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Call for Applications for "New man in films under dictatorship (1958–1990)"

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IDMC invites all young people interested in analyzing film characters from the dictatorship era to participate in workshops exploring Albanian films produced between 1958 and 1990. The aim of these workshops is to present young people with the construction of the communist period in Albanian cinema, so that they can better understand life under communism and the communist ideology. Communist propaganda influenced people's lives through all possible channels, and it is important for young people to understand how stereotypes were created and how life might have been different had they been born and lived under a dictatorship.

Each workshop lasts 2 hours, 17:00–19:00, and will focus on a specific topic for discussion, as follows:

  • Hero
    Date/Location: March 30th, Hotel Opera, Tirana
  • The Other/Enemy
    Date/Location: April 27th, Hotel Opera, Tirana
  • Woman – A Role Model
    Date/Location: May 4th, Hotel Opera Tirana
  • The Youth
    Date/Location: May 18th, Hotel Opera, Tirana

Requirements

  • Applicants must have viewed the films they wish to participate in prior to attending the workshop.
    A list of films will only be sent to selected participants via email.
  • Participants must be able to attend the entire workshop.
  • Willingness to actively participate in discussions

The workshop is offered in Albanian and is free of charge.

Only participants who wish to and are able to attend all of the workshops will be awarded a certificate.

Interested individuals should send an email with the subject line "Films_date/date of workshops you wish to attend" to office@idmc.al.

  • CV
  • A short motivation letter, including specifying which meeting they would like to attend.

** The deadline for applications for the March 30th workshop is March 25th, and for the other workshops, April 15th.

Workshop Coordinator: Professor Linda Mëniku, at the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of History and Philology, specializing in textual language and discourse analysis.