24 March, 2011Submission deadline for the Global Union Labour Film Shorts 2011 is April 1. The International Metalworkers' Federation calls on its affiliates to submit their videos to a one hour line-up of the best short films from around the world focused on unions fighting back against austerity cuts. The line-up will be released in June online and in DVD.
GLOBAL: To reach new audiences and promote the development of trade union films, the IMF in collaboration with the International Trade Union Confederation and all the Global Union Federations will together produce the Global Unions Labour Films Shorts 2011. All IMF affiliates are invited to submit copies of short films that they have produced or been involved in producing for possible inclusion in the programme.
Please send us copies of your films on DVD with a short paragraph describing the film, why it was produced and how it was used. The IMF will need unfettered rights to show the film and publish it online, of course with full acknowledgement of who created the material. Due to resource constraints for interpretation, the IMF is only able to accept films in English language or with English subtitles.
We need to receive copies of all possible films by April 1, 2011.
Please send to:
Cherisse Fredricks
International Metalworkers' Federation
Case Postale 1516
CH1227 Geneva
Switerland
Labourstart has also announced their second annual labour video competition and already received a number of submissions from LabourStart readers. You can submit your nominations before April 15 to http://www.labourstart.org/lvoty/2011/
Last year the winner of the first annual LabourStart labour video of the year competition was also featured in the 2010 Geneva Labour Film shorts Festival in Geneva. If you have never seen this Australian video clip you can watch it here: