UNESCO - audiovisual e-platform

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards in association with CNN International will present the power and reach of Asia-Pacific film through a jointly-produced television series to be broadcast throughout October and November on CNN International in the lead up to the 2009 Awards. Titled Scene by Scene – Films of Asia Pacific, each episode provides unparalleled reach for this powerhouse of film covering more than 249 million households and hotel rooms around the world in more than 200 countries and territories. This continues a journey to promote the films and filmmakers of Asia-Pacific to a global audience; to realise the objectives of UNESCO to promote and preserve our respective cultures through the influential medium of film. The 2009 Awards Ceremony will also feature in a special edition of CNN International’s monthly entertainment program, The Screening Room, hosted by Myleene Klass.

Films made by children aged 6-15 years during Lola Kenya Screen film production workshops have been nominated for the all-Africa Movie Academy.

The UNESCO Audiovisual E-Platform will release its new website in the coming days.

FESPACO, the Festival Panafricain du Cinema et de la Television de Ouagadougou will held between the 28th February and the 7th March its 40th edition.

The United Nations has launched its TV channel on YouTube. This new and innovative experience will try to reach a broader and plural audience and to inform about UN activities on various issues of the world’s agenda.

The Mobile World Congress, the world’s leading communications industry event, representing over 750 mobile operators from 218 countries has become a focal point for the mobile and entertainment industries, attracting leading film makers and artists –such as Robert Redford, Isabella Rosselini, Valerie Faris…- to tackle issues regarding the opportunities of the mobile format to produce short films.