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[CLOSED] Calling Myanmar Filmmakers: Funding opportunity to produce a film on digital rights in Myanmar

EngageMedia Editorial 14/05/2021

If you are a filmmaker, video journalist, or animator from Myanmar, EngageMedia invites you to submit a proposal for a short film on pressing digital rights issues currently happening in the country.One chosen filmmaker will join a talented roster of Tech Tales fellows, and will receive between 4,000 to 5,000 USD to produce a 5- to 10-minute film on a digital rights topic of their choosing.”

Pretty Good Podcast Episode 13: Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code

EngageMedia Editorial 14/05/2021

EngageMedia and Reset Australia Executive Director Chris Cooper have a nuanced discussion on how Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code affects different sectors of society – and what precedents it will set in the Asia-Pacific region, where governments are increasingly passing more authoritarian laws that regulate content on online platforms.

Six Asia-Pacific filmmakers to produce ‘Tech Tales’ films on human rights in the digital age

EngageMedia Editorial 12/05/2021

EngageMedia announces six selected filmmakers from the Asia-Pacific who will produce “Tech Tales”, a collection of films highlighting human rights stories in the digital age. Each fellow will receive up to USD 5,000 towards their films, which together showcase various ways in which online and offline technologies are impacting people’s lives — for better or for worse.

VIDEO: What is Impact Production?

EngageMedia Editorial 12/05/2021

As co-editors of the Video for Change Impact Toolkit and, more recently, convenors of the Environmental Impact Lab, EngageMedia is often asked questions about how films can create social impact. In this video, the three seasoned mentors of the Impact Lab explain what impact production is, and why it is important for filmmakers and video collectives to integrate impact campaigns into the film production process.

Environmental Impact Lab Round 1: 3 months of learning ‘focused, purposeful’ impact production

EngageMedia Editorial 30/04/2021

After three months of inspiring workshops, training, and masterclasses on impact production, EngageMedia’s first Video for Change Environmental Impact Lab has officially come to an end. Under the mentorship of three experienced impact producers and guest speakers, four video initiatives completed the Impact Lab with more impact production skills and knowledge to advance the impact campaigns of their video initiatives.

Digital Rights in Indonesia: Finding an alternative narrative to women’s struggle for justice

EngageMedia Editorial 28/04/2021

EngageMedia research consultant Indri Saptaningrum highlights the work of PuanIndonesia, a self-funded website dedicated to capturing the stories of women in their struggle for rights and justice.

Pretty Good Podcast Episode 12: Freedom of Expression Online

EngageMedia Editorial 26/04/2021

EngageMedia sits down with Mong Palatino, Southeast Asia and Oceania editor of the community media website Global Voices, to talk about the threats to freedom of expression on the internet. Most importantly, we ask Mong: Is the internet still a safe space for us to freely express ourselves?

Petani Bukan Pemalas (Farmers Are Not Lazy), Malaysia

Seeds, Rights, and Struggle: International Seed Day Documentary Showcase

EngageMedia Editorial 22/04/2021

To commemorate International Seed Day, Cinemata, Freedom Film Network, and the Malaysian Food Security and Sovereignty Forum have curated a video playlist of six films on seed saving and its connection to the farmers’ struggles in Southeast Asia. The full playlist will be available for viewing from April 23 to 26, 2021. After this date, only select films will remain on Cinemata.

ขยับเพดาน ‘สิทธิทางดิจิทัล’ ของไทย ในวันที่สิทธิเสรีภาพยังแขวนอยู่บนเส้นด้าย

#HumanOnTheLine: How can we advance digital rights in Thailand?

EngageMedia Editorial 15/04/2021

EngageMedia asks six Thai women from diverse backgrounds about how to deal with digital rights violations and, more importantly, how we can all contribute to make the Thai internet a better, freer, and more secure place. The article was originally published in Thai in The 101 World. We republish here select translations of the interviews.

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