Special Thanks

The We The Peoples Film Festival could not take place without the support, talent and commitment of a number of people who we would like to acknowledge and thank.

Special Thanks to:

British Universities Film & Video Council
The BUFVC are proud sponsors of the We The Peoples film festival award. We are a representative body which promotes the production, study and use of moving image, sound and related media in higher education and research. BUFVC was founded in 1948 as the British Universities Film Council and became the British Universities Film & Video Council in 1983.

BFI
The BFI is the nation’s cultural organization for film, keeping the breadth of voices in moving image culture alive and known. Through its venues, festivals, film releases and online, the BFI inspires people to understand and enjoy film culture, ensuring that everyone in the UK can see the broadest range and choice of films, otherwise not provided by commercial cinema. The BFI reaches an audience of over 7.5 million in the UK every year. The BFI is a public body part funded by DCMS through the UK Film Council. For every £1 it receives in grant-in-aid, the BFI raises a further £1.50 through self-generated means.
www.bfi.org.uk

Wilton Pictures
Wilton Pictures was recently formed with a view to establishing a slate of feature films and documentaries to be produced both in the UK and the developing world. One of the fundamental aims of the company is to provide on-the-job training to historically disadvantaged individuals both from UK and abroad – offering an opportunity to people who would normally have no direct “in” to the film industry.

International Production Youth Network
The focus of the International Production Youth Network is to support and facilitate resources and exposure for underprivileged young people from all over the world with a shared passion for live event production, film and photography.

Adobe Youth Voices is the Adobe Foundation’s global signature philanthropy program designed to provide youth in underserved communities with the critical skills they need to become active and engaged members of their communities and the world at large.
www.youthvoices.adobe.com

Christian Aid
Christian Aid is an international development agency with a vision – an end to poverty – and it believes that vision can become a reality. It works through partner organisations in around 50 countries for profound change that eradicates the causes of poverty, striving to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality. For more information about the work of Christian Aid visit www.christianaid.org.uk

Ctrl.Alt.Shift
Passionate and outspoken, we subvert popular culture to fight injustice and end poverty. From the arts to blogs, protests to club nights, we campaign creatively, representing those without voice or power. Informed by the work that Christian Aid’s partner organisations carry out on the ground, we report on, expose and challenge the structural inequalities which cause poverty.
www.ctrlaltshift.co.uk

Offscreen is an award-winning Social Enterprise promoting cross-cultural understanding amongst young people. We are a not-for-profit initiative specialising in building creative bridges between the UK, Middle East and wider Islamic World.
www.offscreen.org.uk

RAW Material
RAW – Recognizing Artistic Worth
Engagement, Diversity, Innovation, Digital Technology
Raw Material Music & Media is an education and professional arts organization promoting access and opportunities for young people and adults interested in the creative industries. It supports professional development and provides platforms for high quality arts work collaboration and debate across the mediums of moving image, digital media, music performance and literature, on a local, national and international scale. The charity specialises in programmes that support the positive development of young people and adults in London with local, regional, national and international partnerships and projects across the African Diaspora linking culture, education and technology. Raw has an extensive history and proven experience in delivering inspiring projects and artistic explorations in London, the UK and abroad with partners in France, Italy, Germany, Holland, West and South Africa, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba and the Caribbean to explore common ground, address issues and find creative and critical solutions.
www.raw-material.org

Platform2
Platform2 enables 18-25 year olds from the UK to make a real difference to the lives of those in poor countries, through volunteering abroad and raising awareness of development issues back home. Volunteers spend 10 weeks overseas, living and working in local communities in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, India, Nepal or Peru and are encouraged to highlight development issues on their return to the UK. Platform2 is funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development and run by Christian Aid and BUNAC.
www.myplatform2.com

The Abingdon Film Unit
The Abingdon Film Unit is based at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, where it is one of the school’s extra-curricular activities. Formed in 2003, it enables pupils between the ages of 13-18 to make their own short films under the guidance of a team of industry professionals led by the renowned documentarist, Michael Grigsby. Together with visiting tutors Jonas Mortensen (cinematography), Mikkel Eriksen (sound design), Nikolaj Larsen (editing) and animators Joanna Harrison and Geoff Dunbar, Mike encourages students to strive for the highest standards, and develop their ideas through a process of careful research and reflection. screened at the NFT in London and at the British Film Festival in Dinard, France. AFU films have also won first prize at the Oxdox International Film Festival (2005) and the New Shoots Festival (2006). Another major project was a 30-minute documentary about disabled people in Cambodia called Gravel and Stones (2007), which together with One Foot on the Ground premiered at the NFT before being selected for screenings at Raindance. Gravel and Stones was also selected for the London International Documentary Festival in 2008 and achieved a commercial dvd release in France.

Front of Mind for the design and build of our new website, content management system (CMS) and e-mail newsletter template, as well as video podcast.

Sign-up.to for their e-mail newsletter services and management.

Channel 4 for hosting our Committee meetings.

Sainsbury’s plc for providing food and drink for the participants in the Young Film Makers for Development.

IDS for supplying drinks for the Best Film of the Festival awards