Video4Change Network Blog
Call for Entries: Freedom Film Fest 2022
Freedom Film Fest 2022 is accepting submissions from filmmakers around the world for this year’s festival, with the theme “Pandemic of Inequality”. Completed films must be submitted by June 30, 2022.
Call for Submissions: Chaktomuk Short Film Festival XI
The Chaktomuk Short Film Festival in Cambodia is accepting short film submissions from filmmakers around the globe for the 11th edition of the festival in October 2022. Entries should be submitted by June 15, 2022, via Filmfreeway.com/CSFF.
Excerpt: Design powerful impact campaigns with the Impact Campaign Builder
The Impact Campaign Builder is an easy-to-use tool that helps video practitioners identify opportunities for creating impact and set realistic impact goals. Through the tool, practitioners can maximise opportunities for affected communities to engage and participate in the film project.
Video4Change Network Updates, March 2022
Amid increasing authoritarianism in many parts of the world, the Video4Change Network continues to stand for human rights and social justice. This update includes opportunities for Network members to be part of ongoing initiatives to continue using video to create positive change.
Results of Resilience: Video for Change practitioners share pandemic challenges and lessons
Last month, the Video4Change Network met online to reflect on best practices and lessons learned as a community of filmmakers, storytellers, and advocates working amid the challenges of a global pandemic.
Excerpt: Reflections on Starting a Career as an Impact Producer
What’s it like to become an impact producer in the Asia-Pacific? Gladys Llanes, an alumna of EngageMedia’s second Environmental Impact Lab, writes about her career path in a guest post on EngageMedia.
Video4Change Network Updates, January 2022
Coming into 2022, members of the Video4Change Network continue to promote the use of video and technology for advocacy through workshops, film screenings, and audiovisual reporting.
Learning Session: Exploring the impact of InsightShare’s Living Cultures Indigenous Fellowship
InsightShare will lead the learning session on the use of participatory video as a tool for indigenous peoples to engage and mobilise their communities.
Video4Change Network Updates, November 2021
Members of the Video4Change Network have continuously put their efforts in maximising the power of technology and empowering communities to document and expose human rights violations often not covered in mainstream media.
Indigenous-authored participatory media featured in mainstream news for COP26
COP26 provided an opportunity for indigenous communities on the frontlines of the climate emergency to raise their climate concerns with the power of video.