Warsaw (Poland) 2019 At the 35th International Film Festival Warsaw 11-20 October 2019, the award of the Ecumenical Jury went to Omar ve biz (Omar and Us) directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er (Turkey, 2019). Motivation: The contact with two Syrian refugees leads a...
In 2019, a year marked by divisive politics, attacks on journalists, xenophobia, digital surveillance and harassment, and other threats to freedom of information and democracy, WACC Global continued to make a positive difference, especially among vulnerable people and communities around the world. With WACC’s support, 79...
A project supported by WACC Global has trained more than 100 Indigenous broadcasters and members of the Indigenous community of Muellamués, Colombia, in producing radio programmes on peace, self-governance, gender equality, and human rights. The project was organized by the Fundación para la Promoción de la Cooperación Internacional...
WACC ’s Centre for Communication Rights has co-published Expanding Shrinking Communication Spaces, a new e-book on communication rights and sustainable development for a digital age. The 130-page page book – which is intended for development practitioners, policy makers, and communication rights activists – takes a historic look at communication...
