The Power of Culture

Tapping into musical heritage to create a livelihood for rural Angola

February 2004 -

The function of music as a message vehicle is ancient in Africa. Tsikaya, a cultural project taking place in Angola, draws on this notion by recording the musical works of composers living in rural areas.

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Review

Future Dreams theme for Winternachten authors

February 2004 -

Toekomstdromen (Future Dreams) is the title of the thematic selection of work presented during the festival. This collection includes story excerpts and poems by some 43 authors.

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Partners

Sithengi in Cape Town: meeting place for film and television professionals

February 2004 -

Sithengi is an international film and television market in Cape Town, South Africa. It strives to offer an international platform in an African context for the trade in film and television productions.

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Prince Claus Film Grant 2004 awarded to screenplay from Sri Lanka

February 2004 -

This year's Prince Claus Film Grant has been awarded to Vimukhti Jayasundara from Sri Lanka for his screenplay The Abandoned Land.

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Phenix Foundation disbanded

February 2004 -

The Phenix Foundation, an organization that worked to strengthen the cultural diversity of the available art, is being disbanded. The financiers are not satisfied with the results achieved to date. the Phenix Foundation was established in October 2001.

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Worldsite

BabelMed

January 2004 -

Website on the cultures of the Mediterrenean.

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Controversial reports highlight lack of development in Arab world

January 2004 -

The authors of two controversial reports about the growing lack of development in Arab countries received a Prince Claus Prize on 10 December. A panel discussion held in the Rode Hoed in Amsterdam organised the previous day concerned the Arab Human Development Reports, which attracted one million readers in Saudi Arabia alone.

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Craftsmanship receives central focus in Prince Claus Prizes

January 2004 -

Craftsmanship as a renewing force in a globalising world. During the annual presentation of the Prince Claus Prizes on 10 December in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, the Prince Claus Fund honoured artists, thinkers and cultural organisations that have developed new views on traditional techniques and crafts.

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ECF new HIVOS partner

January 2004 -

Hivos and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) have joined forces. Early in November these two organisations signed a contract by means of which HIVOS will financially support the ECF activities in the south-eastern part of Eastern Europe.

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Review

UZAK at Film festival Rotterdam

January 2004 -

Turkish moviemaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan personally makes and produces his films together with family and friends. His movie UZAK (VER) won the Grand Prix du Jury in Cannes, with the prize for best actor going collectively to the two main characters, portrayed by Muzaffer Ozdemir and Mehmet Emin Toprak. UZAK will be shown at the film festival in Rotterdam and will be released in the Netherlands on 26 February.

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