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Alliance of Civilizations / PLURAL +
- Country:
UNITED STATES - Submitted Films:
- 35
- Registered since:
- 04.11.2009
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- Contact Person:
- Jordi Torrent
- Contact Email
- torrent@un.org
Location of Alliance of Civilizations / PLURAL +
Description:
In collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other international partners, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) is launching a youth video festival exploring themes related to migration and diversity. Recognizing youth as powerful agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, and cultural and religious divisions, PLURAL+ is aimed at involving youth in addressing the key issues in their community related to migrant integration, inclusiveness, identity, diversity, human rights and social cohesiveness. The practical contributions of young people – whether they are migrants, second-generation immigrants or non-migrants – can come not just by identifying constraints but also through promoting a climate of respect and appreciation for each other, helping to point the way towards a more enlightened world. PLURAL+ invites youth to do just that by submitting short videos on their thoughts, experiences, opinions, questions and suggestions on these issues and how to promote harmonious yet diverse societies. On 18 December, 2009, coinciding with The International Migrants Day, a prestigious International Jury will announce and screen the winning videos during an award ceremony at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. The winning videos will be presented at festivals, conferences and events throughout 2010.Films in the catalogue:
Title / Date
Catalogue
Country
482 / 2009
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Synopsis: For 18 years of independence in a network of people dealers about 100 thousand Ukrainians were taken. This is a story about it.
Adil / 2009
4.4 / 5 votes
Synopsis: A group of young people interview another young person about a range of socio political issues regarding growing up in an area with a history of violent conflict.
Adroana and us / 2009
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Synopsis: This documentary tries to confront two worlds: a youth project and a neighbourhood where a lot of immigrants live.
After the Parting / 2009
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Synopsis: A film about a girls immigration from Iraq to Jordan
Butterfly / 2009
2.0 / 1 votes
Synopsis: A story of a young queer girl growing up in Boyle Heights in a traditional Latin household during her teenage years
Circling Around / 2008
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Synopsis: The video is about what it means to me to belong somewhere. I show religions and the places that I belong to. I believe in many religions, and I’ve lived in many countries, so this makes it difficult for me to know exactly where I belong, however, as I summarized at the end of the video, it is not about religion, place or society, it’s about how you are treated, and how comfortable you feel.
Confuzzled / 2008
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Synopsis: Ayeman’s video suggests his questioning of whether he feels he belongs to the area in which he has only lived for a few years. “Good Ayeman” and “Bad Ayeman”—symbolized by the Devil and the Angel—try to convince him of the pros and cons of living in Newham.
Diversity Makes the World Colorful / 2009
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Synopsis: The video makes everyone take part in a faded and crystallized everyday. Everyone is hidden behind a white and phlegmatic usher. Then, through reflections, diversity is discovered. It becomes the world’s color as if it were the most precious value of all. A concatenation of a crescendo unmasking lets the audience come in contact with a new, bright and pleasant everyday life where people can show their diversity without being ashamed. No xenophobia, no racism, no cultural globalization.
Does it take to be overcome to change? / 2009
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Synopsis: The story of Damus, an 18 year old who refuses to listen to the advice of his father. He illegally migrates to Europe and is changed in the process
Home Away from Home / 2009
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Synopsis: The video exposes the challenges and gains people had whilst in exile. The video showcases the experiences of four youth whilst in different locations in Uganda
Meeting in Mars / 2008
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Synopsis: A child decides to build a rocket flies to Mars and goes back
Migration / 2008
3.0 / 1 votes
Synopsis: Two teenagers and a child speak about their lives since they or their relatives became migrants. One of them is Walter, he talks about his mother who lives in Spain and how much he misses her. John came to Ecuador from Colombia and he talks about the whole new experience he had after he was displaced by the Guerilla. Juan David’s family lives in Colombia so he would like to go back to his country but he cannot because his parents live in Ibarra-Ecuador.
Migration / 2009
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Synopsis: Video is showing the reasons for migration and the integration problems after migration. It is a vicious circle of sadness.
My Big Happy Family / 2008
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Synopsis: The entire video is based on a story that really happened. It is about a girl who accidentally finds her biological father on the internet and looks him up. He coincidentally lives in the same city. This new discovery creates a whole new family situation. The reason why she made this video is because a lot of people do not understand her family situation and ask a lot of questions about it and of course she needs to answer them a thousand times. Now her video is her answer.
My Immigration to Jordan / 2009
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Synopsis: About coming to Jordan from Iraq, about all the procedures at the border crossing and what happened on the way to Jordan.
My Street / 2008
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Synopsis: Umer’s video addresses questions of young people’s exclusion and current fear that he/ young people develop when walking in the street.
Palestine Mail / 2009
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Synopsis: A visual representation of a poem about a Palestinian migrants thoughts on their migration from their homeland
Refugees / 2009
3.0 / 1 votes
Synopsis: A short movie symbolically demonstrating the main causes of the increasing number of refugees around the world and the importance of unity and collaboration between our nations to solve the refugees urging problems.
SFAT The Mihai’s Ballad / 2009
2.0 / 1 votes
Synopsis: Mihai is a musician from Romania. He does not have money and work. So he decided to live in Italy. SFAT is a mini documentary that narrates Mihai’s immigration story by his own words, that sound as a ballad, and through the images of the new city in which he is living now, Bari. SFAT proposes to see this particular reality with Mihai’s own eyes, music and voice. SFAT is a word of the ROM language that identifies the ritual of handing down traditions and experiences from older people to younger ones, around a fire. Mihai is a storyteller of this SFAT.
Silence is crime / 2008
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Synopsis: In memory of Lamine Dieng, young French who died in a police van during the night of 17 June 2007, Rue de la Bidassoa, Paris, 20e arrondissement.
Something to exchange: a dialogue between old and new migrants / 2009
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Synopsis: A group of young girls from Ghana, Morocco and Peru met a group of old people in the town where they immigrated with their parents. They exchanged experiences, and at the end, they noticed that they are not that different.
Sugar Cane Hopes / 2009
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Synopsis: The story of 2 Haitian migrant workers struggling to survive in a Dominican Batey while working in the sugar cane fields
The Almost Lost Generation / 2009
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Synopsis: Victims of Sudan’s genocidal war share their harrowing experience and efforts to keep their culture alive towards the younger generation.
The migration / 2009
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Synopsis: This video is in a static shot on a school board. A hand is drawing the route of an immigrant using chalk and pictures.
The Secret of Broken Borders / 2009
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Synopsis: Four people from different countries receive a mysterious letter.
The story behind just another nationality / 2009
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Synopsis: It is an interactive documentary about Amsterdam and its 177 nationalities. Jane, one of the creators tells us about the diversity in Amsterdam and why it is important to look at all sides of diversity story.
Veins in a Body / 2008
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Synopsis: Visual representation of a poem about the values and achievements of community.
Waiting to Live or Leave / 2009
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Synopsis: It is about migration with an emphasis on asylum seekers, their life, and the pressure they are under. How they have been integrated into the community
Warda / 2008
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Synopsis: Everyday Warda brings food to her Grandmother, but one day a giant wall has been built on her way…
What Floor? / 2008
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Synopsis: The main message of the videos is “don’t judge the book by its cover”
Who am I? / 2009
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Synopsis: The video is about Yuri whose father is Korean and mother is Uzbek. The video depicts Yuri’s and her mother’s difficulties in adjusting to a Korean life.
Youth Speaks / 2009
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Synopsis: What 5 adolescents from different cultural backgrounds think about migration and cultural diversity.
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