Video clips about languages in Europe - European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
ELIA issued a call for proposals for short videos (maximum 3 minutes) within the context of the European Commission’s promotion of multilingualism. The competition has been organised as a contribution to the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, EYID.
You can view ten of the films on the site of the European Commission >> and of TV5 Monde >>
E3'film has officially premiered on 18-19 October, at the Prix Europa Festival in Berlin. To read more about each of the films, click here >>
At a meeting in Berlin on 15 September, the final films were presented to an international jury. Impressed by the high artistic and technical quality of the submitted films, the jury selected 5 films which will be awarded with a viral marketing strategy and distribution:
- The Babel Show
Stephane Kaas
Nederlandse Film & Televisie Academie, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) - De pratglada kossornas park
(Garden of Chatty Cows)
Oskar Westerberg
Konstfack, Dept. of Graphic Design & Illustration, Stockholm (Sweden) - Language is music
Peter Palos
University of Westminster, London (UK) - No fishing
Richard Meitern
University of Tartu, Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia) - Smile
Charles Temujin Doran
University College Falmouth (UK)
Lecture on "International script writing" by Gareth Jones
Jochen Richter, Deputy Head of Cabinet of the European Commission, opens the award ceremony
Award Ceremony for the viral marketing campaign
