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At a time when these fundamental rights are under pressure or even at risk, this treaty guarantees day-to-day human needs: work; health; housing; education; social security and protection, welfare services. The film suggests that implementing this Social Constitution of Europe therefore means ensuring dignity, bringing people together, contributing to their individual and collective wellbeing, as well as leading to social cohesion, peace and economic development.
The film has been made in the framework of the Turin process for the European Social Charter, an initiative launched by Secretary General Thorbjrn Jagland in 2014 to reinforce the Charter, one of the key priorities of his mandate.
The TorinoFilmLab and Talent Short Film Market took place in Turin during November, as a sidebar event at the Unifrance supported the presence of short film production and distribution companies, as well as the promotion of French VR.
Unifrance partnered for the first time with the TorinoFilmLab by supporting a French project selected for the FeatureLab, a program dedicated to the development of first and second feature films. The FeatureLab focuses on film projects at an advanced stage of development: fiction, creative documentaries, experimental films, animation, and any other form of film creation. Program participants, directors, and producers, have the opportunity to develop their projects, prepare them for international markets, and meet with potential co-producers, distributors, and other industry professionals.
For this first collaboration, Unifrance supported the feature film project Terra, written by Gabrielle Demeestere and produced by So-Cle) (photo illustration) Unifrance's support consisted of awarding a grant to the French project selected within the framework of the program, covering 50% of the registration fees and the travel expenses of the author and producer (a member of Unifrance).
The four days of the TSFM were punctuated by conferences, works In progress and pitches of international projects in development. For the first year, a Lab around animation was set up, resulting in a specific award allowing the recipient the opportunity to spend two weeks in a writing residency in Sardinia.
Located in Paris, Unifrance employs around 50 staff members, as well as representatives based in the U.S. China and Japan. The organisation currently brings together more than 1,000 French cinema and TV content professionals (producers, talents, agents, sales companies, etc.) working together to promote French films and TV programmes among foreign audiences, industry executives and media.
"I think we heard two words, 'Clint Eastwood' and 'a Hmong movie,'" Xiong said. "I was like, 'What? Clint Eastwood and a Hmong movie?' So you know, that's cool. Because you know Clint Eastwood isn't going to be low-budget, right?"
This spring, he joined hundreds of hopefuls who lined up for auditions at a Hmong-American community center in St. Paul. The producers held casting calls in places such as St. Paul and Fresno, Calif. -- two cities with huge Hmong populations.
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"They could have walked down Hollywood and looked for some Korean, Chinese, whatever, Asian-American actors, and say, 'Hey, can we teach you a few Hmong (words),' like they do in other movies, just mimic the words," he said. "But no, they said, 'We want real Hmong-speaking actors.' Asian Americans, we can tell, "That guy's not Chinese! That guy's not Korean!' So, stop trying to fool us."
Schenk shared a story credit with friend Dave Johannson of Roseville. For a span of 10 months about five years ago, Johannson said he headed over to Schenk's basement in Northeast Minneapolis a few times a week, and to the nearby Grumpy's Bar and Grill, to hash out a framework for the movie.
The Hmong cast includes at least five Minnesotans -- almost all of them first-time actors. Bee Vang of Robbinsdale plays the role of Thao, the bookish neighbor boy who strikes an unlikely friendship with Walt Kowalski after trying to steal his '72 Gran Torino.
"I can tell you when I was reviewing the script, I had read already about the rumors about this being a 'Dirty Harry' movie," Garvey said. "I got pretty scared. I really did. I thought, 'Oh my gosh, did I make the right decision?'"
On online Hmong chat boards, people have already criticized the movie for perpetuating stereotypes. But Garvey said the film shines a positive light on the close-knit nature of the Hmong community in Detroit.
Doua Moua, who plays one of the lead gang members, graduated from the International School of Minnesota in Eden Prairie and moved to New York to follow his acting dreams. He still works in an Italian restaurant to finance his career.
"A lot of the first-generation Hmong people went through this, too," he said. "You know, like the hardship of these young men trying to assimilate to the American culture, but because they don't have a fatherly figure there with them ... they come together, form gangs, support each other, and kind of become each other's lookout."
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We report on the characterization of NbTi films at [Formula: see text] 11 GHz and in DC magnetic fields up to 4 T, performed by means of the coplanar waveguide resonator technique, providing quantitative information about the penetration depth, the complex impedance, and the vortex-motion-induced complex resistivity. This kind of characterization is essential for the development of radiofrequency cavity technology. To access the vortex-pinning parameters, the complex impedance was analyzed within the formalism of the Campbell penetration depth. Measurements in this frequency range allowed us to determine the complete set of vortex-pinning parameters and the flux flow resistivity, both analyzed and discussed in the framework of high-frequency vortex dynamics models. The analysis also benefits from the comparison with results obtained by a dielectric-loaded resonator technique on similar samples and by other ancillary structural and electromagnetic characterization techniques that provide us with a comprehensive picture of the material. It turns out that the normalized flux flow resistivity follows remarkably well the trend predicted by the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory, while the pinning constant exhibits a decreasing trend with the field which points to a collective pinning regime.
Students and staff in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Makerere University continue to reap big from the Torino-Makerere Cooperation programme. Supported by the Erasmus Partner Countries Programme (EU), the project promotes joint scientific and didactic activities in the fields of Anthropology and Sociology and in the study and preservation of the cultural heritage of the Great Lakes region. In this framework, several Italian and Ugandan students and scholars have had the opportunity to spend a research period in the partner institution.
Presenting updates on the Torino-Makerere Cooperation at a workshop held at Makerere University on 2nd October, 2018, Prof. Elana Ochse said the programme had in 2017 supported four students (2 PhD and 2 MAs) and two members of staff from Makerere University to visit and learn more from the University of Torino. Likewise, the Programme supported two Professors (Elana Ochse and Cecilia Pennacini) from the University of Torino to visit Makerere University on a mission to improve the research capacity of graduate students of sociology and anthropology. The Professors taught audited courses to graduate students in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Makerere University. Prof. Cecilia Pennacini taught Ethnographic Methodology and Visual Anthropology whereas Prof. Elana Ochse taught English Debating and Writing Skills. This year, 2018, the Professors conducted a five-week course of the same programmes in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Makerere University.
Speaking at the workshop, the Principal of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Prof. Edward K. Kirumira appreciated the Italian government for its continued support towards capacity building programmes at Makerere University. Besides research capacity building, the Italian Government supports the teaching and learning of Italian at Makerere University.
The Italian Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Domenico Fornara expressed commitment towards supporting various activities at Makerere University, including bilateral cultural exchanges. He pledged support towards the formation of an Italian alumni association as one of the ways of keeping Italian supported students active in the development of their countries.
At the end of the workshop, students of Anthropology showcased a film titled At Makerere that they developed in the course of their five-week training in visual anthropology. The film highlighted the daily life of a cleaner, a food vendor and student at Makerere University.
In a statement by the Special Adviser to the minister on Media and Publicity, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, Downer emphasised the strong relations between Jamaica and Nigeria, highlighting the existing creative industry exchanges and expressing enthusiasm for expanding these collaborations.
There is a lot of scope for collaboration, particularly in the area of film and animation. Nigeria has supported Jamaica over many years in the creative industry through the technical eco-programme, where artisans have been dispatched to Jamaica for exchanges in areas of Batik and jewelry-making.
We are hoping that sometime in the future, these collaborations can be expanded. We also note that Nigeria and Jamaica are in very close relations when it comes to entertainment. A lot of Nigerian entertainers like Burner Boy and WizKid, have come to Jamaica, and even Victor Thompson who was in Jamaica last month. We are looking forward to these sorts of exchanges between both countries and to see how we can establish a framework for deeper collaboration between the two countries.
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