AWARDS / OPPORTUNITIES: OneMinutesJr Award 2007 - deadline June 1, 2007

Cmpetition deadline - June 1, 2007

A new deadline has been set this year for the festival. Usually the deadline is in September, but this year we have shifted it to June 1st. this means that you only have two more months to submit your entries, so hurry up and good luck!

for more information www.theoneminutesjr.org

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OPPORTUNITIES: 2007 International Essay Contest for Young People

2007 International Essay Contest for Young People
For youth essays on peace using media and technology...
Deadline: June 30 2007

The Goi Peace Foundation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) invite young people throughout the world up to 25 years of age to submit essays for the 2007 International Essay Contest for Young People. Entries are divided into two age categories for the awarding of prizes: up to 14 years and 15 - 25 years.

The competition's theme is 'The Role of Media and Information and Communication Technologies in Building a Peaceful World.' Essays should comment on how media and communication and information technologies can be used to help build a peaceful world. First, second, and third place and honourable mention entries in each category will receive: (1st) 100,000 Yen (approximately US$840), (2nd) 50,000 Yen (approximately US$420), and (3rd and honourable mention) certificates and gifts. Multiple prizes will be given in all but the first place category. The first place winner will be invited to Japan to receive the award - travel expenses are paid by the sponsors.

Rules for the competition are:

• Essays must be 800 words or less, printed or typed in English, French, Spanish, or German.
• Each must include a cover page with the age category, title, your name, address, telephone number, fax number, email address, nationality, age as of June 30 2007, gender, school name and grade, and word count.
• Entries must be submitted by post or email.
• Essays must be original and unpublished.
• Essays must be written by one person.
• Copyright of the essays will be assigned to the organisers.

Interested parties must send their submissions to the address below.

International Essay Contest c/o Goi Peace Foundation
1-4-5 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0093v Japan
essay@goapeace.or.jp

The deadline for application is June 30 2007.

Click here to view guidelines and eligibility criteria and to access flyers in PDF format in Japanese, English, French, German, and Spanish.

Contact:
International Essay Contest C/O Goa Peace Foundation
1-4-5 Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 102-0093
Japan
essay@goipeace.or.jp

SOURCE: http://www.comminit.com/awards2007/awards2007/awards-1637.html

 

MORE: http://www.goipeace.or.jp/English/activities/programs/0702_00.htm

 

 

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TV / PROJECTS: TV programme targets Arabic youth (JORDAN)

TV programme targets Arabic youth

By Tudor Lomas

Saturday, 28 April 2007

The Shababnews production team On the face of it, setting up a news programme for young teenagers on state-run TV in Jordan seems a long way from the cutting-edge of pioneering, independent media, but nothing like it has been done before in the Arab world. Youth news TV can offer a realistic way of making a journalistic impact in countries where the prospects are otherwise pretty bleak. Such news is often not taken seriously by the authorities; this gives a chance to slip beneath the radar and access a crucial and influential audience. Shababnews is a locally-produced news offering in Arabic which cuts through the bland to offer quality reports on subjects such as child labour, recycling plastic bags and the curse of diabetes. In Jordan 50% of the population is under 20 years old.  Not only are they the future, but these young teenagers are de facto mentors for their younger brothers and sisters.  In many families they help their parents and older relatives to decode a rapidly changing world.

 

FULL ARTICLE AT: http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/188/1/

 

SHABABNEWS WEBSITE: http://www.shababnews.tv/

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NEWS / TV: ITV Local hooks up with Mediabox

ITV Local hooks up with Mediabox

Thursday, April 26 2007, 14:50 BST

By Joanne Oatts, Media Correspondent

ITV's regional broadband TV service ITV Local is to partner with Mediabox, the government's £6 million media fund for young people.

Documentaries, short films, TV programmes and video podcasts from Mediabox projects will be added to the web service from late summer.

ITV Local's director of programming, Lindsay Charlton, said: "ITV Local is a unique resource providing a platform for broadcast quality video content. This link-up will enhance the service we provide and give a really high profile platform to drive awareness for such community projects."

 

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a45750/itv-local-hooks-up-with-mediabox.html

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EVENTS / FESTIVALS: Kristiansand's Fest for Kidpics turns 10

KRISTIANSAND'S FEST FOR KIDPICS TURNS 10

Excerpts from four new Norwegian productions on show at the Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, which started yesterday (Tuesday, 24 April) and runs through Saturday, 28 April

Norway's Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, which opened yesterday (Tuesday, 24 April) with the local première of Norwegan director Petter Næss' Swedish film, Hoppet (The Jump), expected to sell 15,000 tickets for its 10th anniversary programme, which comprises 95 films from 24 countries, adding numerous seminars and 27 film workshops.

Among the highlights from this year's selection festival director Danckert Monrad-Krohn emphasised Swedish directors Ylva Gustavsson and Catti Edfeldt's Berlinale player, Förortsungar (Kidz in da Hood), which was awarded five guldbaggar, the local Oscars. Also two Danish films, Nikolaj Arcel's De fortabte sjæles Ø (Island of Lost Souls) and Christina Rosendahl's Supervoksen (Triple Dare).

Excerpts from four new local productions will be on show at Kristiansand, including Stig Svendsen's Radiopiratene (The Radio Pirates), Grethe Bøe-Waal's Titanics ti liv (The Ten Lives of the Titanic), Arne Lindtner Næss's SOS Svartskjær fyr (SOS Lighthouse Svartskjar) and Rasmus Sivertsen's Kurt blir grusom (Kurt Gets Cruel), introduced by directors and producers.

Monrad-Krohn will also present Norwegian filmmakers of tomorrow in a sidebar of shorts, which comprises the domestic launch of Lisa Marie Gamlem's Bennys gym (Benny's Gym), selected for the Berlinale and in competition at Germany's upcoming International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. The anniversary is celebrated with an open air programme at the Fønix Theatre on Saturday, 28 April.

SOURCE: http://www.nordicfilmnews.net/Newsletter/NL-070425.html

FESTIVAL HOMEPAGE: http://www.filmweb.no/barnefilmfestivalen2007/english/

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OPPORTUNTIES: Very Important Producer Awards 2007

Calling all youth filmmakers worldwide!

Announcing the Very Important Producers Awards 2007
http://www.listenup.org/vip2007/

Looking for an audience to watch your best films? How about an audience of
youth filmmakers worldwide? Listen Up!'s 2nd Annual ³Very Important
Producers² Awards is all about filmmakers, their friends & their allies
watching and discussing the latest & greatest in youth media.

Deadline for Submissions: May 11th
Audience Rates Films: May 18th-June 1st

? $1000 for the producing organization of the Audience Award for Best
Achievement in Youth Media
? $500 & $250 for Audience Award runner-ups
? VIP ³I¹m Big in Youth Media² Packages for winning filmmakers in 11
categories
? iPod Video for winning filmmaker of Audience Award for Best Achievement in
Youth Media
? Winning films featured on the 2007 ³I¹m Big in Youth Media² DVD

http://www.listenup.org/vip2007/ has all the information you¹ll need to get
started. Listen Up!¹s Matt Griffin is on hand to answer all of your
questions along the way. matt@listenup.org

VIP2007 is a great opportunity for filmmakers worldwide to share work and
get the recognition they deserve. We sure hope you¹ll join us!

The Listen Up! Team

The Listen Up! Team
http://www.listenup.org/vip2007/

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Austin Haeberle
Creative Director, Listen Up!
austin@listenup.org
www.listenup.org

Learning Matters, Inc.
6 E. 32nd St., 8th Floor
New York, NY 10016
tel. (212) 725-7000
fax (212) 725-2433

Our mission at Listen Up! is to help youth be heard in the mass media,
contributing to a culture of free speech and social responsibility. Listen
Up! is a national Youth Media Network that helps youth producers and their
adult mentors exchange work, share ideas and learn from one another.

Coming in May. A new documentary from our parent non-profit, Learning
Matters, on PBS- "Discounted Dreams" The high hopes and harsh realities at
America's community colleges. Check local listings for date and time.
http://www.discounteddreams.org

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VOY OneMinutesJr competition - Semi-finalists announced! Cast your vote online now!!!

Dear all,

 

the Top 10 films from the VOY OneMinutesJr competition 2007 are not online - and you can contribute to make your favorite film the overall winner!

Check out the films at http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_3733.html

 

And then follow the links to cast your vote.

 

Thanx again to everybody who contributed to the competition. Keep up the good work!

Chris

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OPINIONS / ARTICLES: Nunatsiavut government is proactive in dealing with suicide

Nunatsiavut government is proactive in dealing with suicide   Reader - The Labradorian Dear Editor: I am writing to express my concerns regarding the article printed in The Labradorian, April 16, 2007 entitled "Are Inuit suicide problems being ignored by the Nunatsiavut Government". As President of the Nunatsiavut Government it was with great shock and disappointment that I read this article. The Nunatsiavut Government's Department of Health & Social Development (DHSD) has made suicide a priority and has recently sought funding for several new initiatives. It is very concerning that an article such as this would appear without any consultation with the government department that has been working so diligently towards finding ways to combat the devastating problem that has touched so many of our people. The Nunatsiavut Government has made the issues of suicide, alcohol and drugs a priority since its inception and even before. This was made evident by the public consultations held by our government last spring. (...) Youth who are participating in support groups, activities, media projects, traveling across Canada to work with other youth on this issue and volunteering their time, feel that their contribution has not been recognized. Nunatsiavut Government's Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development just returned from Halifax where she presented along with two youth from Hopedale on our initiatives related to suicide prevention and they were highlighted as the best in Atlantic Canada. Hopedale has a suicide support group attended twice a week by approximately 30 youth. The DHSD purchased video equipment and provided training in each Labrador Inuit community for one week to build youth media teams. The final cut of these videos is being completed as we speak. This was identified by our youth as a priority and also by the National Inuit Youth Council. (...) William Andersen - President, Nunatsiavut Government

 

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.thelabradorian.ca/index.cfm?iid=2469&sid=20921

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Young Gambian Delegate Returns from 5 WSMC , UNICEF One Minutes Workshop

Young Gambian Delegate Returns from 5 WSMC Summit.

Banjul, 14 April, 2007 - By Alieu A Bah

The 5TH World Summit on Media for Children (5 WSMC) and the UNICEF One
Minute Workshop were held in Sandton City Johannesburg, South Africa from
March 19 to 28, 2007 on the theme MEDIA AS TOOL FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY. The
World Summit occurs every three years. This year, the underlying goals and
objectives are in line with the objectives of the World
Summit Foundation on Media for Children, the United Nations Millennium
Declaration and the priorities outlined in the Millennium Development Goals
and UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The Summit - launched in 1995 in Australia - offered a global platform
celebrating the rich tapestry of children's media Abdou Jatta, President of
Young People in the Media represented The Gambia and was accompanied to the
summit by Ms Begay Downes Thomas, UNICEF Communications Consultant.

The UNICEF One Minute Workshop gave the young delegates the opportunity to
write, film, edit and produce One Minute Video clips about their lives,
dreams, rights and fears. The Workshop also
equipped the young delegates with basic training in camera, story
development, editing skills as well as planning, participation and team
work.

A broad range of themes and issues including young people's right to
expression, the role of the internet in teenagers' lives, the plight of
street children and personal creativity were explored by the
young delegates. And, participants presented their films and experience to
other child delegates at the opening ceremony of the Summit.

The Gambian delegate produced two One Minute films entitled Media Waves and
Article 17. Both of his films focused on children's rights to freedom of
expression, access to information and the mass media. The YPM president was
also accorded the opportunity to address the summit on the role of the young
people in the Gambian media. Other participants were from Israel, Colombia,
Brazil,
Nigeria and South Africa.

In his presentation, Abdou Jatta, said the media plays a major role in
global peace and democracy which can ensure children to make well-informed
decisions. He added that the media in The Gambia has always been vigilant on
issues relating to the rights and wellbeing of its young citizenry.

Describing the media as a `powerful tool' in the propagation of global peace
and democracy, he further added that the presentation or misrepresentation
of informations by the media can greatly influence decisions taken on behalf
of children.

NEWS: 26 young Europeans witness on the ground the European Commission's development assistance in Rwanda

20/4/2007
26 young Europeans witness on the ground the European Commission's development assistance in Rwanda

Between 17 and 21 April, 26 young Europeans aged 16-18 and their teachers will visit Rwanda with the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel. There they will meet young Rwandans and get to know their country and history. They will also gain direct experience of the added value Europe brings to the world via the Commission's development and humanitarian aid policy. The young people from the 25 Member States of the EU are winners of the Development Youth Prize awarded at the first European Development Days held in Brussels in November 2006.

Development is not just a matter for experts, political institutions and NGOs: it concerns all responsible and committed citizens, especially young people. Solidarity, both between Europeans and beyond EU borders, is one of the fundamental values underpinning European integration. Development aid and humanitarian aid are two of the fields where European citizens want "more Europe", as shown by the Eurobarometer.

In 2006, 751 committed young Europeans and their teachers took part in this competition by submitting contributions highlighting European cooperation in Africa. The Prize was organised by European Schoolnet with the support of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Development. National juries, composed of experts and representatives of the Member States' development and education ministries, selected one winner and one runner-up per country, who participated in the European Development Days in Brussels in November 2006.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.europaworld.org/week303/26young20407.htm

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RESOURCES: Education and the media

Education and the media

17-04-2007 (UNESCO)

How can the media promote education for all? Where are the most reliable sources for journalists? What are the stories behind the statistics?

With Global Action Week approaching (23-29 April), UNESCO is promoting its media training resource, 'Education Makes News', to help journalists tackle these questions. 

Featuring education stories on the front page has always been a challenge to many educators and development workers. These stories are regarded as "soft" news stories compared to "hard" news stories related to crime and violence, conflict, disasters etc. Education stories are stereotyped as being too mundane and therefore do not attract the attention and interest of media audiences worldwide. But it is the news stories on education, literacy, health, nutrition and similar areas that make a difference in the lives of people, especially the poorest of the poor.

- From the foreword of 'Education makes news'. This UNESCO training kit was produced to encourage the media to highlight Education for All (EFA) goals. 

Contact: edknowledge@unesco.org

SOURCE: http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=53013&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

 

FREE DOWNLOAD: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal/download/mtk/2006/data/resource/coursePDF/PrintVersion/EFA_CoursePDF_PrintVersion.pdf

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RESEARCH: Cyber-bullying remains big problem for Canadian youth: Survey

Cyber-bullying remains big problem for Canadian youth: Survey

Tobi Cohen, Canadian Press

TORONTO (CP) - Kate Wilkes hasn't personally fallen victim to cyber-bullying, but she did watch it tear apart the social fabric of a classroom.

When a close friend of the 16-year-old Toronto high school student decided to pick on another girl over the Internet, the target of that cyber-bullying soon found her entire class turned against her.

FULL ARTICLE AT

http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=9b05a8ff-6e9f-4599-a35f-a494869de2fa&k=14052

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EVENTS: The Kids for Kids Festival will hold a regional competition in the Balkans for a second time!

The Kids for Kids Festival will hold a regional competition in the Balkans for a second time!

Children from Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey may take part in the event. Balkan KFKF www.balkanyouth.com is a part of the global KFKF and rules are the same. Deadline for submission: June 2007

Send your films to:
Miomir Rajcevic
Media Education Centre
Balkan Kids for Kids Festival
Obilicev Venac 21, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

3rd International Summer Media Workshop Vrsac, Serbia, August 2007

MEC will hold a 3rd edition of ISMW,  in Vrsac, in August of 2007. Last year, young people from 15 countries from Europe, Asia and America participated. This year, adults are invited for the first time to attend the event. We invite you to apply as soon as possible.

This year's groups will be:

A One Minute's Jr. workshop - 30 participants (15 international teams of 2 members).
One to Two, Ten Seconds, Short, One Take workshops - 20 participants.
Youth NEWS Magazine, TV and WEB Workshop - 10 participants.
Animation Film Workshop - 10 participants.
Media Education for Educators - 20 participants.

For more information www.net4youth.net

 

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EVENTS: Call for Entries Cinekid Festival 2007

 

Call for entries Cinekid Festival 2007

www.cinekid.nl/professionals

 

Dear all,

 

This year's Cinekid - the International Film, Television and New Media Festival for children - will be held between October 14-21 in Amsterdam. Join us! And don't miss what is a unique chance to have your film screened before a professional, international audience - in addition to lots of enthusiastic children!

 

* Send in your feature films for our prestigious Film Competition, consisting of 15 international children's films.

For the selection process we need your DVD (or VHS) with English subtitles and the filled out entry form.

Deadline: July 1st, 2007

→ Entry Form Film Competition

 

* Send in your short films, animations, documentaries, television programmes, features and other productions for the ScreeningClub. Cinekid's screening facility will be attended by international buyers, sales agents, programmers and distributors. It features over 200 of the latest high quality productions for children.

Please send in 2 DVD's and fill out the entry form.

Deadline: August 15th, 2007

→ Entry Form ScreeningClub

 

* Are you developing a feature for children?

Send in your new projects for the 4th edition of the Junior Film Market, our exclusive and invitation only co-production market especially for films for young people and children.

Deadline: August 15th, 2007

 → Entry Form Junior Film Market

 

* Because of the great success of the Junior Film Market, Cinekid now presents the Junior Television Market.

The Junior Television Market selects television programmes for children in development and brings together European broadcasters and producers looking for international co-financing.

Deadline: August 15th, 2007

→ Entry Form Junior Television Market

 

Cinekid

www.cinekid.nl/professionals

 

 

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EVENTS: Youth film festival weds entertainment, instruction (LEBANON)

Youth film festival weds entertainment, instruction

Workshops, lectures complement Al-Jana cinema showcase

By Jim Quilty - Daily Star staff - Wednesday, April 18, 2007

BEIRUT: The arts, audiovisual media in particular, have several flavors and functions - ranging from decorative entertainment to the avant-garde and from the political to the pedagogical. Having just devoted itself to a few days of avant-garde work with Video Avril, Masrah al-Madina is this week turning itself over to engaged pedagogy with the International Film Festival for Children and Youth (IFFCY), organized by Al-Jana, the Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts.

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=81511

AL JANA WEBSITE: http://www.al-jana.com/jana/index.htm

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EDITORIALS: It's good to text but it's better to talk

Editorial: It's good to text but it's better to talk

By Andy Hillier, features editor, Young People Now andy.hillier@haymarket.com - 18/04/07

Just because young people are willing to vote for their favourite X Factor contestant using their mobile phone, it doesn't mean they will use such methods to provide feedback on more serious matters. Young people realise that certain issues require careful consideration - perhaps even discussion with a responsible adult - and sometimes a more detailed response than a text message will allow. Equally, with a standard text message costing from 10p, they will usually have to feel very strongly about a subject before using their precious phone credit or text allowance. This week we report how the Hansard Society went to great lengths to encourage young people from 500 secondary schools and 200 community youth projects to submit evidence to a Home Affairs Select Committee on the criminal justice system via mobile phone (see p5). While this is laudable, only 101 young people registered to take part in the Citizen Calling project - out of which eight actually submitted evidence via mobile phone. We also report that the Frontier Youth Trust is setting up an initiative to allow young people to leave a message for God (see p2).

 

FULL ARTICLE AT http://www.ypnmagazine.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=full_news&ID=13917

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Chris Schuepp
Young People's Media Network - Coordinator

 

Youth Media Consulting GbR
c/o ECMC (European Centre for Media Competence)
Bergstr. 8 / 11th floor
D-45770 Marl - Germany

 

Tel./Fax: +49 2365 502480
Mobile: +49 176 23107083
Email: cschuepp@unicef.org
URL: www.unicef.org/magic
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