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PLURAL+ 2017 Festival & Awards
November 9, 2017 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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PLURAL+ is a Youth Video Festival on migration, diversity and social inclusion. It emphasizes intercultural dialogue, youth expression and the desire for peace and better understanding worldwide. It is a joint initiative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and International Organization for Migration (IOM – UN Migration Agency), supported by partner organizations from around the world.
Each year young people (up to 25 years of age) are invited to send short videos (up to 5 minutes in length) to PLURAL+, addressing issues of migration, diversity, social inclusion and the prevention of xenophobia.
Young video producers from around the world are again going to share their work with an audience and receive PLURAL + 2017 Awards at United Nations Headquarters in New York City on Thursday, November 9th.
The three winners of the PLURAL + International Jury Awards for the age groups of 9-12, 13-17 and 18-25 are respectively: “Eliminate Hate, Eliminate Borders from Mexico”; “Aibek” from Kazakhstan; “Child of All Nations “from Indonesia.
In addition, this year PLURAL+ will also give for the first time an Award for the Prevention of Xenophobia, TOGETHER Award, UN Video Award, and their winners are respectively; “The True Impact” from Nepal, “Twighead” from Philippines, “We are not Enough” from Poland, “Refugee” from Turkey.
PLURAL+ partner awards will also be celebrated. This year PLURAL+ received over 320 videos from all over the world. Twenty-seven videos were selected for awards. Winners included entries from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Finland, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Syria, Turkey, UK and USA.
- : November
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- : 2017
- : November
- : 9
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- : United Nations Headquarters
- : New York
- : US
- : https://pluralplus.unaoc.org/plural-plus-news/plural-2017-awards-ceremony/
- : UNAOC & IOM
- : plural@unaoc.org
- : https://pluralplus.unaoc.org/