One World 2012 Final Report Youth Quake
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One World 2012 Final report Youth Quake Organised by People in Need Under the auspices of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Aff airs Karel Schwarzenberg, Minister of Culture Alena Hanáková and Mayor of Prague Bohuslav Svoboda. A Summary of One World’s 14th year In addition to Prague, screenings Discussions with filmmakers and spe- Fatherland (Masha Novikova), Aktuálně.cz, Rádio Česko and Rádio 1 were held in 40 other towns and cialists were part of the 118 film Framing the Other (Willem Timmers all ran festival specials. The Respekt cities around the Czech Republic. screenings. and Ilja Kok), Karama Has No Walls weekly published a special festival (Sara Ishaq). The Czech-produced supplement. The programme included 106 films Part of the programme featured eight documentary Punk in Africa (Deon from 44 countries. Overall atten- panel debates with important Czech Maas, Keith Jones) was screened at a In March, the festival’s website at- dance reached 110,372. In Prague, and international figures. Czech premiere. tracted 187,227 visitors. 6,937 peo- the festival attracted 45,802 view- ple liked the festival’s Facebook pro- ers (school events accounted for In Prague, there were 103 accredit- One World espouses new media as file – an increase of almost 2,000 fans. 11,916); 64,570 viewers watched ed journalists from Czech and for- an effective tool for civic initiatives. in the regions (37,474 attended eign media; dozens more were ac- Through the use of modern com- The MAG festival magazine, fea- school events). credited in other festival towns and munication technologies, 22 Czech turing interviews with directors, in- cities. and foreign projects took part in formation on films and behind-the- 200 accredited Czech and foreign the One World Social Innovation scenes reports at One World, was guests came to the festival. A total of 493 volunteers and tem- competition. published for the first time. The 40- porary workers took part in organ- page edition was distributed free at In a festival first, an East Doc ising the festival in Prague and the To mark People in Need’s 20th year the festival’s start. Platform programme was organ- regions. of operation, an online special on ised by the Institute of Documentary Czech Television’s website present- Film to support the production and Once again, a One World in Brussels ed materials from the organisation’s distribution of Eastern and Central festival was held. It ran from 14 to history, including eight documenta- European documentaries. There were 23 May, screening 18 documentary ry films. From the time of its launch 230 accredited Czech and foreign films. on 12 February up to 28 March, the guests in attendance. online special attracted 16,053 The festival offered three world visitors. premieres: Sweet Smoke of the Petr Jarčevský and Lukáš Houdek, MCs at Lucerna. Long Live Protests! Films from two The main thematic Other thematic categories competed for category: categories: the festival’s main prizes: Youth Quake With or Without You Czech Films Main Competition One World responded to the wave Documentaries examining social re- A selection of the best documentary Best documentaries with a human of protests that took place in many lationships in today’s world and the films shot by Czech filmmakers over rights theme shot in the past year. countries across the globe over the means by which families and individ- the past year. past year. It not only concerned the uals deal with external social influ- Right to Know Arab Spring, but protest campaigns ences, such as migration, poverty, re- Short Films Investigative documentaries about in developed democracies. siding in social welfare facilities and Documentaries up to 30 minutes in previously unknown and overlooked adoption. length presented as blocs of films. cases of human rights abuses. The unifying element of these pro- tests — unrest and revolt — was the So-called Civilisation People in Need – 20 Years determination of young people who This year, the purview of our tradi- A retrospective category in the rose up against established regimes tional environmental category was form of an online special on Czech and economic systems. extended to include themes linked to Television’s website to mark People lifestyle and consumption. The doc- in Need’s 20 years of existence. Eight The festival’s graphic visual, inspired umentaries were chosen in collabo- documentary films, videos and his- by handmade placards as a common ration with the Czech branch of the torical photographs chart the work of means of expression for various pro- Friends of the Earth movement. this organisation through the years. tests and demonstrations, also re- The online special is still accessible at flected this principal theme. Panorama the same address: A representative selection of docu- www.czech-tv.cz/oneworld mentary films that won international awards and generated interest at for- eign festivals. East Doc Platform: Just Do It! The One World festival continues to most promising documentaries in the One World welcomes focus attention on film professionals. development and production stage. professionals These activities were enhanced this A jury of Eastern European forum year thanks to cooperation with the workshop tutors awarded this film In the course of the East Doc Hana Kulhánková, One World Institute of Documentary Film (IDF), the Golden Funnel prize, enabling Platform and One World, a video li- director: which organised the firstEast Doc it to receive extended individual sup- brary was made available to guests. “Linking up with the Institute of Platform. During the festival, film in- port from the IDF. It offered 309 completed documen- Documentary Film allowed us to dustry professionals met with the aim tary films from Central and Eastern make good on our intention to ex- to support the production and distribu- The East Doc Platform Award for Europe within the framework of the tend the festival programme for film tion of Central and Eastern European best documentary project in post-pro- East Silver market, as well as all 106 professionals. Moreover, thanks to documentaries. duction went to the Italian-British documentaries from the One World East Doc Platform, foreign guests co-production The Train to Moscow. festival programme. came to Prague who had never been From 5 to 11 March at Palác Archa Currently in the rough-edit stage, the part of One World’s audience.” and the Divadlo Archa theatre, more project’s authors will receive help Part of the East Doc Platform com- than 160 Eastern European direc- from a leading international editor. prised an open programme for ac- tors and producers met with 70 key credited One World patrons. This international television producers, East Doc Platform’s motto “Just Do included lectures, film screenings, a buyers, distributors and sales rep- It!” refers to the fact that documenta- master class, discussions and presen- resentatives, as well as represen- ries nowadays are often created with- tations of prepared documentaries. tatives of international festivals, out outside help under very simple funds and institutions. conditions. A joint meeting for guests of East Doc Platform and One World in Lucerna A collection of 88 completed films Palace’s Marble Hall provided an op- and more than 60 works in progress portunity to make new connections. were presented. Zvalka, by Polish director Hanna Polak, was one of the We Won’t Be Silenced A series of panel debates with im- Miloslav Macela, director of the Themes of panel Q&As with directors portant Czech and foreign fig- Department of Family and Benefit discussions: ures was organised in Prague on the Systems at the Czech Ministry of After-film discussions were held in themes covered by eight films from Labour and Social Affairs The Arab Spring: The Year After conjunction with 118 screenings in the festival programme. Film: Syria: Inside the Repression Prague cinemas, during which the Jaromír Štětina, a senator and We Waste, Therefore We Are? filmmakers or invited Czech special- More than 700 people attended the founder of People in Need Film: Taste the Waste ists debated on the given issue with discussions, held at the Institut A Second Wind for Weary Europe? audiences. Francais. Elena Milashina, a journalist from Film: The Prism GR2011 – KRISIS the independent Russian newspaper Development: Aid or Trap? The chance to speak about films per- The most prominent participants in Novaja gazeta Film: Solar Eclipse sonally with directors is one of the the panel discussions included: Adoption: The Child as a Hostage festival’s most popular audience Film: Forever Yours events. Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech First Burma: Is Democracy a Game? Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Films from Burma’s The Art of of Foreign Affairs Freedom Festival People in Need: 20 Years in Action Mohammad Abdulhadi, a represen- Films: Epicentre and Chechen Dream tative of the underground network Is a Post-Soviet Spring on the Way? Doctors Coordinate of Damascus, Film: Belarusian Dream which was awarded the Homo Homini prize Noha Atef’s presentation at the One World Social Innovation evening. Yes to Innovative Ideas! One World Social Innovation is a com- networks, this project mobilises vol- Standby Taskforce – Somalia v mobilu (Vodafone), Navigace.sons. petition for projects by NGOs, public unteers to search for missing chil- International cooperation among vol- cz (a navigation centre for the blind) administrations, and individual activ- dren, yielding results that put the unteers to provide localised aid to ref- ists who tackle traditional social prob- state’s security forces to shame. ugees in need of assistance Egyptian blogger and activist lems using modern communication www.lizaalert.org blog.standbytaskforce.com/ Noha Atef gave a presentation of her technologies – e.g., mobile applica- TortureInEgypt.net project, which tions, video-mapping, crowdsourcing, Other projects deemed most success- Share it! maps police violence.