VSA* [“Very Special Arts,” the International Organization on Arts and Disability – website x6738.xml] invites emerging filmmakers with disabilities from around the world, ages 18 – 30, who are interested in expanding their knowledge of documentary filmmaking to apply to be an apprentice at the renowned AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival and its concurrent International Documentary Conference – June 20-26, 2011 to hone their skills, increase their knowledge base, and develop their network of professional contacts. (To read the details, click 2011 VSA Apprenticeship at the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival)
(*VSA is an international nonprofit organization founded more than 35 years ago by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts.)
Calling on Dennis Balan, Myra Medrana, Macky Calbay and other potential Filipino PWD filmmakers!!! Hope you all apply!!!