka at 07879 437 263.  The FilmFarm is about 250 km southeast of Berlin. 

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