Perform2Reform: Training in Thessalonki
The youth exchange ‘Blended Mobility of Young People’ from the Perform2Reform project is taking place between the 23rd to the 29th of September in Thessaloniki, Greece. Organized by the Thessaloniki Youth Club for UNESCO, the main goal of the exchange is to allow participants to
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
The LightHouse Project
Today we submitted our project proposal The LightHouse Project in the Open Call for Cinemas as Innovation Hubs for Local Communities from the European Commission. The LightHouse Project consists of a consortium with cinemas, cultural institutions and film festivals from Latvia, Hungar
Art.1 Radio #12 – Letters For The Lonely
Eddie describes the night of his arrival in the Netherlands, having just left behind his successful life in Jordan, with many friends.
Art.1 Radio #11 – Three Lives
A person from Chechnya, now living in the Netherlands, tells us about his first, second and third life.
Screening Up Close & Personal: LGBT Police
On the 19th of July, International Film Festival Prishtina (PriFest) screened ‘Up Close and Personal: LGBT Police’, a film by Chris Belloni which documented the lives of LGBTQ+ police officers from different countries around the world, conveying a portrait of how their sexuality 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
Attending the Training Refugees+ for Youth Workers in Brussels
Recently, our intern Clara Mendes participated in the training Refugees+ which took place in Brussels, organized by JINT and funded by Erasmus+. Besides her, other twenty-three people from 20 different nationalities joined the training, eager to learn about each other’s projects a
Pride Parade in Ljubljana
This year’s Ljubljana’s Pride Parade took place on Saturday, 22nd of June and art.1 had the pleasure to be a part of it. The parade happened on the last day of the Festival Parada Ponosa, which lasted for 12 days and included several cultural, performative, political, conversation
