SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2007

7/20(Fri) 13:40 Doors open 14:00 Start

Convention Hall (with simultaneous interpreter)

free (pre-registration required)

Ms. Pip Eldridge (Executive Director, First Light / UK)
Mr. Austin Haeberle (Creative Director, Listen Up! / USA)
Ms. Susanne Wad (Film Studies Director, Station Next / Denmark)

Executive Director, First Light / U.K

After graduated with a Spanish and History of Art degree from Bristol University, she began her career at Watershed Media Centre in Bristol, managing an audio-description scheme to engage visually impaired people in film and working as Cinema and Education Assistant. She also worked on the internationally respected short-film festival, Encounters, before moving on to the British Film Institute (BFI).From the BFI, Pip moved to the UK Film Council where she was part of the team that initiated the set up of the English Regional Screen Agencies. She then took on the position as Exhibition and Education Manager at Film London, where she supported the development of cinemas and film festivals across London. She joined First Light Movies in October　2004 and has overseen the successful completion of projects.

First Light (UK)
First Light is dedicated to fostering film culture for young people from all social backgrounds. In cooperation with UK Film Council, it supports youth filmmaking from infants to young person to promote local film industry. Ms. Pip Eldridge, an executive director of First Light will talk about their effort to unlock youth's creativity and their program management backed by national budget.

Creative Director, Listen Up! / U.S.A.

More than 20 years ago, I walked into the radio station at my engineering college -my my love for producing media soared. Out of college and off on a mountain bike, I wrote a weekly newspaper travelogue through the south of the United States and then Central America. In Guatemala, I produced films for development and human rights organizations. I also worked with street children to produce their own TV show the beginning of an amazing youth media journey. Almost decade later in New York City, our terrific team at Listen Up! supports 120 youth media organizations around the globe. I've produced many films and am especially proud of our international Beyond Borders: Short Films by Teenagers Worldwide (Independent Film Channel/IFC). Beyond Borders was honored with U.S. television's highest honor, the George Foster Peabody Award.

Listen Up! (USA)
Listen Up! helps youth filmmaking which carrying young people｡os authentic voice. Their network covers nation-wide USA and it backs up the active dispatch of their voice overseas as well. Collaborating with many funds and private social contribution programs, it accomplishes highly individual and flexible project management. Mr. Austin Haeberle, a creative director of "Listen Up!" will talk about the situation of youth filmmaking in USA.

Film Studies Director ,Station Next / Denmark

After graduated from Teachers Training College in 1978, she began her career as a teacher at primary and lower secondary school. In 1985, she studied the visual arts at The Royal Danish School of Educational Studies and has worked as a teacher and editor at The National Innovative Centre for General Education until 1995.After it, she has been the head of BIF (Film Education) at The Danish Film Steering Committee until 1998 and also the head of project BIF (Film Education) at The Danish Film Institute until 2000. She has worked as the Film studies Director at Station Next since 2000 being in charge of a responsible for the pedagogical aspects of Station Next and the development of educational concepts and study material. In charge of international relations .

Station Next (Denmark)
Zentropa, the production of Danish representative director Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark), is a foundation for Station Next and offering children and young people a chance to learn about and experience the filmmaking. The training is varied from one day to 3 years long. This project is worth a look for its genuinely private nature and the complete training. Ms.Susanne Wad, a film studies director of Station Next working in cooperation with Danish Film Institute, will talk about their accomplishment and mission.

Chief Director, SKIP City Visual Museum / Japan
Born in Nagoya 1944. At Dentsu Tec Inc., he has worked as a commercial film director and producer for 35 years. He got many awards with the commercial films of major Japanese companies like TOYOTA, Toshiba, Matsushita or Konica etc. He moved to SKIP City in 2002 to found the visual museum working as a chief director of the children filmmaking program.