NEWS: Prix Jeunesse Int. and WADADA News for Kids in Kosovo

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - A one-day event devoted to the youth of the city was organized by Prix Jeunesse International and WADADA News for Kids. The day was moderated by Jan-Willem Bult, head of Children, Youth & Media department of the Amsterdam based organization Free Press Unlimited. The event was inspired and coordinated by the young activist and English teacher from the Ibrahim Mazreku school, Veton Kastrati.

Divided in two sections the day started with "The Oscar's of Children's TV" where the participants had the chance to watch and vote for the best kids TV programs, all of which stood out by the latest Prix Jeunesse International festivals.

Prix Jeunesse International "suitcase", run by Prix Jeunesse Foundation are workshops directed to professionals working on children's TV programmes but screenings are also open to educators, researchers and students.

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OPPORTUNITIES: German companies offer internships for journalists (BALKANS)

Young journalists with good knowledge of English or German from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia can apply.

The Internship Program of German Business is offering graduates and students a three- to six-month-long internship at leading German companies.

The interns will receive an allowance financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Participating German companies cover the cost of accommodation and health insurance.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES / FESTIVALS: International Rolling Film Festival - showcasing films about Roma

Romawood and Balkan Sunflowers NGO’s from Kosovo are        organizing a third edition of International Rolling Film Festival - showcasing films about Roma.

We are now accepting films entries to be considered for official programing of the festival.

The call for entries are for:

Documentaries, short or long

Feature Films

Short Films

Animation

All the films should be translated or subtitles in English. Filmmakers should send their films as soon as possible together with; entry form, stills of film and directors photograph, bio and filmography attached and send to rollingfilmfestival@gmail.com

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OPPORTUNITIES: Grants workshop in Kosovo

ECF and the Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture (BIFC) Regional Advice Hub in Ljubljana are organising an information session in Pristina on the BIFC grant scheme, which includes a practical workshop on how to apply for the grant.

This is a great opportunity for organizations working in the Balkans to improve their skills and knowledge on writing grant applications, and to find out what makes a successful BIFC grantee.

The workshop will take place on Thursday, 26 January 2012 at the ODA Theatre, Pallati i Rinisë dhe i Sporteve nr. 111, Pristina, Kosovo.

There are a limited number of spaces available for the workshop, so please register your interest by emailing your name and the name of your organisation to: info@bifc-hub.eu.

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NEWS / AWARDS / ONEMINUTESJR: Youth filmmakers nominated for awards

NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM, 21 October 2010 – UNICEF and the One Minutes Foundation announced last week the nominees for the 2010 Oneminutesjr. Awards. The awards will go to the best one minute video made by a youth filmmaker in the past year. The awards will be announced online at www.theoneminutesjr.org on Wednesday, November 10.

There are three categories for competition: (Self)-Portrait, Inside-Out and One Minute of Freedom.

The films nominated for (Self)-Portrait are “Mama” by Wolf Artem (Ukraine), “Dear Dad” by Carlon Knight (Antigua), “Let the Past be the Past” by Swaba Tumusiime (Uganda), “The Gap” by Chris Ndamagye (Uganda) and “Greetings from Kosovo” by Suada Jahirovic (Kosovo).

The films nominated for Inside-out are “Taim Nogut” by Louisah Enos (Papua New Guinea), “Pride” by Jesse Russell (USA), “Paper Wings” by Nargiz Zeynalova (Azerbaijan), “Welcome” by Nikita Wade (Barbados) and “I Am Alone Now” by Ruth Henry (Barbados).

The films nominated for One Minute of Freedom are “Focus” by Ryan Forde (Guyana), “Hanoi Night” by Nguyen The Ngec Hà (Vietnam), “Wailea River” by Epironi Silimanabure Tulele (Fiji), “It Happened to Me” by Melania Dikoulia (Fiji) and “On the Last Drop” by Tolib Homitov (Tajikistan).

All videos were made by filmmakers under the age of 20.

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AWARDS: Winners of DokuFest 2010 in Prizren, Kosovo, announced

Prizren, Kosovo, August 8, 2010 – DokuFest announced the winners of the 9th edition of the festival at the awards ceremony held last night, culminating the 8 day long festival activities that included the screenings of 198 films representing 37 countries, workshops, debates, panel discussions and live music concerts. Festival hosted more than 170 filmmakers from around the globe, making it truly international event.

The Balkan Documentary Competition Award went to Romanian film The World According to Ion.B. by Alexander Nanau. The jury composed of Emel Celebi (Turkey) Mike Palmieri (USA) and Sissi Korhonen (Finland) noted the following about the competition and awarded films:

“The Balkan Documentary competition films were all connected by their shared examinations of traditional values of family and place vs personal values that break with those traditions. Sometimes the characters in the films illustrated the break, other times by the unique craft of the filmmaking itself. The jury felt strongly about three films that managed to explore these themes in unique and special ways.
The jury awards its main prize to a director whose filmmaking skill merges seamlessly with the character he portrays, leaving no opportunity wasted in the telling of his story. It is a deeply intimate portrait told with a grace and humor that won us over unanimously”

Same jury also gave the Best Newcomer Award to two films from Balkan Documentary Competition. The winning films were 1717 Kilometers of Summer 2009 by Slovenian filmmaker Jurij Meden and Tobacco Girl by Macedonian Biljana Garvanlieva. Balkan Documentary Centre from Sofia, Bulgaria sponsored the award.

“The emerging Balkan filmmaker prize is shared between two filmmakers whose approach to their subjects could not be more different from one another, but whose films conveyed a powerful sense of character and place that left a lasting impression on us” the jury noted.

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DokuKids award went to Finnish animation Benigni by Elli Vuorinen and Sorra Prize to the short documentary Greetings from Kosovo by Suada Jahirovic from Kosovo.

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OneMinutesJr workshop in Kosovo - Daily Diary

WORKSHOPS / EVENTS: OneMinutesJr workshop in Kosovo - Day 2

The second day of the OneMinutesJr workshop in Mitrovica, Kosovo, starts with more discussions and brainstorming about the film ideas. We then give the children a quick introduction to the cameras and hand over the equipment to the children. It is important that they "experiment" with the cameras and get comfortable using them, because over the next two days, they will run the process and become directors and cameramen.

Interestingly, the smallest boys show the biggest interest in the cameras. It seems like Sultan (13) and his brother Mewruz (12) have glued them to their hands. But all others also want to have a go and so the cameras are handed over from one participant to the other.

English blog - Day 2

Der zweite Tag des OneMinutesJr-Workshops mit Roma-Kindern in Mitrovica, Kosovo, beginnt da, wo wir am ersten Tag aufgehört haben - mit weiteren Disussionen über die Filmideen, noch mehr “brainstorming” und der Fertigstellung der Dreh-Skizzen. Danach geben wir den Kindern eine kurze Einführung in die Theorie und Praxis der “Drehkunst”. Wann benutzt man einen Zoom? Was ist überhaupt ein Kameraschwenk? Wieviele verschiedene Bilder bzw. Einstellungen braucht man für einen OneMinutesJr-Film eigentlich? Ausserdem: Wie bekomme ich das beste Licht für meinen Film, wo muß die Sonne stehen, was passiert, wenn die Batterien leer sind. Die einfachen Dinge des Alltags eines “Kamera-Kindes” wollen eben gelernt sein.

German blog- Day 2