Call for film and video authors to participate with their creations in the On the Road2011 film festival. Deadline 15th of May 2011.

The Slovene Philanthropy and Zavod Voluntariat, both member of the Anna Lindh Foundation's Civil Society Network in Slovenia, will organize the second annual Migrant Film Festival »On the Road« (FMF 2011), so as to focus the attention of local and international film audiences again for one week on film and video products dedicated to migration, asylum and refugee thematic.

The festival will be dedicated to refugees and migrants who, for various reasons, are forced to leave their homes and search for new lives outside of their home communities. In the 21^st century we are still faced with familiar causes for migrations, such as discrimination of individuals and groups based on ethnic, cultural or religious reasons or on the grounds of personal circumstances or characteristics, such as gender and/or sexual orientation. Uneven economic and social development of states on the regional and global level are still amongst the principal reasons for migrations, however the new century brings also new factors, which are causing, mostly due to changes in living environments worldwide, new waves and directions of migration flows and produce new “categories” of migrants (for example “environmental refugees”). Migration remains one of the principal global trends of the 21^st century and demands our (collective) reflection regarding possibilities for integration of migrants into their new environments and on the (in)adequacy of related local and international migration and asylum policies.

The organizers of the festival wish to stimulate discussions with the use of films about situations and issues millions of people are facing while being forced to leave their homes in search for an opportunity for a decent life. In this regard, experienced and not-so-experienced filmmakers, activists and advocates of migrants’ rights are invited to exchange their opinions and express their views on selected topics through their films and videos. Selected products will not be included in the festival’s programme based on technical knowledge or recognisability of the authors, but rather on the basis of originality of the approach to selected topic and their activist potential to contribute to the creation of a more tolerant, just and inclusive society!

If you wish to participate, please send a COPY of your film or video on DVD (Note: the copy will not be returned to the sender) along with the filled-in Application Form by no later than 15th May 2011 on the following address:

Slovenska filantropija

(For: Migrant Film Festival »On the Road«)

Poljanska cesta 12,

1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Organizers' contact information:

napoti@filantropija.org

http://filmskifestivalnapoti.weebly.com

+386 1 430 1288; +386 51 389 929(Uroš Krasnik)

Additional information and instructions:

• Timeframe of the festival: 17th – 23rd June 2011.
• Location of the festival:Ljubljana, Slovenia (screenings and events will take place on several different locations).
• Central themes: migrations, asylum and refugees. Central themes include various and diverse topics, such as for example conflict areas and migrations, asylum and migration policies, climate change and environmental migrations, migrant workers, unaccompanied children (seekers of international protection), human trafficking, integration of migrants and others.
• Year of production: while all filmand video products are eligiblefor inclusion into the festival programme, regardless of their year of production, more recent films and videos will be considered preferentially.
• Film/video genre: all film/video genres are eligible (documentary film, feature film, animated film, video reportage etc.).
• Language: films and videos in any language are eligible under the condition of being equipped with Slovene or English subtitles, if the language of the film/video is other than Slovene or English.
• Duration of films/videos: products no longer than 30 minutes are eligible for inclusion into the official programme. Organizers will also accept longer films/videos, but cannot guarantee that they will be publicly screened due to limited duration of public projections.