ECOMOVE 2002 (Johannesburg)

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From 21 August to 5 September, an ECOMOVE International delegation visited Johannesburg to participate actively in the Jozi Summit Film Festival, where over 30 films provided by the ECOMOVE festival members were screened. The Festival was a side event of the World Summit for Sustainable Development, which drew tens of thousands of environmental experts and activists to Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002.

The Jozi Summit Film Festival was a collaborative effort of the Film Resource Unit (the premier distributor and promoter of independent African films), the Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD): South Africa, the cinema companies Nu Metro and Ster Kinekor, the Gauteng Film Office, the National Film and Video Foundation as well as several other South African and international organizations and of course ECOMOVE International. Sony Europe, the Volkswagen AG, UNEP and UNDP were among its major sponsors.

All ECOMOVE member festivals had submitted films from their list of favourite and awarded film productions that fit the context of the Earth Summit. The films were screened at four movie theatres and greatly appreciated by the audience.

The Jozi Summit Film Festival 2002 is the official educational component of the World Summit of Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. The Jozi Summit Film Festival 2002's main objectives are to use appropriate film to ensure public participation and understanding of key summit issues and objectives, to use film to make known current problems, challenges, existing and possible social development initiatives, interventions and solutions, and to showcase the world's best environmental films from both North and South. Sony Europe and the Volkswagen AG made ECOMOVE International's contribution to this event possible.