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href="https://www.eurocult.org/we-focus-on/" title="ECF celebrates Diversity" style="display: block; width: 215px; height: 129px;">ECF celebrates Diversity</a></h3> </div> </div> <div id="container"> <div id="heading" style="background: url(https://www.eurocult.org/files/cssfiles/ttftitle_php-t-press.jpg) no-repeat left top;"> <h1 class="rtTitle">Press</h1> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('http://www.eurocult.org/cssfiles/ttfparagraph.php?t=Routes+Award+laureates+2009') no-repeat;"> <h4>Routes Award laureates 2009</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">We are happy to present this year’s laureates of our Routes award: Borka Pavićević and Stefan Kaegi. The award ceremony will take place in Brussels, 26 January 2009 | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('http://www.eurocult.org/cssfiles/ttfparagraph.php?t=StrangerFestival+13-17+October+2009') no-repeat;"> <h4>StrangerFestival 13-17 October 2009</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">StrangerAcademy (13-17 October 2009) is part of the StrangerFestival, which organises activities such as 25 workshops in 20 European countries, a travelling exhibition of videos of young videomakers, and a competition. StrangerFestival is also an online platform where the best young European videomakers can tell their stories, bearing witness to a changing Europe. StrangerFestival is an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF). The StrangerFestival is made possible with the support of our sponsors: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten (AFK), Boeing, JVC, and the VandenEnde Foundation.<br class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"/> <br class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"/> | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/109/strangerfestival2009/">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('https://www.eurocult.org/files/cssfiles/ttfparagraph_php-t-is-your-video-good-enough-to-get-into-the-strangeracademy-.jpg') no-repeat;"> <h4>Is your video good enough to get into the StrangerAcademy?</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">-Upload your own video and win a chance to enrol for the Stranger Academy – <br class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"/> <br class="yz87w0odxciwb6750"/> Are you a talented video maker? Do you want to learn how you can improve the way your story in video? Then this is your chance! Upload your best video at www. strangerfestival.com and become part of the StrangerAcademy. | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/90/strangeracademy09/">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('https://www.eurocult.org/files/cssfiles/ttfparagraph_php-t-routes---princess-margriet-award-for-cultural-diversity.jpg') no-repeat;"> <h4>Routes – Princess Margriet Award for Cultural Diversity</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">First presentation of Routes – Princess Margriet Award for Cultural Diversity – Brussels, 9 December 2008: The ECF announces the first edition of the award calling attention to those artists and cultural actors from across Europe whose exceptional art works and groundbreaking intellectual contributions lead to a more positive understanding of European cultural diversity. This year’s Routes Award goes to Emeritus Professor Stuart Hall and to Jérôme Bel and Pichet Klunchun. As well as the prestige which comes with the Award, the laureates will together receive a total of €50,000. | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/84/routes-princess-margriet-award-for-cultural-diversity/">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('https://www.eurocult.org/files/cssfiles/ttfparagraph.php-t-i-am-here-/-the-time-is-now.jpg') no-repeat;"> <h4>I am Here / The Time is Now</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">Rotterdam, 12-14 september 2008 De ECF en De Internationale Keuze van de Schouwburg Rotterdam nodigen uit voor het cultureel forum ‘I am here, the time is now’ van internationale kunstenaars tijdens het openingsweekeinde van de Internationale Keuze. Onder leiding van befaamde theatermaker Ong Keng Sen onderzoekt dit forum de hot topics van de Europese diversiteit. | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/77/i-am-here-the-time-is-now/">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('https://www.eurocult.org/files/cssfiles/ttfparagraph_php-t-winners-first-strangerfestival-announced.jpg') no-repeat;"> <h4>Winners first StrangerFestival announced</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">Saturday 5 July: During the festive Awards Ceremony the winners of the StrangerAwards 2008 were announced. StrangerFestival is special initiative for young European videomakers centering on the curiosity for the ´other´, in order to address the issue of diversity with a positive message. The international jury was impressed by the quality of the videos uploaded on www.strangerfestival.com | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/73/winners-first-strangerfestival-announced/">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('https://www.eurocult.org/files/cssfiles/ttfparagraph_php-t-express-yourself-in-the-video-republic-.jpg') no-repeat;"> <h4>Express yourself in the Video Republic!</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">ECF Press release, 16 June 2008 – International Young Video Makers’ StrangerFestival, Amsterdam – Westergasfabriek, 3-5 July 2008. Express yourself in the Video Republic! Thousands of young people break through the dead-end debate on identity How foreign is the stranger you can reach with one click of your computer mouse? More than 1 000 videos from 49 countries | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/72/express-yourself-in-the-video-republic/">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('https://www.eurocult.org/files/cssfiles/ttfparagraph_php-t-come-to-strangerfestival-kom-naar-het-strangerfestival.jpg') no-repeat;"> <h4>Come to StrangerFestival-Kom naar het StrangerFestival</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">StrangerFestivals first edition will take place 3 – 5 July at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. StrangerFestival is Europe’s biggest event for young video makers & fans. The jam-packed programme gives you plenty of activities to choose from. Register now for 20 free video and film workshops, debate sessions, master classes, an exhibition and a spectacular Stranger Award Show. | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/71/come-to-strangerfestival/">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('https://www.eurocult.org/files/cssfiles/ttfparagraph_php-t-strangerfestival-kicks-off-with-video-competition.jpg') no-repeat;"> <h4>StrangerFestival kicks off with video competition</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">Amsterdam – This week sees the start of registration for the StrangerAwards, a competition for young creative European video-makers. At www.strangerfestival.com young people up to 26 years of age can upload their best videos. The aim of StrangerFestival is to collect personal video stories made by young people. The StrangerFestival takes place in Amsterdam 3-5 July 2008. | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/article_id-66/">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="titleBox" style="background: url('https://www.eurocult.org/files/cssfiles/ttfparagraph_php-t-an-alternative-gaze.jpg') no-repeat;"> <h4>An Alternative Gaze</h4> <div class="caseItem"> <p class="yz87w0odxciwb6750">A shared reflection on cross-Mediterranean cooperation in the arts, is the apt title of a new publication from the European Cultural Foundation | <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/article_id-65/">more about this</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="olderItems"> <a href="https://www.eurocult.org">2010</a> <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/year-2009/">2009</a> <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/year-2008/">2008</a> <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/year-2007/">2007</a> <a href="https://www.eurocult.org/press/year-2006/">2006</a> </div> </div><div id="footer"> <ul id="footerList">© 2024 eurocult.org | <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/disclaimer/">Disclaimer</a></li> | <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/privacy-statement/">Privacy Statement</a></li> </ul> <div id="partners"> <div id="flashHompageFooter"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var fo = new FlashObject("http://www.eurocult.org/flash/map.swf", "map", "499", "40", "7", "#ffffff"); fo.write("flashHompageFooter"); </script> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/about-us/our-funders/" class="partnerA"><span>Goto Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/about-us/our-funders/" class="partnerB"><span>Goto BankGiroloterij.nl</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eurocult.org/about-us/our-funders/" class="partnerC"><span>Goto Lotto.nl</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="clearFooter"></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var accordions = new Array(); var accordionBlocks = document.getElementsByClassName('accordionBlock'); var togglers = $('outer').getElementsByClassName('toggler'); var stretchers = $('outer').getElementsByClassName('accordion'); if(togglers.length > 0 && stretchers.length > 0){ accordions[1] = new Fx.Accordion(togglers,stretchers,{'start': false}); } </script> </div>  <script type="text/javascript"> pageTracker._initData(); </script>   <script type="text/javascript"> var _Mpage = ''; var _Mclickouts = 1; var _Mdownloads = 1; </script> <script type="text/javascript" defer="defer" src="https://www.eurocult.org/files/js/v2-c-pr--com-s-wwweuro6296-v-2.1.js"></script>  </body> </html>