Beginning our first year in Ethiopia, the GLOBAL FILM EXPRESSION will provide both opportunity and education to those who lack the resources for cinematic expression. Focusing on impoverished and oppressed regions of the world, the IETFF (in collaboration with other partner and NGO’s) will dispatch filmmakers and educators to conduct hands-on outreach, including:
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Develop educators that can teach cinema and filmmaking to the nation’s young people;
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Screen films for communities that have had only limited access, if any, to cinema;
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Educate young people about the craft of filmmaking, with an emphasis on the practical, expressive capabilities of moving pictures and about the employment opportunities available in local film and television for those with these skills;
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Assist interested persons and groups in producing their own films, depicting the stories, events and ideas that inspire and inform them.
At the annual IETFF in May, films produced as a result of the Global Film Expression will be screened and then made available to audiences worldwide. |
