The 1st short documentary production workshop in Yasar University (Faculty of Communication, Radio, TV and Cinema Department) was completed with great success. The SGDD-ASAM (Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants's) Workshop took place in Izmir, Turkey. The participants, 14 boys and girls, were taught how to use the creative writing and how to narrate a real story which represents aspects of the social life and the culture of the refugees. The project is supported by the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF).
5 countries are participating to create 10 films about 10 stories on refugees adventure: Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine. The Arab Women Media Center from Amman, Jordan, Young Palestinian Filmmakers Society from Palestine, Yasar University from Izmir, Turkey, Story Doc from Greece and Istanbouli Theatre Tyro Association for Artists from Lebanon, are working together to make a movie with the aim to face the refugees crisis and to spread the values of mutual understanding and respect the Human Rights of the Refugees.
The aim of the project is the production of 10 short documentary films made up by youth with the theme “Home-New Home”. The project will be implemented by training and production workshops, public screenings and intercultural dialogue organized by the partners of the project, in their countries. With a series of training workshops (3 in each country) 5 groups of young people boys and girls -non filmmakers- will become familiar with the documentary storytelling and the basics in the use of cameras/sound.
