The focus of World Film Collective has primarily been on young people. The workshop format has been taken to schools and communities around the world, creating a valuable, transcultural insight into the experience of youth.
This film was created by students in World Film Collective’s Level 1 Documentary workshop at the Bint Al-Wazir school in Ramallah, Palestine. The girls at this school face a serious problem at break time, as the hierarchies that develop in any school prevent the younger girls from accessing the canteen.
This short film produced by participants from our Level 2 documentary workshop in Morros dos Prazeres favela, Rio de Janeiro focuses on life in the favela. All footage is shot on a mobile phone and edited by the participants, producing candid interviews with some of the local individuals in the favela.
World Film Collective is proud to be empowering a new generation of citizen journalists and news reporters in South Africa. Watch this space for their latest reports!
In this sixth film the theme is soccer. The World Cup is not only about watching soccer on tv for the children in City of God. For them it’s also a moment for PLAYING football.
This film is a behind the scenes look at WFC’s Level 1 Fictional Shorts workshop delivered to students at Niekerksrus Agricultural school in Free State South Africa. The students produced a poignant final film about the effects of alcoholism on their families.
Students from WFC’s Level 1 Fiction Film Workshop in the City of God favela in Rio de Janeiro produced this short film using Nokia 6110 mobile phones and free editing software. In it, Raphaela goes to great lengths to get what she wants. But her actions have a higher price than she expected.
