The 19th version of the Worldwide Youth Media Summit (IYMS) might be held in Zanzibar in July.
The Worldwide Youth Media Summit is a collaborative movie manufacturing and coaching occasion organized by the Teen Worldwide Media Change (TIME). TIME was established within the wake of 9/11, when the assaults motivated a bunch of Los Angeles media instructors to discover a option to get youngsters to put aside variations and collaborate on media initiatives.
It has by no means been held in Africa earlier than, with previous editions going down in Australia, Croatia, Nepal, Serbia, Sweden, and the U.S.
IYMS is partnering with the Zanzibar Worldwide Movie Pageant and the Zanzibar Arts Initiative Basis. Collectively, they are going to produce three overlapping occasions – the Summit, the Movie Pageant, and the Zanzibar African Youth Arts Pageant. Different high-profile help companions for the Summit embrace UNESCO, the European Union Delegation in Tanzania, Alta International Media, and Disney’s VoluntEARS.
The Summit could have 100 chosen filmmakers and activists from world wide taking part in movie manufacturing and coaching, guided by media educators and business professionals. Delegates might be positioned in certainly one of seven movie manufacturing groups, every specializing in a distinct social challenge: discrimination, surroundings, well being, poverty, violence, girls’s rights, and youth empowerment.
The theme for the nineteenth IYMS is ‘Karibu Nyumbani: Homecoming’.
“Scientific proof suggests that every one fashionable people are descended from ancestors in Africa, so I’m trying ahead to a household reunion in Zanzibar with my family from 36 international locations,” mentioned Evelyn Seubert, President of the IYMS.
IYMS alums incude Pakistan filmmaker Babar Ali, who created his award-winning brief movie True Impression at his first Summit in 2016. IYMS additionally co-produced his characteristic debut JOHN which premiered to constructive critiques in Karachi and is now arrange with an LA-based gross sales agent.
Forward of the Summit, the IYMS will host a particular screening of brief movies from previous editions. It would happen on the HollyShorts Month-to-month Screening on the TCL Chinese language Theater on April 24.