Luebeck (Germany) 2022
At the 64th Nordic Film Days Luebeck (November 2-6, 2022), the INTERFILM Jury awared the Church Film Prize, endowed with €5000 by the Evangelical Church District Luebeck-Lauenburg, to the film Walad Min Al Janna | Boy From Heaven directed by Tarik Saleh (Sweden,...
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WACC Europe
The European Festival for Religious Television and Online Programmes is back after a Covid-enforced pause.
TV producers and enthusiasts from across Europe are invited to participate in the 20th edition of the Festival on 27–30 September in Berlin, which will pose questions and seek answers under the...
The lives of many people today have improved immeasurably compared to the past. On average, income and life expectancy have increased, and extreme poverty has declined. Yet, progress has been extremely uneven.
In principle, genuine social progress is high on the agenda of civil society worldwide....
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WACC North America
At its 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 15 February, the WACC North America regional association received initial findings from the Migrant Media Monitoring Project (MMMP) conducted in May of last year, elected a new president, and welcomed new members to its Executive Committee.
Migrants in...
The message to end misogyny, sexual harassment and gender-based violence in the digital realm has been iterated and reiterated countless times in as many spaces and languages the world over. Yet, there still lacks global consensus on what constitutes such behaviour. Related to the absence...
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Members of the public need to hold media accountable for coverage about migrants and refugees, and advocate for balanced, representative reporting, WACC Program Manager Sarah Macharia said at the annual conference of ACAT-France (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture) on 28–29 January.Macharia, global...