Forum – Youth Media, Prospects and Challenges

Date 19, April 2007 - 7pm

Madina Theatre, Hamra, Beirut.

Moderator:Cynthia Choucair

Introduction: Of the festival, the subject and the panel.

 Panel : Farzin Yekta, Susanne Rieschel, Areej Khaddaj

Areej Khaddaj, Member Film Selection Committee ”My Personal Experience” Areej talked about the making of the film “When they Speak Politic”: Subject, objectives, personal changes. The benefits of participation and ways of interacting. The challenges youth face: prejudgment, underestimation and marginalization, financing, communication with and participation in global events. Prospects: Suggestions for further development of youth media, hopes for better circumstances that encourage youth to create films.
Susanne Rieschel, ZDF Television Learning with TV? Of course! Children learn more, when we put the facts in a good story. We have to make things concrete and find a good step into the problem, we want to explain. Don't summarize facts, but find ways to motivate your audience and touch them emotionally.
Farzin Yakti, Independent Filmmaker A short presentation on ways of breaching bureaucratic and institutional boundaries while developing a community project. Using youth multimedia projects as examples to highlight such processes.

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