PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival

IOM and UNAOC Launch Call for Video Submissions and Announce New Award Categories for the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival.

New York – 2020 marks the twelfth year of the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival, a joint initiative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC).

Today, as the two partners announce the 2020 call for video submissions, IOM and UNAOC also announce the creation of two new award categories for the festival.

“As we fight together against a global pandemic, it is a time for solidarity, not divisiveness. Compassion, not xenophobia. Kindness not hatred,” said the High Representative for UNAOC, Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos.

“In this context, the voices and perspectives of young people are more needed than ever. With our new PLURAL+ award categories, we are providing even more opportunities for young filmmakers around the world to be recognized for their creative visions,” he added.

With increasing interest and participation over the years, PLURAL+ has become a premier global platform for youth media distribution. Since 2009, over 3,000 video entries from more than 115 countries have been submitted to the festival. Winning videos have been screened and broadcast in dozens of festivals, movie theaters, and television networks around the world, as well as in schools and global conferences, and have received more than one million views on various online platforms, including YouTube.

“Youth and film hold the power to bring about positive change, to shift divisive narratives, and to promote peace and dialogue,” said Mr. António Vitorino, the Director General of IOM. “As the whole world fights COVID-19, it is clear that the virus does not discriminate against anyone, including migrants. Therefore, now is the time to show the key role of the PLURAL+ themes of social cohesion, diversity and prevention of xenophobia in defeating the virus and build a better world together.”

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