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Welsh film-makers in Zagreb 20/5/2004
A group of film-makers from Swansea have been invited to to Zagreb to present Welsh perspectives on world events.
Producers from the award winning Undercurrents group will join Balkan journalists from Belgrade radio station B92. Their discussions will centre on how the media can be used to reconcile differences and bring about positive change.
The B92 station became world famous when they continued to broadcast despite severe censorship and state-sanctioned violence against independent journalists by President Milosevic during the Yugoslavia war of 1996-99.
Paul O’Connor and Helen Iles from Undercurrents will train young Croatian people in basic video skills. They will also screen documentaries made in Wales about environmental and mental health issues.
Undercurrents will present their latest video compilation of news which includes Welsh opposition to the invasion of Iraq.
Undercurrents producer Helen Iles said; “This invitation to Zagreb is a display of how our work is increasingly being recognized outside Britain. By forging links with other media groups we can find the documentaries from other countries that offer very different perspectives from the mainstream broadcasters.”
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