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
Youth Artivists for Change: Balkan
Youth Artivists for Change is a project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Creative Twinning scheme. Art. 1 is the main applicant of the project, which focuses on the participation of youth (15-24 years old) in film, theater, podcast and storytelling activitie
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
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
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
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
YOUTH ARTIVISTS FOR CHANGE: NORTH MACEDONIA
On September 19th 2020 Stichting Art.1 took part in activities in North Macedonia in the scope of the Youth Artivist for Change project. The participants follow: Stefan, 21.Bitola – North-Macedonia “THE STORY COMES FROM INSIDE OF THE FILMMAKER. BUT IT HAS TO GE
In-Visible Film Festival in Azerbeidzjan
The In-Visible Film Festival was a queer festival which took place between the 23rd and the 26th of May, in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was promoted by Salaam Cinema Baku and Stichting art. 1, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands, IQMF, YPEER, EQUALS, Gender & Development
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
INTERVIEW: German-Iranian Director Faraz Shariat’s on debut feature No Hard Feelings
Interview by Jad Salfiti The title of writer-director Faraz Shariat’s electrifying debut feature, No Hard Feelings (German title: Futur Drei), is an ode to a millennial generation shrugging off hurtful moments or hardships. “It’s a coping mechanism for many BPOCS (Black/ Person
