{"id":1789,"date":"2025-09-13T12:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T09:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:59:59","slug":"operator-vs-documentary-film-film-workshop-with-les-leskov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/en\/program\/operator-vs-documentary-film-film-workshop-with-les-leskov-1789\/","title":{"rendered":"Operator VS Documentary Film: Film Workshop with Les Lieskov"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of the Wiz-Art Festival, in collaboration with What if Creative Studio, we have prepared a wonderful opportunity for you to not only learn more about the work of a cinematographer in documentary film, but also to create your own documentary stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will consist of two parts: <strong>a theoretical lecture and a practical film workshop<\/strong>. During the theoretical lecture, we will discuss all the main features of the work of a cinematographer in documentary filmmaking. We invite people who are ready to shoot and finalize <strong>documentary observations around the Wiz-Art Festival<\/strong>, which will take place on September 17-21, and show it on September 21 on the big screen at the closing of the film festival. The number of places is limited, so don&#8217;t hesitate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants in the practical part will receive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a pass to all festival screenings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cool merch from the team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>something intriguing from the festival&#8217;s partners \u2014 M-Rental, service of camera and lighting equipment rental.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You will also have the opportunity to try out various camera setups from M-Rental, assembled specifically for documentary projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will take place at the location of our wonderful partners, America House Lviv, 2 Hnatiuka St., 2nd floor.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1789_72a51d-db .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1789_72a51d-db size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Operator-VS-dokumentalne-kino-9-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Operator-VS-dokumentalne-kino-9-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Operator-VS-dokumentalne-kino-9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Operator-VS-dokumentalne-kino-9-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Operator-VS-dokumentalne-kino-9-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Operator-VS-dokumentalne-kino-9.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who will be the curator?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Les Lieskov<\/strong> is a cinematographer and lighting designer with extensive experience in feature films, TV series, advertising, and, of course, documentary films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a documentary cinematographer, he has worked with teams from Poland, France (Channel One), the UK (BBC), and Lithuania, and participated in the documentary projects Yaremchuk: The Incomparable World of Beauty,\u201c \u201dEpisodes,\u201c \u201dStorks Always Come Home\u201c (winner of the national competition at the Molodist Film Festival 2024), and \u201dTime of Flight&#8221; (premiered at the Berlinale 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les is convinced that there is nothing more authentic and important in Ukraine today than documentary filmmaking. Maybe you agree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In any case, come in and let&#8217;s talk about it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film workshop is completely free. To participate, please fill out a short Google form: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/xiV3GEuadj16QCKr6\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/xiV3GEuadj16QCKr6<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Wiz-Art Festival, in collaboration with What if Creative Studio, we have prepared a wonderful opportunity for you to not only learn more about the work of a cinematographer in documentary film, but also to create your own documentary stories. 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