Peace One Day is an international film project that was set up to document the efforts of its founder - filmmaker Jeremy Gilley - to create an 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. The UN International Day of Peace came into being, fixed in the global calendar on September 21st.
Since then, with the backing of world leaders and Nobel Peace Laureates alike, Peace One Day has been working hard to raise awareness of Peace Day in accordance with the resolution. On 21st Sep 06 there were activities in 200 countries involving 27.6 mill people.
The Film ?Peace One Day? following Jeremy?s extraordinary journey, received nominations for Best Documentary by the British Independent Film Awards and for Best Director by the Directors? Guild of Great Britain.
Peace One Day is now proud to announce the launch of its very own interactive Internet television channel -- Peace One Day TV, which will launch in September.
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 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 ongoing basis thereafter.
Please send material (copies pls, no masters) to:
Peace One Day TV
Block D
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
E1 6QL
www.peaceoneday.org
info?peaceoneday.org
020 7456 9180
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