StrangerFestival: Europe’s biggest event for young video makers

12 / 07 / 2009

StrangerFestival is an extraordinary initiative where young people in short videos tell the world what really matters to them. It is Europe’s biggest event for young video makers and fans. The collection of videos is simply a treasure and thousands of young people produce their stories. The 2nd StrangerFestival will take place this year in Amsterdam on 14-17 October 2009.

Are you a talented video maker? Do you want to learn how you can improve the way your story is told in your video? Then this is your chance! Upload your best video at www.strangerfestival.com/node/78 and become part of the StrangerAcademy.

The StrangerAcademy is a place where more than a hundred young video makers from all over Europe can develop their video and storytelling skills, providing for both experienced and inexperienced young video makers to participate in workshops, discuss with experts, and show their work to a bigger audience. The StrangerAcademy will take place this year in Amsterdam from 14-17 October 2009.

To enter the StrangerFestival competition, you only need to follow a few simple rules: your video must be self-made, you are younger than 25, and your video is no longer than 1 - 5 minutes. Deadline is 15 August 2009.

The extraordinary story of the StrangerFestival started in 2008, where more than 1000 young people of 49 different nationalities took the opportunity. More than 30 workshops across Europe and beyond led to July 2008’s international festival in Amsterdam. The festival was intercultural dialogue in practice. It was learning, doing and sharing together.

Video has proved to be an extraordinary tool, able to cross linguistic, cultural, national and geographical borders. It gives young people a chance to tell their stories and share them with the rest of the world.

The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) is the initiator, main financial contributor, fundraiser, coordinator and administrator of the StrangerFestival project. The ECF is one of Europe’s leading cultural foundations, which stimulates and promotes cultural cooperation and strong cultural policies across broader Europe and its neighbouring regions. Along with their many partner organisations, they seek to give culture a stronger voice and presence on the European political stage.

Read more on:
www.strangerfestival.com
www.strangerfestival.com/node/78
www.eurocult.org
www.strangerfestival.com/node/26