The 2023 Global Film Festival, held on December 7, promoted storytelling and social change through one-minute videos from 13– 25-year-olds, received an outstanding array of submissions from around the world. The selected short films captivated and inspired audiences with their powerful narratives, shedding light on critical issues and advocating for positive social change.
On this episode, we talk about Finding the Funding with philanthropists, Rima Mismar (Arab Fund for Arts & Culture) and Christine Kuan (Creative Capital). How will you pay for your project? What funding opportunities are you eligible for as an artist in the Arab Region? How might you describe your project in a way that makes funders excited to support you? What is the optimal artist-funder relationship?
This week we will explore concepts in Co-Production and why it’s an important model in our field with two North American producers who have previously partnered to present work from the Arab Region in the US: Joseph Haj (Guthrie Theater) & Philip Bither (Walker Art Center).
Artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph closed Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in our Communities with a call for a need for cultural equity.
Zoukak Theatre in Beirut, Lebanon is 18 years old in 2024. Zoukak aims to cultivate an alternative and experimental form of expression through theatre among individuals and practitioners in Lebanon and beyond. Its vision includes the transmission of values and knowledge, the safeguarding of freedom of expression, and the definition of culture within diverse communities.
On this episode, we will chat about the Fundamentals of Budgeting with the North American producer, Mara Isaacs. How can you create a budget that reflects the reality of every step from draft to production? How might your budget reflect what you can fundraise for?
This week we will examine Self-Producing with Bashar Murkus & Kholoud Basil from Khashabi Theatre from Palestine. Maybe you want to build your artistic practice in ways that are uniquely your own. Maybe you want to learn how to collaborate better and experience the process from concept to project completion. And, of course, maybe you just can’t find anyone else to produce it.
This week we explore Producing Beyond the Region with South African playwright and cultural curator Mike Van Graan. You may be joining us with the goal of presenting work in your hometown. You may also be interested in learning about how to collaborate with artists and venues somewhere beyond the Region. What might be the value in partnering with others in East Africa, East Asia or Latin America?
In our second episode, we examine Pitching Your Work Internationally with Ahmed Al-Attar from Cairo, Egypt. Have you ever wondered what presenters & producers look for as they program their seasons? Or what might be the best information to share with them? Are you curious about how you can tour your work? This week, we’ll explore the answers to these questions.
Our first episode explores work from the Arab Region with independent curator Rasha Salti in context to the global community as well as why it’s important to think like a producer from the beginning of your process. How does being a producer from the Arab Region differ from your counterparts around the world? In what ways might your experiences be the same?
Director/ Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roger Ross Williams, Alisa Payne, and more discuss adapting the book #BetweenTheWorldAndMe for the stage and the screen.
On the heels of MLK Jr Day, Bamuthi raised the question: what next?
Commissioned by the Kellogg Foundation for the National Day of Racial Healing, Bamuthi unveiled Waves and Bridges at the Kennedy Center: a poem and short film for the day's theme: #HowWeHeal.
Agree? Disagree? Somewhere in between? We all stand somewhere on the spectrum. Welcome to a physically activated conversation about how we act, when we act, and why.
Sundance Institute brought together artists from the United States and Middle East / North Africa to convene at the Theatre Program’s three week lab in Morocco. Learn more about the lab and dive into the projects and how people from different cultures were able to collaborate and learn from each other’s personal experiences.
Sundance Institute brought together artists from the United States and Middle East / North Africa to convene at the Theatre Program’s three week lab in Morocco. Learn more about the lab and dive into the projects and how people from different cultures were able to collaborate and learn from each other’s personal experiences.
Sundance Institute brought together artists from the United States and Middle East / North Africa to convene at the Theatre Program’s three week lab in Morocco. Learn more about the lab and dive into the projects and how people from different cultures were able to collaborate and learn from each other’s personal experiences.
The 2023 Videos for Change Global Film Festival was held live on December 7, 2023.
In these divisive times, can art really make people more tolerant and empathetic?
How can we bridge common cultural and personal divides during these tough times? Are there any real safe spaces suitable for these intense moments of dialogue?
