In the frame of Remapping Europe – A Remix Project, 50 films young media-makers with a migrant background used family albums, movies, commercials and news reports to remix the prevailing imagery of migrants in European media – an told their own story.
In alphabetical order – click on the icon to read their bio.
“I came to UK on 7th June 2007 and I was placed into foster care. I remember that I couldn’t speak English, which was difficult for me! When I started…
“My parents had to leave their country in 1938 for political reasons. I share a destiny with seasonal workers, who have many problems like adapting to a new place and…
‘I was born in Izmir and I live there. I’ve been taking photos and making documentaries since 2007. To take a journey is (a) good experience for lots of people.…
“I was born in Uzunköprü, which is small town near Edirne in Turkey, on the border with Greece. After the First Balkan War, my great-grandfather migrated from the Balkans to…
“I like to travel, to meet other people and hear their point of view about the world. I was born in Colombia and I’ve lived in Spain for six years.…
“My remix film is about the way Ukraine and its citizens are seen by the inhabitants of Lublin. I gathered many interesting opinions, which show that for Polish people –…
“My remix is about Ukrainian women who come to Poland to earn a living as house help. It is based on real posts found on Polish Internet forums. I was…
“I was born in a Southern city of Spain called Jerez de la Frontera, in the province of Cádiz. It’s a geographic point where there has always been much contact…
“I’m Italian, I come from the south of Italy. I left Italy ten years ago. I never find a place to stop, a home. Now we can communicate much better…
“Most of my colleagues and friends are Belarusians. Many of them had to leave their country for political reasons. I live my life in a multicultural environment of two nationalities…
“My grandparents were resettled to these lands in 1952. My family has always longed for the lands that remained on the Ukrainian side. My film is a tutorial showing how…
“Next to studying I have been dancing flamenco since 2006, in Chile and Spain. I was born in Santiago, Chile. I lived in the USA with my mom and until…
“I am half Ukrainian and half Lemko. Sometimes I feel the story of my roots is a unique treasure, but when I was a child it was not in a…
“The main reason why we went 1,000 km west from my birth city Erzurum to Bursa was my family’s desire to get a ‘better education and a better environment’ for…
“During the Population Exchange in 1923, the government had settled my grandparents to a village near Izmir, at the grape farms. But they had no idea about farming grapes. They…
“My grandfather from my mother’s side migrated from Bulgaria to Turkey in the mid 40s. He has changed his last name into Saraçlar, which means ‘saddler’ in Turkish. This name…
“When attending a Jewish school, I regretted not having any Semitic blood; not even a Jewish great-grandfather. I am connected to the Polish countryside, to the Polish city and to…
'I graduated from Mimar Sinan University Sociology department, and then I got my MA degree in Cinema at Bologna University and Lumiere University Lyon 2. As of 2011, I am…
“I am half Polish and half Vietnamese. My father came to study in Poland in the 70s, thanks to the Polish aid during the war with the USA in the…
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