The following organisations are partnering at YCN

International Youth Media Summit

Los Angeles (USA)

*Type: non-profit organization focused on youth and media
*Age group: 14 to 24
*Contact: Antonio Britvar
www.iyms.org

The IYMS is an annual two-week event where delegates from all over the world meet for the opportunity to work beyond borders. They collaborate on media projects and motivate one another to take action and responsibility to inspire their generation and shape the world.

Creative Film Studio VANIMA

Varazdin (Croatia)

*Type: non-profit organization focused on children and youth in the framework of animation film
*Age group: 7 to 24
*Contact: Hrvoje Selec
www.vanima.hr

VANIMA is an organization active in the field of culture, and is responsible for the development of audiovisual activities in the area of the city of Varazdin. It primarily focuses on educating children and youth about media literacy and film in general through the making of animated movies.

Croatian Film Association

ZAGREB (croatia)

*Type: non-profit organisation
*Age group: all, with special focus on children and youth
*Contact: Sanja Zanki Pejić
www.hfs.hr

Croatian Film Association assembles cinema and video clubs, film groups and individuals from primary school to adult members, encourages their work, contributes to education of mentors and members of film groups, organizes presentations and evaluation of film and video works by children and adult authors, at home and abroad, and works on preservation of best film and video works of non-professional cinema. 

The Croatian Audiovisual Centre is the Government-backed strategic agency for the audiovisual sector in Croatia. It aims to stimulate a successful, vibrant audiovisual industry as well as to promote the widest possible enjoyment and understanding of audiovisual works throughout Croatia.
The film literacy project of the Croatian Audiovisual Center covers all the center's activities, which aim at long-term improvement of cooperation between the audiovisual and educational sectors in the Republic of Croatia, with the aim of increasing the quantity and quality of film teaching and encouraging and promoting film and audiovisual literacy. 

Media Education Centre

BELGRADE (Serbia)

*Type: NGO
*Age group: up to 30
*Contact: Miomir Rajčević &
Nikola Janković
www.mediaeducationcentre.eu

In Media Education Centre (MEC) people from different socio-cultural backgrounds work together converting and translating ideas and opinion in creative media language and produce film, animation, radio, TV and other digital media with the main goal to ADVANCE communication, social change, intercultural-interfaith dialogue, social inclusion, gender equality, ecological wisdom and social responsible development. By working on projects involving children and youth from all over the world, MEC has contributed towards improving global communication and cooperation.

Münchner Filmwerkstatt

MUNICH (germany)

*Type: NGO
*Age group: 11 to 99
*Contact: Martin Blankemeyer
https://www.muenchner-filmwerkstatt.de

The Munich Film Society (Münchner Filmwerkstatt) is a non-profit association based in the Bavarian capital of Munich. Founded in 1995 to support, produce and exhibit independent, experimental, foreign and various other non-mainstream art films, the film society has grown from just film producing to fostering independent filmmaking in Munich and around and serves as a cornerstone in maintaining the local film industry. Today's activities include workshops and other training activities for filmmakers from holiday workshops targeted to kids 11 to 15 years old to a master's program in film and digital media, delivered in cooperation with Liverpool John Moore University.

FILM FACTORY

MARIBOR (SLOVENIA)

*Type: NGO
*Age group: children & youth
*Contact: Mojca Pernat, Petra Kosi
www.filmfactory.si

Based in Maribor, Slovenia Film Factory has been successfully operating since 2009 and since then it has managed to create a collective of talented local authors and producers that are focusing on film literacy and development as well as production of short fiction films, short animated films and creative documentary film. To strengthen film literacy among young people, Film Factory developed a project called Film Smoothie - a film education platform providing workshops for youngsters between ages 6-18 as well as professional seminars for educators. Film Factory hosts numerous events for professionalizing and connecting the audiovisual sector in the region under the name Projektor and consequently helps develop a support system for local creators to network and connect while creating film projects.

CINEMATHESIS

ATHENS (GREECE)

*Type: NGO
*Age group: children & youth
*Contact: Yanna Deliyanni
www.cinemathesis.com

Cinemathesis focuses in cinema, film literacy, fine arts and education. Its educational programs have a rich social impact and are under the auspices and support of the Ministry of Culture and Education. Ithas developed targeted and innovative activities for children, young people and vulnerable populations. The priority of Cinemathesis is to reach small schools and students who live in decentralized places, remoted islands and villages all over Greece.

SILVER KNIGHT ENTERTAINMENT LTD.

LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM)

*Type: film production & education company
*Age group: 16 – 25
*Contact: Alex Shipman
silverknightent.co.uk

Silver Knight is a production company that produces short and feature documentaries with at least 50% of the crew being young people. We create a safe environment where the young people have a genuine creative impact on the films we make. We also run short educational courses with the aim of bringing students on to our independent productions.