The Global Search for Education: Climate Change and Wellness – Lessons from a Pandemic
Jun30

The Global Search for Education: Climate Change and Wellness – Lessons from a Pandemic

How is the Coronavirus pandemic affecting Climate Change? How do we give up fossil fuels when energy is connected to everything? Global economic growth is driven by consumer consumption, but unfortunately, that consumption is also polluting our planet.

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The Global Search for Education: Stay Close to Lessons About Resilience, Ethnicity and Identity
Jun18

The Global Search for Education: Stay Close to Lessons About Resilience, Ethnicity and Identity

 “From the audience’s responses to our film we have learned how universal something can be when it is very personal.” – Luther Clement  The co-directors of Stay Close, Shuhan Fan and Luther Clement, began collaborating as MFA students at Northwestern University in 2016.  Their film tells the story of Keeth Smart, a Black American from Brooklyn who overcame tremendous hardships to become the first American to reach...

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The Global Search For Education: A Conversation with Locarno’s Artistic Director Lili Hinstin
Jun15

The Global Search For Education: A Conversation with Locarno’s Artistic Director Lili Hinstin

The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, it is one of the longest-running film festivals, and is also a prestigious platform for art house films

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The Global Search for Education: Annecy Festival Artistic Director Marcel Jean Has Big Predictions for the Future of Global Animation
Jun09

The Global Search for Education: Annecy Festival Artistic Director Marcel Jean Has Big Predictions for the Future of Global Animation

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival based in the town of Annecy, France recently presented a selection of 13 original short films in the YouTube We Are One: A Global Film Festival.

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The Global Search for Education: Smriti Kiran and the Mumbai Film Festival Stand with the Global Community During Time of Crisis
Jun04

The Global Search for Education: Smriti Kiran and the Mumbai Film Festival Stand with the Global Community During Time of Crisis

The Mumbai Film Festival is organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) which was founded in 1997 to give audiences the best of global and Indian cinema.

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The Global Search for Education: Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian on Why Film and Art Are Indispensable for Humanity
Jun01

The Global Search for Education: Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian on Why Film and Art Are Indispensable for Humanity

Creating Movies is about teamwork and collaboration. The experience of watching a film is also about community – coming together with others – often the people you love most who also share your passion for stories and storytelling. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing.

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