October 25, 2009
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

U.S. Government Launches the Second Competition of the Democracy Video Challenge

On Tuesday, October 27th, 2009, at the Faculty of Applied Arts, U.S. Embassy Cultural Attaché, Susan Delja, will announce the competition Democracy Video Challenge for 2010, and present the certificate to the 2009 finalist, Vid Rajin, a student of the faculty.

The first cycle of the international competition Democracy Video Challenge for 2009, ended in July this year. Over 900 videos were submitted from 95 countries worldwide. A jury of experts selected the finalists, and more than 47,000 people participated in a public online vote to choose the winning videos. Vid Rajin, student of the Faculty of Applied Arts, was rated among the finalists for Europe with his video “Democracy is to Choose”. The video is available on Youtube, and will be played during tomorrow’s event.

The Democracy Video Challenge is sponsored by the State Department and its partners: democracy and youth organizations, the film industry and academia. Its goal is to engage youth in an online discussion on democracy through the creation of short videos (up to three minutes), completing the phrase “Democracy is…” and through social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter. The authors of the winning videos will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C., New York and Los Angeles, where the videos will be screened at gala events. The deadline for video submissions is January 15, 2010.

The U.S. Government remains committed to promoting the values of the democracy and encouraging young people to continue the dialogue about its importance.

To learn more about the competition, please visit: http://www.videochallenge.america.gov/

Journalists interested in covering the event are kindly requested to be at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Room 25, Kosančićev Venac 29, at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009.

25. oktobar, 2009
Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

Vlada SAD objavila drugi međunarodni konkurs kratke video forme „Demokratija – video izazov“

U utorak, 27. oktobra 2009, ataše za kulturu američke ambasade Suzan Delja najaviće na Fakultetu primenjenih umetnosti konkurs Demokratija – video izazov (Democracy Video Challenge) za 2010. godinu i uručiće priznanje ovogodišnjem finalisti, Vidu Rajinu, studentu ovog fakulteta.

Prvi krug međunarodnog konkursa Demokratija – video izazov, za 2009. godinu, završen je u junu ove godine. Od 900 radova, pristiglih iz 95 zemalja širom sveta, stručni žiri odredio je finaliste, a više od 47.000 ljudi putem javnog glasanja izabralo je pobednike. Među finaliste za područje Evrope plasirao se i Vid Rajin, student Fakulteta primenjenih umetnosti, sa filmom „Democracy is to Chose“ (Demokratija znači birati). Njegov rad dostupan je na sajtu „youtube“, a biće prikazan na Fakultetu primenjenih umetnosti tokom sutrašnjeg događaja.

Demokratija – video izazov je projekat Stejt Dipartmenta i partnerskih institucija – organizacija za podršku mladima i razvoju demokratije, filmske industrije i akademskih ustanova – sa ciljem uključivanja mladih u on-lajn diskusiju o demokratiji kroz kratku video formu (do tri minuta), a putem modernih vidova povezivanja i komunikacije poput Fejsbuka i Tvitera. I ove godine zadatak učesnika je da kroz film dopune frazu „Demokratija je...“. Autori nagrađenih radova posetiće Vašington, Njujork i Los Anđelos, gde će na gala svečanostima biti prikazani pobednički filmovi. Rok za slanje filmova je 15. januar 2010.

Vlada SAD nastavlja da promoviše vrednosti demokratije i motiviše mlade na uključivanje u dijalog o njenom značaju.

Za detaljnije infromacije o konkursu, molimo posetite sajt: http://www.videochallenge.america.gov/

Molimo novinare zainteresovane za praćenje ovog događaja da dođu na Fakultet primenjenih umetnosti u Beogradu, sala 25, Kosančićev venac 29, u 10:00 časova pre podne u utorak, 27. oktobra 2009. godine.

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