Ongoing Outreach and Previous Trips
Sarajevo Outreach 2012
Sarajevo, July 2012
The Academy arranged for five filmmakers to take a virtual trip across the globe to the Sarajevo Talent Campus for an innovative video conference about film production. Read more
Cuba Outreach 2011
Cuba, December 2011
A group of Academy members returned to Cuba in December 2011, for the The 33rd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Read more
East Africa Outreach
East Africa, July 2011
In July 2001, Academy members traveled to Kenya and Rwanda, though their activities involved interactions with a number of professional and aspiring filmmakers from other countries of the region, including Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. Read more
From Here to Havana
Cuba, December 2010
Through the efforts of the Academy's International Outreach Committee, a group of members recently traveled to Cuba for an educational and cultural exchange with fellow filmmakers. Read more
The Road to Isfahan
Iran, February 2009
Through the efforts of the Academy's International Outreach Committee, a group of members recently traveled to Iran for an educational and cultural exchange with fellow filmmakers. Read more
Academy Members Provide Sound Recording Training in Vietnam
Vietnam, Spring 2008
In spring 2008, an Academy delegation spent two weeks in Hanoi educating filmmakers on sound recording techniques and practices commonly used in American productions. The trip grew out of a 2007 visit to Vietnam by an Academy delegation, during which it was discovered that Vietnamese film professionals lacked the training and equipment to record synchronous sound, and that this deficiency was seriously hindering the success of the local filmmaking industry, particularly in marketing films outside of Vietnam. Read more
Hollywood Meets Hanoi
Vietnam, May 2007
In May 2007, seven Academy members traveled to Vietnam for eight days of film screenings, workshops, seminars and other exchanges with local film professionals and students. Read more