Policy
05 October 2023
Link copied to clipboardAfter the success of the first two editions, applications open today to participate to the third edition of the mentoring and access to work initiative aimed at Italian female talents in the audiovisual industry
October 5, 2023 - Applications to participate in the third edition of "Becoming Maestre - A springboard for a new generation of female professionals in the film and TV industry", open today on the site https://becomingmaestre.daviddidonatello.it/. The mentoring and access to work initiative aimed at Italian female talents in the audiovisual industry is conceived and developed by Accademia del Cinema Italiano - Premi David di Donatello and Netflix and is part of the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity - a $100 million commitment to help build new pathways for underrepresented communities within the entertainment industry.
The formula successfully created two years ago remains unchanged: an exceptional jury, made up of Maestre and Maestri of the audiovisual industry, who have won and / or received nominations for the David di Donatello Awards, will select and follow the selected mentees (up to six per category) throughout the course of the programme. Francesca Archibugi will join Ivan Cotroneo as mentor for directing; Daniela Bassani and Francesco Tumminello (sound), Esmeralda Calabria and Walter Fasano (editing), Daria D'Antonio and Luca Bigazzi (direction of photography) are all confirmed for this third edition.
Francesca Comencini, mentor for directing for the first two editions, will continue to accompany the project as will many other excellences of Italian and international cinema who will intervene with masterclasses and specific meetings.
The program will last about six months - not full-time - and will include:
Individual tutoring sessions and group tutoring workshops (for each professional category), in which the students will have the opportunity to deepen and develop the specific skills needed in their professional field by exchanging views with the mentors of their own discipline;
Collective masterclasses, allowing students both to increase their knowledge of the film and TV series production industry as a whole, as well as to create a network, by interacting with the fellow mentees, with the mentors and with other important experts of this field. This year, too, important Italian and international personalities of the film and TV industry will join the mentors and will share their experience with the students of Becoming Maestre.
Coaching sessions with specialized training experts to help students acquire or improve complementary but important skills, ranging from how to pitch a project to better manage collaborations and teamwork.
A coordinated practical exercise aimed at enhancing the learnings and the synergies between the mentees.
At the end of the course, a dedicated commission together with the mentors will select four students (one for each professional area) who will be offered a job as assistants on an Italian production involving Netflix (film or TV series).
It is possible to submit your applications from today until November 4 2023 by registering to the website https://becomingmaestre.daviddidonatello.it/.
All the details on the requirements to participate in the selection, on the materials to be sent and in general on all the information about the initiative are available on https://becomingmaestre.daviddidonatello.it/.
The list of thirty selected mentees will be announced by December 15 2023 on the website https://becomingmaestre.daviddidonatello.it/.
The individual tutoring sessions, the tutoring workshops by category and the collective masterclasses will take place approximately between December 2023 and June 2024.
The names of the five selected mentees who will be offered a work position as assistants on an Italian production where Netflix is involved will be announced by the end of June 2024.