films without borders
London
Films Without Borders (FWB) is a non-political UK registered charity that
provides hands-on educational filmmaking workshops for youth between the ages of
15 – 19, living in challenging countries around the globe. FWB’s intention is to
break down barriers, build bridges, and create a dialogue whilst simultaneously
teaching youth the first stages of film production.. Since our launch in 2010 we
have run more than 20 successful workshops in countries which include Israel,
Rwanda, South Africa, Palestine, and most recently in aboriginal communities in
Australia, enabling us to access over 300 young people living at risk. Our FWB
participants subsequently made a series of high quality short films, which have
been screened at prestigious international film festivals, including the Cannes
International Film Festival. We are delighted that our films were screened
during royal visits in Australia and South Africa, where they were shown in the
presence of President Zuma and the Earl and Countess of Wessex. The films have
also been shown on various networks around the world. In 2013 FWB won the Brit
Week Innovation in Philanthropy Award in Los Angeles. In 2014 FWB arranged paid
work experience at the Jerusalem Cinemathèque/Film Festival for a Palestinian
FWB participant. She continues to work for the organization on a paid freelance
basis. In 2015 we are delighted to announce that Lionsgate UK has supported
three internships, one with a casting director and two on a major feature film.
The interns are from Israel, Rwanda and a South African township. This has
resulted in the Israeli intern working on a paid freelance basis for the casting
director. The South African intern has been moved out of the township and placed
into a job created by S-ABC in South Africa. This has all been initiated and
financially supported by FWB. We are currently looking at supporting a Masters
in film for the Rwandan participant. We share an independent partnership with
the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, whereby we incorporate award
participants into FWB’s global workshops. Our other major partners include
Swarovski, Lionsgate UK, Swiss International Airlines, Twickenham Studios,
Deluxe Post Production/Encore, The Editpool. FWB enjoys the invaluable hand on
support of George Lucas, Whoopi Goldberg, Mike Newell and Sam Mendes, to name
but a few. We are very proud to have Nadja Swarovski as our Patron. Please click
here to find out more about our work.
