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we need a change of the paradigm – dialogue of civilizations — my latest work

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I’m very proud to present my latest film:

Every autumn since 2003 the ancient Greek island of Rhodes hosts a session of the World Public Forum «Dialogue of Civilizations» called the Rhodes Forum that brings together public figures and statesmen, academics, religious figures and representatives of the arts, mass media and business spheres from all over the world. The sessions of the WPF «Dialogue of Civilizations» proved the urgency and efficacy of the Forum by bringing the focus of world public opinion to the problems of intercultural dialogue and the need to work out instruments to make interaction among cultures and civilizations possible. The results achieved by the Forum give a hope for further harmonization of international relations and strengthening of stability in the world.

http://wpfdc.org
http://rhodesforum.org
http://rhodesyouthforum.org

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Director/Editing: Susan Florries
DOP/Post-production: Volkmar Geiblinger
Post-production: Thomas Rath
Sound editing and mixing: Johannes Paul Heilig
Composer: Chris Angelo

Produced by: Trilight Entertainment – http://trilight.eu

Grand Green Paris

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You can say what you want about Sarkozy, but he has a thing for grand visions about the future, sometimes for the bad I guess, but also for the good. Last year he gave ten architects the mission to create vision of a new Grand Paris – a vision of a future green and environmentally friendly, high tech, comfortable, healthy and wealthy Paris. Altough I get the chills when people talk about “building away poverty”- where do the poor people go then? Do they disappear if they cannot afford living anywhere?

One has a reason to get weary about such expressions, knowing how Sarkozy at one stage wanted to clear the streets of the rioting suburban youth with high-pressure water cannons before he became president and married Bruno…

But some of the ideas are very inspiring, more green, something which they call “active forests”, fast trains, etc.  The visual presentations are nice, check out four of them in this Swedish paper here Här är det nya, gröna Paris – DN and read more here Le Grand Paris exhibition – e-architect.co.uk.