StrangerFestival
Stranger is...
an international festival for hundreds of young people, video workshops, interactive website www.strangerfestival.com , DVD, travelling exhibition, Europe-wide debates, video competition... Stranger is video, is young people, is Europe today. The first edition was in Amsterdam on 3-5 July 2008.
StrangerExhibition on tour in Italy
The StrangerExhibition is a travelling video collection which carries a selection of the best work of the StrangerFestival 2008 competition. In Italy the exhibition is showcased by MUSAE touring across the country from May till October. Read more
Stranger 2009
From 14 till 17 October 2009, Amsterdam will set the scene for this year's edition of the StrangerFestival. We give 100 young video makers from across Europe the chance to further develop their skills in the StrangerAcademy. Both experienced and inexperienced young video makers get a chance to participate in workshops, meet up with professionals, in master classes and showcases - and have the opportunity to show their work to a broad audience.
The StrangerAcademy will be concluded with the Stranger Award Show at Studio K in Amsterdam on Saturday, October 17.
More information about the 2nd edition of the StrangerFestival can be found on the website (http://www.strangerfestival.com/) This is also where you can get more information on how you can enter the StrangerFestival competition.
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Order your free copy of the StrangerFestival DVD
The StrangerFestival DVD features a 'best video' pool, 14 really inspirational workshop ideas, portraits of young film makers and interviews with the professional team behind the Stranger project. This DVD is a great tool if you are working with young people and video or are planning to do so, and offers a unique chance to be part of Stranger and attend the next festival.
Click here for more information on ordering this DVD.
DEMOS research
DEMOS research Video Republic online
One of the important aspects of Stranger was a research on young people's video culture; we commissioned the renowned think-tank DEMOS (UK) to carry out this reserach, funded by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation. It gives a revelatory insight into what is going on in the virtual world and how this relates to our and your work - in the worlds of culture, media and politics.
Interested?
You can either download it here or order a hardcopy directly via DEMOS.
You can also watch the video on the official Stranger site.
Stranger is dedicated to the self-expression and self-empowerment of young people in today's Europe, helping them to show and share their world. By placing individual visions in a large trans-national context, Stranger hopes to encourage a sense of European belonging among young people of very different cultural backgrounds.
The video work was shown for its intrinsic merits and as a starting-point for debate. The debate is badly needed in a MySpace-and-youtube world of ready communication but little analysis. Young people are everywhere demonstrating their mastery of new media: now is the time to talk about what is being expressed. At Stranger, the debate was led by young people themselves.
For the individuals who took part, Stranger is a platform and a learning ground. Their creative skills and intercultural experience are valued as part of a large and crucial European debate. For the organisations participating or looking on, Stranger showed new ways of working with young people, share skills and experience, and lead to new partnerships.
MORE INFO?
Contact ECF : Raya Ribbius or Giusy Chierchia , coordinators for the Stranger Festival at the ECF
Press contact at ECF: Mascha Ihwe +31 20 573 38 68
Download background paper, including concept, targeted ourtcomes etc.
Stranger Festival is one of the selected flagship projects for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 (EYID). For more info go to our press section or go to the official EYID website.Our main corporate funder for this event was Boeing.