Sunday, 15. 12. 2013

Elementary school bičevje receives un award

At the Vienna International Human Rights Film Festival, the students of the Elementary School Bičevje received the first prize awarded by UNIS Vienna and UNHCR Austria for a short film about human (child) rights titled We All Make the World Beautiful.

The film was produced by Natalija Alitović, Medina Begić, Amina Begić, Lin Chen, Chenyun Lin, Art Millaku, Lisu Millaku, Belmin Mržljak, Viktor Oman, Sevim Salifoski and Vanesa Zidi under the guidance of mentors Alenka Fajfar Gnezda and Bernardka Avsenik.

The film was produced with the aim of making the voice of the children whose parents moved to Slovenia from different countries around the world heard. The children shared their experiences with a hope that their initial difficulties would be alleviated by a greater degree of positive acceptance of their difference. The thoughts expressed, though, show that it is not easy to integrate into a new environment. The students wanted to encourage the general public to help immigrants and their children in all countries around the world. With this film, the young filmmakers are giving away the message that it is the multiculturalism that enriches the world and contributes to a greater quality of life.

The Youth Short Film Contest on Human Rights 2013, organized by the Austria Film Festival on Human Rights 2013, received over 90 film submissions. After the first screening round, 70 films entered into the competition part. The jury of the "This Human World" Festival was composed of acknowledged Austrian filmmakers, directors and actors, who decided it was indeed the film "We All Make the World Beautiful" in the category "short documentary films" that deserved the first prize.

On Friday, 13 December 2013, the young film producers and their mentors were also received at the City Hall by Mayor Zoran Janković, who congratulated them on the award.

The winning film can be viewed here.