EUROPEAN MEETING CENTRE - NOWY STAW FOUNDATION
The Media Camp is to bring together people from different countries in Europa (Ukraine, Poland, Germany and Spain) to get the following objectives: to obtain new media skills related to video camera, films, sound and editing and to make aware all the citizens in the world about the current problems related to racism and discrimination.
The project took place between 19th on June and 26th on June 2013 in Nasutów (Poland). At the beginning of the project, the participants were divided in three different groups: two film groups and sound group. The three teams were formed with participants from different countries for meeting new people and to know new cultures. All the activities from the workshops were related to media. The participants had to use the media for transmitting a message about tolerance and respect for everyone. Respect, tolerance and no racism are values that everybody, young and old people, must keep in mind.
Its participants learned theory about how to use a camera. After theory, they decided to record a short film. The film show a girl that escapes of the discrimination from her classmates. However, at the end, some young people (the new generations) help the girl.
made a short report about the discrimination, in which all the participants of the project explained with a sentence or a word what meant for them discrimination. This group got some conclusions, for example: although the participants hadn’t felt discriminated in their lives, racism, intolerance and discrimination are alive concepts in 2013.
After theory about how to use a camera, the members of this group created a storyboard for their short film. Their final work was a positive short film in which some citizens from Lublin shared positive messages to make aware to everyone about the importance of equality in the world. We must change our mentality if we want to change the world. The film is called Equality world.
The final event took place in Nasutow in where all the participants could watch and listen all the works.
This project is a very good way for getting new skills easily; for meeting people from different countries; for learning to respect other cultures and learning new personal values; and for obtaining information and conclusions about the real situation related to discrimination nowadays in Europe.
European Dialogue Lviv, Ukraine
Bürgerhaus Bennohaus Munster, Germany
