PLURAL+ 2015 Youth Video Festival on Migration, Diversity and Social Inclusion call for entries

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The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) invite you to submit original and creative videos focusing on PLURAL+ themes: Migration, Diversity and Social inclusion.

Recognizing youth as powerful agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, and cultural and religious divisions, PLURAL+ invites youth to address key challenges and opportunities related to social inclusion and cohesion, migrant integration, respect for identity, diversity, and human rights, both at local and global levels. Young people aged 9-25 are invited to submit short videos of five minutes maximum in length for consideration in the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival.

Each year, since 2009, a prestigious international jury selects three PLURAL+ International Jury Award winners in each age category (9-12, 13-17, 18-25). International Jury Award winners will be invited to New York, all travel expenses paid, to present their work at the PLURAL + 2015 Awards Ceremony at the Paley Center for Media in December 2015. PLURAL+ partner organizations will also award other prizes and professional opportunities to over 20 of the best videos submitted, such as winning participants presenting their work at film and video festivals, conferences and events around the world.

PLURAL+ supports young people’s expression by providing them with a variety of media platforms and distribution networks, including broadcasts, video festivals, conferences and events around the world. PLURAL+ not only provides young people with an effective platform to express themselves on key migration and diversity issues, but also reinforces the firm belief of IOM and UNAOC that youth are powerful and creative agents of social change.

Further information, including guidelines, regulations, awards, and the entry form can be found at the PLURAL+ website at: pluralplus.unaoc.org

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 15 June 2015
Download the entry form and see the instructions on PLURAL+  website

You can watch PLURAL+ 2014 award winning videos here

For more information, please contact: plural@unaoc.org
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“PLURAL+, provides youth around the world with the opportunity to submit real stories told by real people, which when widely disseminated would help foster intercultural dialogue and understanding, respect for diversity and tolerance.” – Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations

“We all know this to be true: increased participation of youth in the media is essential.  These youth - these agents of social change - make up a large portion of today’s migrant population, and they have something valuable to tell us about their migration experiences. And this is what PLURAL+ aims to achieve: to provide youth filmmakers with a global platform to share their thoughts and experiences with us.” – Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration

“The imagination, craftsmanship and care reflected in such a diversity of videos submitted from around the world is an indication that there is an entire generation of people determined to create and shape the world they live in. We should all be working towards helping unleash that creativity.” – Nico Daswani, a member of the PLURAL+ 2013 International Jury

PLURAL+ is organized by the UNAOC and IOM with the support of its partners. For more information on PLURAL+ please visit http://pluralplus.unaoc.org