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March-parade in Bucharest on May 25 International Day of Africa. Join us at the House of Students (Preoteasa), 17.00. At 17.15 we'll go to Opera and Kogalniceanu. And at 18.00 march will end in Cismigiu park, where we will remain for animation of the street festival "Ia ARTitudine".

Organizers: Komunitas Association, the Organization of Women Refugiate Romania

Partners: ART Fusion Association, Yazee

:: In February 2008, the project "The School Cinema" began, funded by the European Commission within the frame of Youth in Action, Action 1. "The School Cinema" is a project of non-formal education through visual media (film and photo) , which will last until November 2008.

The project objectives are: to promote solidarity between young people who belong to so called 'middle' or 'high classes »and youngsters who live in disadvantaged urban communities (ghettos); promoting tolerant attitudes and anti-discrimination, use of audio-video methods as a means of non-formal education; production of movies and using the film as a tactic for self-representation and empowerment.

In this project will attend the following educational institutions: Scoala Generala 136, Scoala Generala 114 «Principesa Margareta », Colegiul National «George Cosbuc» si Liceul de Muzica «Dinu Lipatti». In the following draft attend educational institutions: General School 136, 114 School General " Princess Margarita ", National College" George Cosbuc »and School of Music" Dinu Lipatti ".In a first phase, the project involves organizing screenings of films and debates in the institutions mentioned. In the second stage we will proceed to the involvement of students in making and distributing their own video productions.

There is a blog where we upload photos and cover different aspects of the project, including the difficulties we faced, because we are sure that anyone who has initiated and managed a project knows what such work implies.
The blog where you can read about all these:

http://www.the-school-cinema.blogspot.com/

: Since 1 January 2008 Komunitas Association has been working on the project CULTURES FROM AROUND THE BLOCK achieved (in the Year for Intercultural Dialogue) in partnership with: Multicultural Centre Prague, Research House (UK), Rejs eV Import-Export: Kultur (Germany) , Nadacia Milan Simecku (Slovakia), Fundacja Nowa Ameryka (Poland) and Centre d'Action Interculturelle Bruxellois (Belgium). In this project, Komunitas Association is working with 4 teams composed of students of High Schools "George Cosbuc", "Ion Barbu" "Dinu Lipatti" in Bucharest, making various photography and sound workshops. During these workshops, which will be held until June, students will be familiarized with the use of photo and audio equipment, and supported for creating materials which have, as main themes, self-representation, diversity and intercultural dialogue. Participants are aged between 14 and 17, from different social backgrounds, so, in this context, the ways they choose to represent themselves will be diverse and innovative.

The materials made by students will be presented in some exhibitions to be held in participating high schools (September / October), the Romanian Peasant Museum (October) and in the festival "Dialogues of Cultures" (Prague / November 2008)

For more details about the project, contact us at e-mail: simina [at] komunitas [dot] com or telephone: 0767 052 242

CITYSTREETS & BUCHAREST SOUNDSCAPE (download powerpoint)

: 28 febraurie 2008: Members of the Association Komunitas have won second and third place at the short film contest organized by the campaign SPER (Stop Predjudice about Roma Ethnicity), implemented by the General Secretariat of the Government and the National Agency for Roma, the PHARE funds. The films can be viewed here: http://www.sper.org.ro/index.php?page=6_2.

:: 11 noiembrie 2007 ETHNO FILMFEST Berlin

: 5 October 2007, Friday - projections at the summer garden Capitol. Summer finally end for us as well!

: 22 September 2007 - A DAY WITHOUT CARS IN MY TOWN - campaign to promote cycling, organized by Bate Saua Association, in partnership with the group Velo City and Komunitas. The campaign ended with a march of bikes, for which motorised traffic was closed on major boulevards in downtown Bucharest and the streets were given back to people. You can watch the discussions related to the event: http://www.velorutia.ro/blog/ MESSAGE KOMUNITAS (http://www.velorutia.ro/blog/) PHOTOS

15 September 2007 - Video-quarter projections in Zabrauti, Ferentari. The event is part of a continuation of the project Mobile Cinema and the development of a community project in Zabrauti PHOTO.

31 august - 6 September 2007, in Timisoara, at the International Festival of Roma Culture "SOKERES EUROPE", Komunitas organized video projections linked to the thematic of festival, contradicting the stereotypical images often associated with Roma culture by the majoritary population or by those with discriminatory atitudes.

Ecotopia - During 5-20 august 2007 Komunitas will participate in the summer camp Ecotopia.

SCRAP IRON WE COLLECT (trailer), a film about scrap iron collecting in Bucharest, by Ioana Florea and Miruna Tirca.

The pro-bike campaign - Starting from the summer, Komunitas will get involved, alongside Bate Saua Association, in designing and supporting a campaign funded by the Netherlands Embassy to encourage cycling in Bucharest.