Students funded in 2012
Each year One World Media offers funding to students based in the UK to help them cover a story in a developing country. In 2012 there are two rounds of funding, and in the first round, five students were each awarded a bursary of £1000.
Click here to find out about applying for funding in the second round in 2012. This fund is part of One World Media's Student Programme.
Erminia Colucci, Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester
Free from Pasung (TV)
The practice of using shackles and chains (known in Indonesia as pasung) to physically restrain persons with mental illness is widespread in Indonesia - as in many other developing countries. This documentary will look at how people in the country are working to eradicate this form of human rights abuse and give freedom and dignity to the mentally ill.
Chuck Sturtevant, Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester
Being Black in a Country Without Blackness (TV)
Bolivia is generally understood as a country where indigenous rights and cultures stand in opposition to western values. This leaves little room for the Afro-Bolivian population to define its own place in the national scene. Recently though, Afro-Bolivian dance groups have begun to change that. This documentary will tell the story of the enterprising young Afro-Bolivians who have begun to express their 'impossible' identities through their dance.
Raul Caldeira, London College of Communication
We Are Different (TV)
'We are Different' will be a 10-minute documentary portraying the life of a squat community who have occupied a skyscraper in the financial area of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela - a genuine take on human adaptation with a subtle reflection on their socio-economic situation. Click here to find out more and follow Raul's blog on the film.
Andrada Popan-Dorca, University of Salford
Venerate.com (TV)
In Vietnam, some middle-class citizens are paying thousands of US dollars for a grave for their loved one, and are then using an online worshipping service to venerate their dead. This film will look at this phenomenon, and through this will explore the way in which this socialist country is changing and developing.
One World Media would like to thank the professional judges who gave their time and expertise in selecting the bursary winners in 2012:
- Jenny Kleeman, journalist, writer and documentary-maker
- Jill McGivering, South Asia Editor, BBC World Service
- Julie Noon, documentary filmmaker
These bursaries are awarded as part of the One World Media Student Programme, funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development.
We are grateful for the support of the Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation in the student bursaries.