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F(r)ICTION 2
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AUGUST 30th to SEPTEMBER 9th 2025

F(r)ICTION 1

FLASHBACK

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F(r)ICTION 1

20th to 30th JANUARY 2025

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In January 2025 a cinema camp happened in an Adivasi village within the forests of Central India. The village was/is in the process of being displaced from where they have lived for generations now, to make way for a 13th national park of MP. 

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 It was a unique apprenticeship programme where a bunch of young and not so young participants from diverse disciplines and practices, viz. visual arts, animation, photography, cinematography, writing, sound recording, direction, sociology, education spent 10 Days in a forest village with no electricity n internet learning to research, script, image, map n audio-visually document the space-time.

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A critical part of the camp was for each participant to live with a family,

eating, sleeping, walking, working, helping, listening to men, women, children

as also doing various other activities with them like mapping the village, documenting its diurnal rhythm via cameras n sound recorders, understanding its history, village, people, recording songs, stories n struggles,

asking questions, answering queries, wondering, absorbing, engaging,

reading, reflecting, screening films for the village...

It was an extremely worthwhile engagement on both sides,

Like it is when you carry a trace of something as you move on;

its a part of you, thence...

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We have taken a while to let the experience stand, ripen, marinate.

Time now to move to the next level:

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F(r)ICTION 2

FLASHFORWARD

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F(r)ICTION 2

AUGUST 30th to SEPTEMBER 9th 2025

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NOMADS invites the young n the not so young, once again

to be part of an immersive flow, a charged process;

to heed the call of the unknown, for a quiet rigour of practice,

to trace a deep learning curve; 

a la Robert Bresson, 'to Find without Seeking'

via a creative apprenticeship in the interface of

Cinema and Aligned Practices.

 

Guided by the creative energy of the senior practitioners;

led by a commitment to the rigour and flow of the Process  

F(r)ICTION apprentices will participate

in the making/editing of a Film;

and the inventing/making of a game for Children based on 

the archive of Images, Sounds, Texts, Music, Movement & Maps

gathered in an Adivasi village Neelgarh

during NOMAD's previous cinema camp  F(r)ICTION 1  

 

NOMADS opens its Neelgarh archive this August-September

to yet another Creative Process via cinema camp F(r)ICTION 2 

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Applications are invited for creative apprenticeship in 

EDITING, DIRECTION, SOUND EDITING, CARTOGRAPHY

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The camp calls for a conscious slowing down to the pace of the Forest,

an aligning to the rhythm of an Adivasi Indian village 

via a nuanced understanding of Time, Image, Movement in cinema 

and a playful experimenting via cartography n game design

keeping the children in mind- of the Neelgarhs near and far.

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Camp is open to advanced learners with an inclination

and a basic grounding in one of streams below:

Sound Editing, Video Editing, Scripting-Direction, Visual Arts/Storytelling/Game Design/Animation​

 

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​​​To APPLY

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* Write a letter (max. 800 words or video 7 min) to NOMADS 

detailing why you feel the need to be part of this camp 

* A biographical note (max. 800 words or 5 min video) on your abilities, skills, practice

* links/samples of Writing, Editing, Directing, Visual art, Cartography, Design if any

*Remember to mention the preference in order of 1-2-3 as to

the particular stream you wish to apprentice in.

 

Send as single PDF to nomadsfilmschool@gmail.com

There may be a telephonic interview, if needed.​

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Selected participants are required to preferably bring own devices

viz. laptops, Editing/ Sound software for their practice.

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​​​​​Programme fee: INR 30,000 (residential)

Last date FOR APPLICATIONS: 1st AUGUST 2025

SELECTION INTIMATION: 10th AUGUST 2025

ONLINE ORIENTATION: 15th-19th AUGUST 2025

Camp dates: AUGUST 30th to SEPTEMBER 9th 2025​

LOCATION: BHOPAL (M.P.)

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