The theme of the second round table is: New urban spaces and
creativity.Cities play a vital role in harnessing creativity for
economic and social development. Policy makers and government agencies
are increasingly taking account of cultural creativity when planning
economic policy and of the role culture can play in urban renewal. This
session will explore the issues of how to preserve the ecological
balance and social identity of urban communities, embedded in natural,
cul...
UNESCO Forum
Balkan Visions: Creativity For The Future In South - East Europe with
the support of Sofia Municipality,will include three round tables with
themes on cinema, artistic creativity in the city and visual art
innovations. The event is part of the new global initiative entitled
“Culture: a Bridge to Development”, launched by the Director-General of
UNESCO, Mrs Irina Bokova.
This Forum seeks to sketch a
portrait of the South-East European region through the lens o...
What is
creativity and how can it be cultivated and enhanced? This was the provocative
set of questions at the heart of the Advancing
Creative Thinking: Imagination To Innovation conference held in Ridgefield,
CT this past weekend. The 2-day event, co-presented by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, the Ridgfield Library and the Ridgefield Arts Council, brought
together a truly eclectic set of speakers to explore the prism of creativity
and its pragmatic use from the perspecti...
“Mother tongue comes with birth!”
Where is My Mother Tongue?, in the National Competition, is
the first film by Veli Kahraman who worked as art director for many
films in the sector. Kahraman’s parents play themselves in the film
which follows the Zazaki language threatened with extinction, and
resists use of language as a political tool.
Where is My Mother Tongue? will be screened on Tuesday, April 10 at 13.30 at Atlas Movie Theatre.
Interview: Ceyda Aşar - 09.04...
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the second annual G-Technology Driven Creativity Competition 2011, and a prize of €5,000 and a G-SPEED Q drive, is Amateur Film Entry, 'We Miss You' by student filmmakers Steffen Wilhelm (Producer), Sebastian Bandel (Producer), and Hanna Maria Heidrich (Director). The judges favourite, their short film embodies the creative spirit of the competition, focusing on the relationship between humans and nature by asking: What if nature misses us or do...
Grand prize of €5,000 up for grabs in the G-Technology Driven Creativity Competition 2011
Entry closes on 31st August and is free!
Open to talented professional and non-professional filmmakers,
entrants will have the chance for their hard work and creative ambitions
to be recognised and rewarded.
Winners and runners-up will be awarded stylish G-Technology external
hard drives and the overall winner will receive €5,000 – all to further
drive their creativity.
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REVIEW of RUBBER (2010) by Quentin Dupieux. ‘Meet Robert. Little Tire. Big Dreams.’
How many times can you say to yourself ‘WTF?’ during a film? Well, I dare you to watch this Magical Realism, Western, Slasher, Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Art-house, Experimental, Fantasy and just plain Weird genre jumble fiction perspective feature that keeps you wondering long after you’ve seen it what exactly it is that you have seen. I still am not quite sure. I think it was a fi...
REVIEW of RUBBER (2010) by Quentin Dupieux. ‘Meet Robert. Little Tire. Big Dreams.’ How many times can you say to yourself ‘WTF?’ during a film? Well, I dare you to watch this Magical Realism, Western, Slasher, Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Art-house, Experimental, Fantasy and just plain Weird genre jumble fiction perspective feature that keeps you wondering long after you’ve seen it what exactly it is that you have seen. I still am not quite sure. I think it was a film but ...
Common Ground is a collaborative project established between the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific. Both organisations believe that creativity has the power to shape a positive future for the Asia-Pacific and are committed to programs that create opportunity to promote and celebrate the creative process. Common Ground has been created to provide an open opportunity for individuals across Asia-Pacific to submit self-produced, self-funded film or photography...
