The Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage completes the two workshops for the short-film competition, My Heritage – Arab Youth for Heritage
From 27-28 May 2022, the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) completed the two-day online workshop, which had a total number of 127 participants from 16 Arab countries including, Algeria, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Yemen, Morocco, Oman, Libya, Palestine, Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon. The workshop targeted Arab youth between the ages of 18-28 years old, living within or nearby a World Heritage site. Mr Oliver Wilkins, an Emmy award-winning director, led the workshop that focused on a number of themes on how to create a captivating video and inviting narrative about their featured World Heritage site by using their smartphones and cameras.
Participants will have until 1 August 2022 to submit their short films to ARC-WH. From the films submitted, five winners will be selected. The winning contestants will then be invited to attend an in-person editing session in Manama, Bahrain, at ARC-WH’s premises, led by Mr Wilkins from 24-26 September 2022. Their films will also be presented to the public during ARC-WH’s week-long event, World Heritage Days, on 27 September 2022 to celebrate and showcase their efforts and their hard work.
