Guest

Dr Liani Maasdorp

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Film & Media Studies, Univerisity of Cape Town

One of South Africas foremost documentry editor and a senior lecturer in the Centre for Film & Media Studies at the University of Cape Town. She convenes the MA: Documentary Arts programme and the Impact Facilitator online short course.

About

Liani Maasdorp is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Film & Media Studies at the University of Cape Town. She convenes the MA: Documentary Arts programme and the Impact Facilitator online short course. She was one of the producers of Strike a Rock, which opened the Encounters Documentary Film Festival in 2017 and screened at Sheffield DocFest, IDFA and DIFF. She is one of the regional leads of Climate Story Labs Africa. Her current research is focussed on contemporary South African documentary film and impact producing.

Sessions & Appearances

Mon 8 Jun
10:30 ·
Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, CT

Cutting for Character: Masterclass with Sam Pollard & Paul Trewartha

A masterclass for filmmakers and film editors interested in doing a deep dive into the process of shaping a story to match the character of an icon.