Following the cancellation of their festival because of the Corona crisis, Movies that Matter Festival decided to virtually offer a stage for their most revealing films and documentaries of 2020, stirring debates about human rights, sustainability and the fight against injustice. Unfortunately, the media lab bringing asylum seekers and status holders in the Netherlands together during the festival to make a film on their stories, has been cancelled as well.
Read MoreLost in Media Booklaunches
Following earlier international presentations we launched 'Lost in Media’ in Tate Modern on July 19th 2019 with a panel discussion chaired by Chrystal Genesis of Stance Podcast, with contributions from Tania Bruguera, Nesrine Malik, Daniel Trilling, and Andre Wilkens.
photo by Dan Weill Photography.
Lost in Media. Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere
Lost in Media: Migrant Perspectives and the Public Sphere gathers critical responses to the representations of migrants in the media in Europe through nine essays by prominent writers, artists and journalists.
Read MoreDisplaced in Media Policy Forum, Marseille
A report by Charles Tims on the Displaced in Media policy Forum which took place in Marseille, October 2018.
Read MoreDisplaced in Media Recipe Book
This booklet is a way of gathering learning from those people and organisations who are working for greater participation by – and representation of – those with refugee backgrounds in the media. It is based on the work of nine organisations from across Europe that were part of an Erasmus+ project called Displaced in Media in 2017-18.
Read MoreDisplaced in Media Magazine
Across Europe, individuals and collectives of journalists, filmmakers, cultural professionals, activists, teachers and researchers are trying to break through the power structures that stop the most disadvantaged from being heard. They are paving the way for the production of media in their own community in a bottom up and inclusive way. They are setting up their own platforms where alternative voices are highlighted and they are making links to mainstream media and other important platforms.
The aim of the Displaced in Media partnership is to connect these practices and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, methodologies and experiences between them. This community of practice is creating an infrastructure that allows underrepresented perspectives to be heard in the public sphere. Emerging from this are contacts and networks, a pool of knowledge and educational methodologies, channels and strategies to reach general audiences, and also increase awareness among policymakers.
In this publication – and at a Policy Forum in Marseille in September 2018 – we present the practices and learnings of Displaced in Media to media makers and policymakers. It is an invitation to engage in a conversation with us.