DZMP
(Society of allies for soft landing) was founded
by a group of young people, who were tired of the
apathy of cultural events for youngsters and general
insensitivity for distress of other people. We are
active in the areas of youth culture, non-formal
education, contemporary art, social and humanitarian
acts. In the last period we have been giving special
attention to projects in the field of media education,
film, video and multimedia. We are performing different
activities on local, national, and international
level with the aim to stimulate active participation
of young people through different forms of media.
One of
our main activities is our regular Youth TV Magazine,
in which youngsters shoot and publish
their
own different documentaries and TV reportages. These
feature different youth projects, cultural events,
some young artists and activists. In this way we
want to inform other youngsters and the wider
population,
because themes like these are mostly ignored in “mainstream”
media. That's why it is very important that articles,
beside public projections in youth clubs and centres,
are shown on TV stations. We support young
authors to use different approaches, which differs
us from
“mainstream” television.
All through the year we organise different courses
for youngsters to work in media. These are different
weekend workshops and summer camps. Every year
we organise a film festival, with the purpose
of promoting
films
of young authors. We encourage the development
of activities of this kind with the projections
of films
by young
authors and performing workshops in a network of
youth centres and clubs all over Slovenia. We also
participate
in projects with different organisations from abroad.
We are
managing a house DZMP in Krško, where we set up a
video studio. Every day we open the
doors of
the house for young creators from different parts
of Slovenia
(and abroad). We are pioneers in this field of
work in Slovenia, through which we assured ourselves
recognition
and reputation in the past.
We are also very active in projects with Roma
people. Volunteers are visiting Roma villages
throughout
the year. They carry out different projects
for kids and
youngsters. In the summer time we organise
camps and workshops in some settlements. Lately
we
have been
successfully carrying out some media courses
which some Roma youngsters are active in.
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