Grant for creators and journalists: film and views on social differences

Applications are now open for the workshop Cinema and views on social differences, a space aimed at small and large content creators and influencers, youtubers, The company's members are communicators, publicists and journalists (affiliated to a media outlet or independent).  

We will select a maximum of 25 people who will receive a scholarship to participate in four sessions dedicated to exploring, through film, different ways of seeing, thinking and communicating social differences. 

Workshop description 

The workshop Cinema and views on social differences is a reflective, experiential and creative space. aimed at people who communicate, rather than moviegoers. It takes advantage of the stories, spaces, costumes and other elements of cinema to open conversations about social differences and create content based on these reflections. 

To whom it is addressed

The workshop is for people who participate in the process of content creation, of journalistic production, multimedia formats, communication strategies, advertising campaigns. Those who wish to apply to this call do not necessarily have to address social, political or film-related issues in their practice. They should be interested in reflecting, and listening to diverse positions, on how social differences are told, represented and transmitted, not only in the films they will see, but also in the media, digital content and advertising campaigns in which they participate.

What will the selected individuals receive? 

• A scholarship to participate in the 12-hour workshop, divided into 4 sessions of 3 hours each, organized by TREES and to be held on the campus of the Universidad de los Andes.  

• A certificate of completion of the workshop, issued by Continuing Education of the Universidad de los Andes. 

Application requirements

• Demonstrate that you belong to the world of communication, journalism, advertising, content creation, independently or with affiliation to a company/media. 

• Availability to attend in person to all of the sessions of the saturday, march 15 at saturday, april 05 2025 (from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.), at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota. 

• We will give priority to applicants whose main activity is communication and content creation, rather than approaching these topics from academic fields. 

• Applicants should not necessarily have prior knowledge of film. 

• Willingness to create a journalistic or communication product that reflects the knowledge acquired throughout the workshop. This could be published in TREES digital dissemination channels.  

Registration

To apply, click on the link and fill out the form, which will be available until the deadline. sunday, february 23 at 6:00 p.m.

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Organized by 

TREES (Teaching and Researching Equitable Economics from the South), an initiative of the Center for Economic Development Studies (CEDE) of the Universidad de los Andes, promotes and participates in dialogues on inequalities from the global south through rigorous research, pedagogical innovation and advocacy on inequality narratives.

This workshop was created and will be led by