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Unabhängiges Filmfest Osnabrück
The Unabhängige FilmFest Osnabrück (Osnabrück Independent Film Festival) is one of the eldest and most traditional film festivals in Lower Saxony, Germany. Every year it takes place on five days in October in Osnabrück. It is hosted by the non-profit association Osnabrücker FilmForum e.V. under the direction of Birgit Mueller and Holger Tepe. Patron of the 26. FilmFest was David McAllister, Minister-President of the state of Lower Saxony. History and main principles Since its very beginning in 1986 the festival has felt obliged to support committed and innovative filmmaking. Societies and media are changing all the time and so does the FilmFest, taking all of those changes into account. But the core of its activities stays basically the same, as has been rephrased in their 2004 statement: "The basic idea of the FilmFest is to forward tolerance within the society and between nations. Such tolerance can only be developed by knowing, understanding and dealing with one's own as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian are still spoken, albeit in declining numbers. Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, , Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, the state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other its seaport, Bremerhaven (which is a semi-enclave, as it has a coastline). Lower Saxony thus borders more neighbours than any other single '. The state's largest cities are state capital Hanover, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lüneburg, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Hildesheim, Salzgitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Rights
Children's rights are a subset of human rights with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors."Children's Rights" , Amnesty International. Retrieved 2/23/08. The 1989 (CRC) defines a child as "any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, is attained earlier." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Rose
Mitchell Rose is an American director of short films known for comedic work and dance film. He began his career as a choreographer and performance artist and became known at "the dance world's Woody Allen" after being so dubbed by ''The New York Times''. He then migrated to film and his works have won numerous awards, notably ''Elevator World'', ''Modern Daydreams'', and ''Learn to Speak Body''. He tours a program called ''The Mitch Show'' which features his films and audience participation pieces. Dance Rose was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He entered Tufts University in Electrical Engineering but soon discovered Modern Dance and became the college's first dance major. Following graduation in 1973 he moved to New York City where he studied at the studios of Alwin Nikolais, Merce Cunningham, and Viola Farber. He formed the Mitchell Rose Dance Company blending movement, acting, comedy, text, and projected images. He received a grant from CETA and from 1978–1980 performed exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jairo Carrillo
Jairo is a common Spanish name. Notable people with this name include: People Association football *Francisco Jairo Silva Santos (born 1988), Brazilian footballer *Jairo Aguirre (born 1956), Colombian footballer * Jairo Álvarez Gutiérrez (born 1986), Spanish footballer *Jairo Ampudia (born 1966), Colombian footballer *Jairo Arboleda (born 1947), Colombian footballer *Jairo Arias (born 1938), Colombian footballer * Jairo Arreola (born 1985), Guatemalan footballer * Jairo Arrieta (born 1983), Costa Rican footballer *Jairo Luis Blumer (born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Jairo Campos (born 1984), Ecuadorian footballer * Jairo Castillo (born 1977), Colombian footballer * Jairo Henríquez (born 1993), Salvadorian footballer * Jairo Jiménez (born 1993), Panamanian footballer * Jairo de Macedo da Silva (born 1992), Brazilian footballer * Jairo Montaño (born 1979), Ecuadorian footballer *Jairo Martínez (born 1978), Honduran footballer * Jairo do Nascimento (1946–2019), Brazilian foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Glinski
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and '' berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
