Symposium on Film Editing in Sao Paulo: Dalarna University Professor in Attendance

Sylvia Ingemarsdotter, Professor in Film Production at Dalarna University, recently attended the symposium "Creative Post-Production” in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The symposium was held at Cinemateca Brasileira – Brazilian Film Archives with support from the Ministry of Culture, the School of Communication and Arts of the University of Sao Paulo and ABC- The Brazilian Cinematography Association.

The editing of films is just as creative an art as the writing of scripts. The term post-production is used to describe the latter stages in the production of a film. But the craft or art of editing is often hidden. It's not for nothing that film editing is called ”the hidden art” despite its central role in the final result, that being the film.

Sylvia Ingemarsdotter has many years of experience in the film industry. For many years, she workd as editor on Ingmar Bergman's films. Currently, she is working on the editing of the TV series Johan Falk, part 7. Sylvia Ingemarsdotter teaches in the field of Culture, Media and Design at Dalarna University.

At the symposium, she gave a talk about ”The Written Word Versus the Final Cut: Screenwriting and Editing” along with three colleagues from England and Brazil. Is it possible for a film to be exactly as the scriptwriter intended? Is the storytelling in accordance to the author, or does the story take shape in the cutting room?

"Taking part in this symposium meant first of all that film editing as a profession is becoming more visible. It was also a unique opportunity to share experiences with other editors, sound artists, composers and scriptwriters from other parts of the world," explains Sylvia Ingmarsdotter.


Some of the attendees at The Creative Post-Production Symposium.
From left Yann Dedet, Annabelle Pangborn, Larry Sider, Sylvia Ingemarsdotter, Mick Audsley, Roger Crittenden, David Charap and Roberto Perpignani.


Translation based on the original Swedish by A. Skogsjö