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- UAB Specialisation Course
- Code: 4636/5
- 5th edition
- Modality: Online
- Credits: 8 ECTS
- Start date: 18/11/2025
- Finish date: 22/06/2026
- Places: 60
- Orientation: Academic, Professional
- Price: 490 €
- Teaching language: Spanish
This synchronous (live) online course proposes an introduction to the concept of authorship in documentary cinema. In it, we will analyze authors whose works and working methods have made significant contributions in the field of non-fiction, both in the formal and thematic aspects. Likewise, we will address the relationships of documentary cinema with the main cultural and political transformations that have occurred from the 50s-60s to the present.
2. Shirley Clarke: beyond "Portrait of Jason".
3. Agnès Varda and the work of intuition in short films.
4. David Perlov: essayistic voice, (micro)oralities, and other sound resources to represent uprooting.
5. Cecilia Mangini, between the real and the magical.
6. Eduardo Coutinho, form in the service of the word.
7. Sara Gómez and didactic cinema as aesthetics.
8. Forugh Farrokhzad and the radical humanism of Iranian cinema.
9. Anne Charlotte Robertson and the filmed diary as therapy.
10. Kim Longinotto and the use of the shoulder camera in observational cinema.
11. Kidlat Tahimik and cultural imperialism.
12. Su Friedrich, does radical content deserve a radical form?
13. Intermediate session: group authorship, creation from collectives.
14. Lourdes Portillo and transnational cinema.
15. Fernando Ruiz de Vergara and censorship in documentary cinema.
16. Marlon Riggs, "Brother to Brother".
17. Raoul Peck and the narrative of the defeated.
18. Ursula Biemann and the bridges between research and creation.
19. Naomi Uman, eroticism and sexuality in documentary cinema.
20. Wang Bing: how to film the human being.
21. Carolina Adriazola, José Luis Sepúlveda and the limits of staging.
22. John Wilson and the dramaturgy of the humorous tutorial.
23. Nikita Lavretski and the aesthetics of resistance, cyberactivism, and autobiographical writings.
24. Authors of African documentary cinema.
25. Closing session: the future of authorship in documentary.
Final individual work: Free essay.
Writing and film criticism specialized in the area of documentaries.
Teaching related to the field of documentary.
Direction and production of documentaries.
Contents
1. Inaugural session: the concept of authorship in documentary cinema.2. Shirley Clarke: beyond "Portrait of Jason".
3. Agnès Varda and the work of intuition in short films.
4. David Perlov: essayistic voice, (micro)oralities, and other sound resources to represent uprooting.
5. Cecilia Mangini, between the real and the magical.
6. Eduardo Coutinho, form in the service of the word.
7. Sara Gómez and didactic cinema as aesthetics.
8. Forugh Farrokhzad and the radical humanism of Iranian cinema.
9. Anne Charlotte Robertson and the filmed diary as therapy.
10. Kim Longinotto and the use of the shoulder camera in observational cinema.
11. Kidlat Tahimik and cultural imperialism.
12. Su Friedrich, does radical content deserve a radical form?
13. Intermediate session: group authorship, creation from collectives.
14. Lourdes Portillo and transnational cinema.
15. Fernando Ruiz de Vergara and censorship in documentary cinema.
16. Marlon Riggs, "Brother to Brother".
17. Raoul Peck and the narrative of the defeated.
18. Ursula Biemann and the bridges between research and creation.
19. Naomi Uman, eroticism and sexuality in documentary cinema.
20. Wang Bing: how to film the human being.
21. Carolina Adriazola, José Luis Sepúlveda and the limits of staging.
22. John Wilson and the dramaturgy of the humorous tutorial.
23. Nikita Lavretski and the aesthetics of resistance, cyberactivism, and autobiographical writings.
24. Authors of African documentary cinema.
25. Closing session: the future of authorship in documentary.
Final individual work: Free essay.
Career opportunities
Research in documentary cinema or non-fiction cinema with the intention of publishing texts.Writing and film criticism specialized in the area of documentaries.
Teaching related to the field of documentary.
Direction and production of documentaries.
Scholarships and financial aid
Chek all the information on the possibilities for grants and scholarships in the page for UAB financial aids, grants and calls.
Coordinating centres
Departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad
Contact
Jorge Tur Moltó
Phone: 931244885 // 663087397
Additional information
https://uab-documentalcreativo.es/en/