Overview Brussels Semester

The third semester in Brussels has two main focuses. On the one hand it focuses on a comprehensive exercise aiming to explore the creative potential of the soundscape and of the director’s voice. On the other hand, it aims to develop practice-oriented skills in terms of documentary scriptwriting and narration, producing, budgeting, and legal issues (author rights, contracts, etc.).

Classes are taught by local filmmakers, film scholars and guest professional instructors, and as well by international visiting lecturers and experts. Whereas the first two semesters have horizontal schedules (several time slots of different course modules), the third semester has a vertical schedule, in which several days are reserved for one course module only.

Sound occupies a central place in the third term. In the main film exercise, entitled Sound and Signature (in UC Documentary Film Directing), students make an individual film in which the soundtrack is the foundation of this project, so before they start thinking about adding images.

We also concentrate in this semester on the skills students should acquire in order to navigate the professional marketplace: how to write and present a script, how to make a contract and deal with basic legal aspects, how to setup a co-production, how to create networks, and how to negotiate with partners, broadcasters and distributors.

Another unique part of the semester’s program is “Events and Visits”. The geographical position of Brussels makes it possible to organize a visit to IDFA in Amsterdam, the largest documentary festival in the world.

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CALL FOR APPLICATION

Call for Application to the 2024-2026 (thirteenth) edition is closed.

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WHO CAN APPLY?

DOC NOMADS Erasmus Mundus Masters Course is aimed to students from all over the world with a BA degree in Film Studies, in Arts or in Media Communication studies.

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OFFERED BY THREE UNIVERSITIES

The DOC NOMADS EMMC has three full partners and enjoys the backing of 19 European and non-European associated members.

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