Connecting cultures with film - building tolerance and multiculturalism through film

This project was aiming to tackle prejudice and differences on social, cultural religious and national level between different cultures, Serbian and German and to increase the inclusion of young h...

This project was aiming to tackle prejudice and differences on social, cultural religious and national level between different cultures, Serbian and German and to increase the inclusion of young high school students from partner schools and their teachers into European system of values based on cultural diversity and active participation in society. By achieving its objectives the project should enable creation of positive multicultural environment that would bring together students from completely different cultural, religious, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds in the process of creating student film and film making manual for students that will be further used in the process of high-school education process for future generations in partner schools and their countries, also on wider level by using networks of partner schools developed by Gymnasium Pirot and Edith-Stein Schule throughout their previous international experience.

On this project we have implemented 5 activities. First activity was preparation and control and it durated through the entire project time (13 months). On this activity we have conducted 6 online meetings between project partners and delegate tasks as planed in the project proposal. We have developed quality (communication) plan with step by step planned activities, paste of implementation, mechanisms of control and responsible persons. Second activity included organization of visit of Pirot project team to Edith-Stein Schule. Project team consisted of 20 members (16 students, 4 teachers) visited partner school and attended workshops and other events and resulted with developed synopsis for the film and screen draft, filmed video materials). Third activity was visit of Edith-Stein Schule project team of also 20 members to Pirot, also attending workshops and working on film and manual. The activity resulted with developed screenplay draft and filmed video materials for project film and manual. Fifth activity was promotional activities which consisted of creating project official social network profiles, dissemination of results and organizing premiering events. Fifth activity durated through the entire project time (13 months).