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To reach new audiences and promote the development of trade union films, UNI Global Union in collaboration with the International Metalworkers’ Federation, the International Trade Union Confederation and all the Global Union Federations will together produce the Global Unions Labour Films Shorts 2011.



All affiliates are invited to submit copies of short films that they have produced or been involved in producing for possible inclusion in the programme.



Submission deadline: April 11, 2011



Release date



This year the festival will submit on-line and DVD presentations to over 36 labour related film festivals around the world.



The 2011 line up of short films will be launched at the European Metalworkers’ Federation “Union in Motion” film festival, coming up on June 10 – 11 in Duisburg, Germany.



Theme



Submission of films on all labour issues are encouraged, however this year the line-up will feature films that focus on unions fighting back against austerity cuts.



The one-hour DVD will focus on short films that are good examples of communicating labour stories and messages and the selection will include a range of different films from different parts of the world.



Technical information



Send copies of your films on DVD to:



Cherisse Fredricks

International Metalworkers' Federation

Case Postale 1516

CH1227 Geneva

Switerland



Make sure to send a short paragraph describing the film, why it was produced and how it was used. The IMF will need unfettered rights to show the film and publish it online, of course with full acknowledgement of who created the material. Due to resource constraints for interpretation, the IMF is only able to accept films in English language or with English subtitles.



For more information



www.labourfilmshorts.org



http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=25787&l=2