Crowdfunding Supernova Cinema
Stichting art.1 en International Queer & Migrant Film Festival gaan een nieuwe bioscoop opzetten in het OT301 gebouw. We gaan eindelijk ons eigen huis krijgen dat we inrichten als safer space voor kunst, film, workshops en filmvertoningen! Om de cinema te kunnen realiser
Queer relief fund Beirut
On September 19th 2020 we teamed up with LAB 111- Amsterdam and Soura Film Festival – Berlin in a joint fund raiser venture for the Queer Relief Fund – Beirut in aid of many of the devastating explosion that hit the Lebanese capital on August 4th 2020. Our friends need the support
Filmmaking training in Skopje, North Macedonia
The filmmaking training in Skopje happened between the 18th and the 22nd of April, and it was given by the Dutch trainer Nienke Eijsin and the local trainer Hanis Bagashov. We were received by a group of 9 participants, with ages varying from 17 to 26 years-old, who were very excited
Queer Film Days in Albania
Between 18-22 September 2019 a new film event happened in Tirana, Albania. Entitled “Queer Film Days” (QFD), the program consists of a number of films and events which highlight topics that refuse to be invisible and tell stories that “create a new cultural space”. QFD has bee
Radio/podcast training in Pristina, Kosovo
Between the 24th and the 29th of January, our trainers Lotte van Gaalen and Saleem Salameh headed to Pristina in order to carry out the first radio/podcast training as part of our Youth Artivists for Change project in the Balkan. There, a group of participants which consisted mostly o
Your Artists for Change in Prishtina: Queer Film Days and Filmmaking Workshop
Between the 16th and the 21st of July, art.1 had a very exciting time in Prishtina, Kosovo. While the 11th edition of the Prishtina International Film Festival took place, the project Youth Artivists for Change brought the Queer Film Days into the program, screening several movies whi
Meet the Art.1 Grant recipients in 2020/2021
art.1 is powering up a new generation of filmmakers in the Balkans region in the Youth Artivist for Change project. These filmmakers were awarded the Impact Your Doc Grant for storytelling centered on human rights and LGBTQI+ rights. Milica Spasojevic, 22, Belgrade 22-year-old filmmak
Queer Film Days in north Macedonia
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Dutch Ambassador voices her support to the attendees of Queer Film Days in Albania
Dutch embassies play a vital part in the execution of our international projects. With their ongoing support allows we are able to empower sidelined voices and visibilize minorities, allowing their stories to join the collective narratives of their local contexts as well as of a broad
