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International Millennium Festival 2010

3/4/2010

Ten years ago the United Nations set the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by the target date of 2015. The goals respond to the world's main development challenges, ranging from eradicating extreme poverty and hunger to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS. The International Millennium Festival puts the MDGs at the centre of attention by showing quality documentary movies that are linked with the very spirit of the MDGs.

The second edition of the Festival in Brussels will take place from 12 to 18 June 2010. During this week, the fifty best preselected movies will be presented to the audience. The fifteen best movies will be in competition for the Festival’s awards – the “Objectif d’or” and the “Objectif d’argent”.

The International Millenium Festival has been created to promote documentaries and their makers; a genre that explores social, cultural, economic, humanitarian and environmental issues. It is dedicated to documentaries that reflect widely the objectives of the 8 MDGs. It also contributes to the diversity of films offered in cinemas, as the selected films are, for the most part, not screened in Belgium.

This is where we find the Festival’s objective: to serve as a platform for promoting filmmakers, documentaries and the MDGs, with the purpose of informing and, when possible, pushing for action.

Directors or producers should enter their films online via the Festival's website: http://www.festivalmillenium.org under "Subscription", or alternatively by post to the Festival’s office:

International Millennium Festival

c/o asbl Diogène

231, Rue Royale Ste Marie

1030 Brussels, Belgium

A copy of the film on DVD or VHS, together with the transcript, needs to be sent to the same address for pre-selection viewing.

Click below to download the International Millennium Festival guidelines for application.

Millennium Festival Guideline.pdf

Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Poverty in BiH is not so much about absolute destitution, but like other transition countries in Europe, it is defined by social-exclusion and a lack of access to the basic things that make up an acceptable standard of living.