Media project Wuppertal
The Media Project Wuppertal eV is a media education youth film facility in Wuppertal, focusing on the documentary.
description
The Wuppertal media project has been conceiving and realizing model projects for active youth video work since 1992 under the motto "the best possible film for the largest possible audience". Adolescents and young adults between the ages of 14 and 28 (focus 16–20 years) are supported in their film productions (within the framework of educational institutions or freely organized) according to the principle of "learning by doing" in a product-oriented manner.
The resulting short films are presented in the cinema and partly published on YouTube and distributed nationwide (and beyond) as educational and educational tools through the company's own publishing house. The films thus reach several hundred thousand viewers. Due to their professional form and their authentic, content-based density, the Wuppertal films are the most watched youth video productions nationwide.
The young filmmakers produce here privately in groups of friends, the majority filming in the context of school projects, youth clubs, associations and advice centers. If necessary, the groups are guided by professional filmmakers and media educators from the region. As part of the work of the media project, more than 100 films are produced each year by around 1,000 active participants.
As a rule, homogeneous groups of one age are used, with a mixture of gender, ethnic origin, level of education, social status, peer group affiliation or subculture naturally occurring in the groups, subject-related or between the groups. Through the joint presentation of a large number of short films of different genres, topics and production groups in the cinema premieres, a discussion of the ideas and thoughts of other young people is achieved in a heterogeneous audience and one's own film is reflected through the common reception. To reflect on one's own sexual or cultural identity, work is carried out regularly in gender-specific or ethnically homogeneous projects.
All projects serve the active media education and the creative expression of youthful aesthetics, opinions and life contents. The main topics that young people choose again and again in their videos are sexuality, violence, addiction, psychosocial issues, death and political issues. The documentary film projects are intended to give the young people the opportunity to articulate broadly in the media by means of self-produced films with other young people (concept: peer involvement).
The films have four levels of impact:
- Biographical reflection, discussion and the possibility of articulation for the young filmmakers as both subject and object of the films. Creation of action and media skills
- Enlightenment and reflection through thematic discussion among young recipients
- Informing educational, political and media multipliers;
- political, social and personal advocacy towards adults
The films are regularly broadcast on television. The model concepts designed in Wuppertal have been taken up and applied in many other cities in recent years.
Creative pillars
The creative pillars of the media project are:
- The youth film magazine »borderline«, which appears every two months
- The film workshop »NoClip«, which takes place regularly in autumn - with a new topic every year
- Thematic film workshops, for example Queer Loved 1 + 2 (2018/2019) on the subject of LGBTIQ
- Documentary soaps
- Thematic documentation
- International video projects
Awards
In recent years, the films in the media project have won prizes at all major regional, national and European youth video festivals.
Awards (selection):
- German Youth Film Award 2015/2013/2010 / 2005–2008 / 2001–2003 / 1991–1998 / 2019
- German Human Rights Prize 2018 (category amateurs), 2006 (2nd prize)
- IDEALE short film festival 2018, best group work award
- Culture award of the city of Wuppertal (sponsorship award)
- FiSh-Filmfestival 2017, BDFA Silver
- Blick Filmfestival des Ruhrgebiets 2017 gender award, audience award
- Film Festival Torques 2017, 1st Prize
- Young Europe Award 2016 from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (1st prize)
- Pain Award NRW 2014
- National Citizen Media Prize Bennohaus Münster, 3rd prize
- Silver-Screen, European Film Festival of Generations 2012
- Competition NRW thinks sustainable 2011
- International Citizen Media Award 2011 (2nd prize)
- Culture shapes 2010 competition of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (award)
- Youth Culture Prize NRW 2010 (2nd Prize) / 2008/2004 (1st Prize)
- Video of the generations 2012/2009/2008/2007
- Competition "Active for Democracy and Tolerance" 2002 and 2008
- German Young Talent Award 2007
- Council of Europe Prize "Young Active Citizens" 2007
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2007
- Erasmus Euro Media Seal 2006
- Initiative Prize 2005 »Gegen die Wand« (1st Prize) • Festival for Young Politics - Berlin 2005 (2nd Prize)
- Federal competition »Encounter Eastern Europe« 2005
- Feminine, international women’s film festival Cologne 2004
- Jana International film festival for Youth 2004 Beirut / Lebanon
- Festival International de Cinema ›Du Grains à Démoudre‹ France 03
- Dieter Baacke Prize for Media Education 2003 (1st prize), 2001 (2nd prize)
- Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival 2003
- Up and coming. Hanover Film Festival 2003
- Video-Filmtage, main media education prize 2013 • Video-Film-Tage Thuringia / Rhineland-Palatinate 2002 (2 special prizes)
- Competition for the integration of immigrants 2002
- On the trail of cultures 2002 (1st prize)
- European CIVIS Prize 2000
- International Youth Film Festival Australia, Sydney 2000
- 12th Paris Lesbian Film Festival 2000
- EXPO World Exhibition Hannover 2000
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b self-presentation - media project Wuppertal. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Self-presentation - media project Wuppertal. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
- ^ Medienprojekt Wuppertal eV: Awards. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '27 " N , 7 ° 9' 7.3" E