Young Asylum-Seekers Animate with Cardboard Cameras

A project in London, UK by Kathryn Horak-Halett
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From model-making to stop-motion this project will be a great film-making adventure with young asylum-seekers for Refugee Week.
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Funded: £2,511 of £2,500
Dates: Feb 23rd -> Mar 28th (35 days)
Project By: Kathryn Horak-Halett
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Latest News

We made it!

March 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all,  Thank you all so much for your amazing generosity. We're fully funded, so we can now throw all of our efforts into making the project as good as it possibly can be.  I'll be posting updates throughout the project about how it's going,... (Read More)

First workshops

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
This week was a brilliant start to the the project. Listening to Red Cross volunteers explaining Refugee Week brought it home just how important it is to celebrate Refugees' contribution to this country.  It was lovely to imagine how this must feel... (Read More)

Photography for the Animation

March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Eleni Parousi our photographer is visiting the areas where the young people attend their befriending groups today to photograph the sights that are familiar to them.  These photographs will be forming the basis of the animations - the backdrop and... (Read More)

Meeting the Young People

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
I had a great time this evening meeting some of the young people that we will be doing the project with. The young people were all so warm and friendly, and it was amazing to see what the volunteers at the centre do to create a safe and welcoming... (Read More)

Nubiyan Twist have kindly offered to help out

March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Members of Nubiyan Twist are keen to get involved in the events, and to spend some time with the young asylum-seekers on a music project in the lead up to Refugee Week and they events following this. Here's a video of their music - I think the young... (Read More)

Meeting with British Museum - great news!

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
After yesterday's meeting with the British Museum, we now have a good plan of how the asylum-seekers' project will fit in to the whole Refugee Week event. It was reassuring to know that such a big institution is happy to give the young people... (Read More)

Photography

February 29th - via: kickstarter.com
This weekend we will be visiting the areas where each of the groups meet, to take some photographs of the local areas. We wanted to start to imagine London through the eyes of people who have come here from other parts of the world, and look forward... (Read More)

Meeting with the British Museum

February 29th - via: kickstarter.com
I'm looking forward to a meeting with the British Museum tomorrow, to talk over our work together for this project. They will be hosting one of the 3 screening events, so are keen to get involved at this early stage.  One challenge will be to find... (Read More)

Messages of Support for Young Asylum Seekers

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We have been receiving messages of support for the young asylum-seekers, so I am even more excited to be meeting them in a couple of weeks time.   (Read More)

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