The WORKSHOPS are one of the Giffoni Macedonia flagship activities.
During the Festival, each participant can choose among 8 to 10 creative workshops to attend for 5 days. At the workshops the participants get to learn new skills and techniques for the realization of creative works and performances, such as film-making techniques and phases, photography, painting art, animation, digital design, music and dancing, acting, poetry and creative writing, journalism and much more.
The workshops are conducted under the mentorship of professionals from creative industries with long experience in education and work with children and students.
In only four or five days, the participants of the workshops manage to proudly deliver their works and performances, sometimes as an unexpected revelation of exceptional talents and a shy launch toward what might be their future profession.
WORKSHOPS FOR CADETS AND SENIORS
Photography
Photography is part of everyday life. But photography is also an art with many secrets.
The participants of the Photography Workshop will learn about the techniques and secrets of good art photography from
Robert Jankuloski,
a professional photographer, professor of photography and researcher.
Digital design
The participants of this workshop will have the chance to learn how to communicate visually, and how to use the free Canva to create posts for social networks and manifests with socially engaged messages.
The workshop is led by
Ladislav Cvetkovski & Linda Trajkoska
professors of graphic design at the Faculty of Fine Arts.
Video News Editorial
The young participants of this workshop will learn how to make video clips, articles and interviews and ensemble them into a daily video report of the activities of the festival, like a real editorial board.
The workshop is led by a former Jifoner, current filmmaker
and content creator,
Martin Cichovski.
Comics
The comic workshop is conceived as a space for the creative expression of young talents, with an emphasis on visualizing their ideas, from fantasy to superheroes. The workshop will teach the entire process of creating a comic, from concept and script to sketching, drawing and finishing techniques. The workshop is led by comics authors
Zdravko Girov &
Davor Dramikjanin
from the association "MAKSTRIPOVI".
One-take video
The participants of the
One-take video workshop
will learn how to make a scenario and choreography for
an entertaining video clip to be filmed in a single take, and will record it all by themselves.
The workshop is led by directors
Kiril Karakash &
Svetislav Podleshanov.
One-minute video
The one-minute films are a specific form of the short film. This workshop introduces
the participants with the basics of the one-minute format and the possibilities it
offers. Getting familiar with several narrative structures that fit nicely in this format,
the participants will be directed toward an independent work on their own one-min- ute films.
The mentor of the One minute film workshop is Filip lafazanovski.
WORKSHOPS FOR JUNIORS:
Painting Art
The art workshop for Juniors is a place where everyone can try out their creativity and learn something new about painting techniques and some secrets.
The workshop is led by
Monika Moteska,
an academic painter with numerous exhibitions and a long experience in working with children.
Musical
The music workshop is once again dedicated to film music. Participants will learn about the meaning of music in filmmaking and the interaction between music and film.
Lada Shoptrajanova Petrovska,
violinist and writer, will guide the participants through the creation of a script and choreography for a musical performance inspired by film music.
Short film
The short film workshop is dedicated to the theory and the techniques of short films.
An exciting journey into the world of reality and imagination, through all the phases of the creation. There is no good film without good actors, so acting is also part of this workshop.
The short film workshop is led by
Predrag Vukosavljevic
from the Posavci school from Serbia.