Master Class : Pia Marais
SATURDAY 14:00 SVETOZOR CINEMA, SMALL HALL
After a number of short films, one of our jurors Pia Marais started her series of festival successes with her very first feature that won the Tiger Award in Rotterdam 2007. At Fresh Film Fest she will present her film At Ellen’s Age shot within the project of artistic residency at Cannes and premiered in Locarno 2010 and her film Layla Fourie that got the Special Mention at Berlinale 2013.
Master Class will be moderated by the speaker and editor of the Czech Radio Pavel Sladký.
Free entry, English Only.
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