Online Workshop in Creative Documentary Filmmaking for Researchers

[Imprint Documentary Collective]

Dear all,

We are holding another edition of the below workshop due to requests, exploring a creative approach to documentary filmmaking for those who may want to make a short film on their work/research, which may be of interest to some in this group.

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Creative Documentary for Researchers - December

Sunday evenings, 6 - 8:30 PM (UK time)

For people of marginalised genders (women, trans, and non-binary people)

Online. Sliding scale (scholarships available)

Creative Documentary Filmmaking for Researchers is a practical, creative workshop on documentary filmmaking drawing on IMPRINT Documentary Collective's extensive practice-based artistic research on embodiment and the body in filmmaking practice. This workshop is aimed toward researchers, academics, artists, filmmakers and students working in all fields, from STEM to the arts and humanities, who are interested in learning more about applying documentary filmmaking to their existing work. Taking a creative approach to documentary as a medium for exploration, the workshop will focus on finding the artistic, human, and emotional elements already present in our research to express them through the audio-visual.

Over the course of four sessions, participants will join a small, online, international cohort of up to 10 filmmakers, artists, and academics to engage in a series of practical collaborative and independent filmmaking exercises, walking through all of the essential steps to make a short film. Participants will develop their own 1 - 5 minute short documentary or experimental film over the month, as well as become part of the wider IMPRINT Documentary Collective community.

- Introduction to Creative Documentary (7 December 2025) at 6-8:30 PM UK Time

- Approaches to Directing and Cinematography (14 December 2025) at 6-8:30 PM UK Time
- Editing and Story Structure (21 December 2025) at 6-8:30 PM UK Time
- Screening of Final Films (4 January 2025) at 6-8:30 PM UK Time

To reserve a space:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-documentary-filmmaking-workshop-for-researchers-registration-1963305255871

These workshops are suitable for participants of all levels of experience who have access to a computer, their own camera and a simple editing software. Experienced artists, researchers, students, filmmakers, as well as complete beginners and anyone with an interest in learning about film for the first time are all welcome to join. These workshops are for those who have faced marginalisation in the film industry and academia due to their gender, which includes women, trans and non-binary people.

ABOUT IMPRINT

IMPRINT Documentary Collective is a queer and feminist film collective exploring embodiment and the body in creative documentary filmmaking. Founded in 2021, IMPRINT delivers workshops, productions, and screenings to collectively experiment with embodied documentary filmmaking as a process for making uniquely felt yet political films. Our workshops have produced award winning short films, and our collaborations both within the film industry and local communities have allowed us to reach a wide audience on the potential of embodied documentary. Our goal is to broaden the representation of gender-marginalised storytellers by using the documentary medium as an act of radical and empathic resistance through the lens of the body politic.