Colombia. The District Administration of Medellín joined the Smartfilms film festival made with cell phones, to train 4,000 young people and adults in digital skills related to audiovisual production through cell phones, providing them with tools to undertake in the local market and improve the standard of living of their communities.
People over 16 years of age who reside in Medellín can register until September 15 through https://smartfilmsclass.com/
"We bet on the opportunities of our young people, on the audiovisual industry, which in this case is production through cell phones. They will have the possibility of entering this industry, of recording their short films, but with good techniques. They are going to be trained and will have many opportunities. They have talent. I invite you to believe in them, in their abilities. This is an important digital skill. There will be others on issues of software, innovation, science and technology," said the mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutiérrez Zuluaga.
The training will be carried out in areas such as storytelling, script development, audiovisual production with cell phones, direction, post-production and content strategy for social networks.
The call will be carried out through different stages: of the initial 4,000 participants, 400 will remain; of these, 40 will be the finalists and will be able to access resources from the Seed Capital program to start their ventures in the digital economy.
The training workshops will be held in various places in the city such as educational institutions, universities, Social Development Centers (CDS), telecenters, Articulated Life Units (UVA), parks, libraries and houses of culture, among others. These courses will be led by experts from the audiovisual industry such as Dago García, Andrés Valencia, Mauricio Navas and Yesenia Valencia.
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