StrangerFestival: The Award Winners

AMSTERDAM -

- Young European Video Talent on Top

European Cultural Foundation (ECF) organised the second StrangerFestival in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and it was a great success!

1000 videos made by young video talents were uploaded on www.strangerfestival.com and competed on 17th of October in Amsterdam for the “StrangerFestival” and “theoneminutesjr.” Awards.

An international jury selected the best 35 videos from this pool and finally 7 winners received their Awards at the Award show in Amsterdam. They are:

Ziga Divjak, Solomon Walter Kelly, Robertas Nevecka, Karim Soliman, Raihan Ahmmed, Nomi Leasure and Miburo Anicet.

All present at the Award show were extremely positive about the high artistic and creative quality of the videos shown. The Award show was a key feature of the 3-day video-festival, bringing together 150 young European video talents for the StrangerAcademy to boost their video and storytelling skills and to bring them in touch with other cultures.

The winning and nominated videos are available online at: www.strangerfestival.com/node/8889

Editor’s note

For more information about the StrangerFestival go to: www.strangerfestival.com

About the StrangerFestival

StrangerAcademy 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.

For more information visit www.strangerfestival.com

About the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), Amsterdam The ECF believes in the power of cultural diversity, which is why it supports and initiates cultural projects and people who give this view artistic shape. The ECF focuses on young people from various backgrounds and regions of Europe, as they form the basis of Europe’s future, of which the StrangerFestival is a perfect example. The ECF is financially supported by Bankgiro Loterij, De Lotto and De Nationale Instant Loterij through the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. For more information about the European Cultural Foundation visit www.eurocult.org

Source: European Cultural Foundation

For more information about this press release contact: Mascha Ihwe at mascha at eurocult.org or +31(0)6-43-08-42-05 / +31(0)20-573-38-68