UNICEF and the Government of Kazakhstan organized a very big national Youth Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan on December 3-7, 2009. I was hired by UNICEF KZ to coordinate the group of video journalists and to make series of short films to be screened during the Forum.
During the last six months we were looking for the most actual problems, finding people, exploring their environment, filming and editing. As a result, we made 20 short films from 11 regions of Kazakhstan and more than 10 animation pieces/transitions. The films were illustrating the most actual problems of the youth living in every region of Kazakhstan.
The Forum was really huge; more than 150 people were working on it for almost a year, 3000 guests were attending it on the final day in the Independent Palace, the biggest hall in the capital city, and the whole event, together with the concert organized with it, was being broadcasted live by different TV channels. It was especially important, as this was the first national youth forum organized here. The whole work was quite tough, but I felt really proud to be a part of such a big event.
Kazakh people are very nice, warm and welcoming, and while spending such a long time there and meeting hundreds of people, I never felt myself an alien. Although you don’t want to go there in winter, as it’s freezing like in The Day After Tomorrow. It was so cold I was using my balcony as a render farm to cool the computer processors. You just stand outdoors for ten minutes, and you’re a huge Swarovski sculpture. Nice, isn’t it?
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