Twenty-fi ve of the more than forty applicants fi nally embarked on the making of their fi rst fi lm in the frame of the Inforg workshop. We divided the participants into fi ve groups, each of which contained two directors, one producer, one director of photography, and one editor. The aim of the training was for each of the production groups – with the help of the studio’s intellectual and technical apparatus – to make at least one short film or documentary over the course of ten weeks. The shooting preparations were accompanied by parallel programs in script-development, hands-on practice for directors, photographers, and editors, with continuous pitches, lectures, fi lm analysis, and individual consultations. We did not wish to dictate any “central” specifi cations. Our starting point was the young people’s imaginations, and we formulated the methods of instruction based on their fi lm plans. We attempted to help them with all the million little choices (and often “THE” choice) one has to make while writing, shooting, or editing a film. On December 20, 2007, we showed the fi nished products and evaluated them at the House of Film, where the course took place. The students – often placing their everyday lives in the background – summoned enormous amounts of energy to bring their projects into existence.

The workshop’s winners were Nóra Lapusnyik, Balázs Lengyel, and Nándor Varjú, who each received 60,000 forints in prize money.