Call for peace-themed content for new online peace channel
World Peace day to launch new free web channel, although only on Joost
From Peace One Day founder Jeremy Gilley:
I am writing to you from the international film project Peace One Day,
which I launched in 1999 to document my efforts to create the first
ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed
calendar date. In 2001, Peace One Day achieved its primary objective.
The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution
formally establishing an annual day of global ceasefire and
non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace fixed in the global
calendar on 21 September – Peace Day.
Since then, with the backing of world leaders, Nobel Peace Laureates,
corporations and countless individuals around the world, Peace One Day
has been working to raise awareness of Peace Day and to engage all
sectors of society in the Day’s peaceful observance in accordance with
the resolution. On 21 September 2006 there were activities in 200
countries, directly involving 27.6 million people.
The feature documentary Peace One Day, produced in association with the BBC [Storyville] and Passion Pictures received nominations for Best Documentary by the British Independent Film Awards in 2004 and for Best Director by the Directors’ Guild of Great Britain in 2005.
Peace One Day is now proud to announce the launch of its very own interactive Internet television channel -- Peace One Day TV. The channel will reflect the ethos of Peace One Day and the peacemaking community as a whole. It will entertain, empower and inspire action. It hopes to include material representing each continent and eventually provide programming available in the 6 official languages of the UN. The channel will be hosted by Joost - the company responsible for the hugely successful Skype - and it will combine all that’s exciting about TV (including a high-quality full-screen picture) with the interactive power, fun and accessibility of the Internet. Peace One Day TV will launch in September 07.
What we are looking for:
As well as featuring material generated from the birth and growth of Peace One Day itself, we would also like the channel to include footage from a wide variety of other sources.
We are looking for films whose content or inspiration is related directly or indirectly to the theme of peace. We want to fill the channel with positive programming, with stories about peace within our world. The films can be personal stories about individuals and the society they live in; they can be about empowerment, optimism, making a difference, community, mediation, reconciliation, self-development, change, history, cease-fire, non-violence, philosophy, building bridges; they can be about anything in fact that is related to process of creating peace and sustainability around the world and within our own personal lives.
This is a fantastic opportunity for filmmakers to get their work seen on a global platform, totally free.
We will accept films that have been recently produced, as well as those that were created years ago and have up till now remained unseen.
We are looking for content both for the launch this September and on an on-going basis thereafter.
Please send all material to:
Peace One Day TV
Block D
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
Please send us a COPY of your film (not the original master), as we will unfortunately be unable to return anything that is sent to us.
If you would like to know find out more or have any questions regarding the above, please contact us on 020 7456 9180,
I look forward to hearing from you.
With best wishes
In peace
Jeremy Gilley
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