La construction de personnages et de dialogues
Quebec's screenwriters' guild runs this six-day French-language course on building fiction characters for film and TV and on what dialogue does, from function to subtext.
closes in 3 days
Workshop or class San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba
Del guion a la dirección, la fotografía y el montaje
Run by Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión (EICTV), Talleres de Altos Estudios and Cátedra de Guion
In this first edition of a two-week course at Cuba's international film school, writers follow a fiction script as it is reshaped on set, behind the camera and in the cutting room. It suits screenwriters who want to understand how narration and point of view change in production. Taught in Spanish, with places for twelve.
Starts Feb 1, 2027 (starts in 104 days)
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Dates
It runs Feb 1 to 12, 2027 in San Antonio de los Baños.
At a glance
- Cost
- From €1,700Course price; a 300-euro pre-enrollment payment holds a place
- Held in
- Spanish
- Where
- San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (in person)
- Who can attend
- Graduates of a film school or university, or people already working in film and TV, who have hands-on experience with the moving image. Directors, cinematographers, editors and screenwriters are all welcome.
- Prizes
- Not a competition.
What to send
- Also asked for
- A CV, a letter on why you want to take part and the registration form, sent by email.
Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.
What it gives besides money
Twelve students work through case studies, then shoot, edit and screen scenes, and leave with an attendance diploma and a certificate. Alan González teaches.
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