Watch the seven shortlisted films and meet the filmmakers who reinterpreted the Reuters archive to give us insightful new takes on global conflict, colonial legacies and migrant stories from fresh and original perspectives.
A whale bears witness to fifty years of human oppression. The Mediterranean Sea holds migrant journeys of loss and survival. Migratory birds meet transgender exiles. A daughter talks to her absent father about the Yugoslav Wars. An African child’s role in a colonial propaganda film is subtly reframed. A decade of race riots against colonial rule in Bermuda is reassessed. And a farcical tale about the birth of cinema can finally be told.
These seven archive-inspired shorts were created for the Reuters Connect Make Film History Challenge, which gave 100 filmmakers from 26 countries around the world access to over one million clips from the Reuters Connect archive for creative reuse. Seven filmmaking teams from the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Bermuda discuss their creative approaches to archive inspired storytelling and the winning film will receive a £1000 cash prize.
Speakers:
Helen Walker (Archive Manager, Reuters Connect)
Federico Barassi (52Hz)
Marianna Tsatsou (No Man’s Sea)
Benjamin Rupprecht and Florence Humphrys (Zugunruhe)
Angela Bedekovic (Yugoslavia)
João Belchior (Little Black Boy)
Alyson Thompson and Matt Mead (Bermuda Riots are Different)
Rory Carroll (Equity 6928)
Moderator:
Shane O’Sullivan (Head of Film and Photography, Kingston University)
Supported by Reuters Connect
