Learn the art and craft of visual storytelling with an insightful session on short filmmaking. The webinar will cover all script-to-screen aspects of telling great, engaging, aesthetically pleasing stories that touch, move and inspire.

In this webinar of a crash course in short filmmaking, you will learn following things:

1. Scripting and Conceptualization

2. Pre-production

3. Production

4. Shooting

5. Editing, Sound and Grading

6. Distribution and Marketing

The webinar will be conducted by Kabeer Khurana. He is a 5-time international award-winning filmmaker (Religion for Dummies, Strings, Project Oneness and ISM) and the co-founder of India’s youngest publishing venture, Bombaykala Books. Apart from winning awards in Italy, USA and Ukraine, his films have received several festival selections internationally, including the Global University Film Awards (known as the Student Oscars, in Hong Kong), and have been screened at other festivals in Brazil, Prague, Singapore, Indonesia, Morocco, Croatia, etc.

His short film, Karma Cafe, starring Amole Gupte (Taare Zameen Par, Stanley ka Dabba) and produced by Anjum Rizvi (producer of A Wednesday) was named as one of the Top 15 Indian Short Films (by Candid Tech) and Top 87 Shorts (by WebShorts). Apart from direction, he has also assisted on Ghost Stories (2020) for Netflix, directed by Zoya Akhtar, and T for Taj Mahal.

Kabeer has been featured in The Hindu, Scroll, Mid-day, Harper’s Bazaar, TOI, Film Companion, DNA, Firstpost, Bombay Review, Mumbai Mirror, etc. for his work in social entrepreneurship and filmmaking. Kabeer is also a part-time graphic designer, illustrator and writer.

Followed by Q & A session.

Schedule: 25th July, Saturday, 2020

Time: 4 pm Onwards