Categoria: Withstanding the Waves

On January 4, 2018, our small team arrived at the small airport on Tarawa. After three days of travel, we were finally there. // Am 4. Januar 2018 kam unser kleines Team auf dem Flughafen auf Tarawa an. // El 4 de Enero del 2018 llegó nuestro pequeño grupo de trabajo del proyecto Kiribati al aeropuerto también pequeño de Tarawa.

In German cellars

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The lost culture of the Marshall Islands lies in German cellars. But it is sorely missed on the Marshall Islands. In the video, Meitaka Kendal Lekka talks about her thoughts and feelings when dealing with the numerous objects in German archives, objects that were brought to the German Empire during the colonial period and are still stored in the Federal Republic today, without there being any concept for a return transfer of cultural knowledge. Clearly something needs to be done here. But who does it? And when does it start?

ONE WORD wins at LIDF20 in London

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Our documentary ONE WORD won the jury’s “Best Film / Special Mention” today as a German-Marshallese contribution to the British LIDF # 20.

The LIDF (The London International Documentary Festival) is one of the most important and prestigious documentary film festivals in the world (BAFTA: Category A), which regularly provides relevant impulses for the international film industry. The LIDF is also London’s oldest and largest film festival. The 2020 edition was postponed to the beginning of 2021 due to corona and was just taking place.

The jury awarded only four prizes among the 34 films that were approved and in competition. In the category of best feature film, ONE WORD received “Special Mention, Best Film, LIDF20” as a film “much of the moment and important because it demonstrated the effectiveness of participatory filmmaking (while) the story was vividly and beautifully told.”

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HCCFF

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ONE WORD just won the “Bronze Award” at the HCCFF (Handle Climate Change Film Festival) in China. Of course we didn’t go to Shenzehn personally to pick up the statue and the prize. Both were symbolically handed over by our chinese friends on the stage to our team of Marshallese and Germans. Here you can see some impressions from the award ceremony.


Liftoff Festival (Tokyo)

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Our participatory documentary „One Word“ on climate change in the Marshall Islands was selected yesterday for the Tokyo edition of this year’s Liftoff festivals, which of course makes us extremely proud. For a whole week, many thousands of festival goers and representatives of the film business will see our film and that is good, because it is in the Marshallese concern to be heard in front of the world.

What we need

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The music of our film One Word comes from pretty much from everywhere in the world, including bands like “Radiohead” and “Jethro Tull”. But of course there is also music from the Marshall Islands in One Word. The young guys in the video are also in the film. Christina Schulze met them spontaneously on the island of Ebeye when she had nothing else with her than a small handheld camera with a moderate automatic focus, but with a very good microphone. When we first heard this material in the editing room, we were completely blown away. Do you feel the same?

The last verse is: “Men eo jej aikuiji ej kejatdridrik”. It means: “What we need is hope.”

Climate Change Song

(English below) (Castellano abajo)Die Musik unseres Filmes „One Word“ stammt so ziemlich von überall her auf dem Globus, darunter Bands wie „Radiohead“ und „Jethro Tull“. Aber natürlich gibt es in „One Word“ auch Musik von den Marshall Islands. Die Jungs im Video sind auch im Film dabei. Christina Schulze hat sie spontan auf der Insel Ebeye getroffen, als sie gerade nichts Anderes dabei hatte, als eine kleine Handkamera mit einer mäßigen Schärfeautomatik, aber mit einem sehr gutem Mikrofon. Als wir dieses Material das erste Mal im Schnitt hörten, hat es uns völlig umgehauen. Geht es euch auch so?The music of our film "One Word" comes from pretty much from everywhere in the world, including bands like "Radiohead" and "Jethro Tull". But of course there is also music from the Marshall Islands in “One Word”. The young guys in the video are also in the film. Christina Schulze met them spontaneously on the island of Ebeye when she had nothing else with her than a small handheld camera with a moderate automatic focus, but with a very good microphone. When we first heard this material in the editing room, we were completely blown away. Do you feel the same?La música de nuestro documental "One Word" proviene prácticamente de todo el mundo, incluidas bandas como "Radiohead" y "Jethro Tull". Pero, por supuesto, también hay música de las Islas Marshall en "One Word". Los chicos jóvenes en el video también están en la película. Christina Schulze los conoció espontáneamente en la isla Ebeye cuando no tenía nada más que una pequeña cámara de mano con un enfoque automático moderado, pero con un micrófono muy bueno. Cuando escuchamos este material por primera vez en la sala de edición, nos quedamos más que impresionados,nos encantó. ¿Sientes lo mismo? English: https://one-word-the-movie.com/ Deutsch: https://www.kameradisten.org/one-word/ Castellano: https://www.kameradisten.org/es/one-word/

Gepostet von Kameradistinnen am Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2020