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Worl
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m Col
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i
ve ar
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ghted t
or epor
t
exc
epti
onalsuc
cessoverthe l
astquart
erof2010 -wi
t
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new pr
ojec
tsin Br
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,Palest
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ne and the UK.
BRAZI
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Thi
st i
me lastyearWFC began wor king i
n Cidade de Deus( Cit
yofGod)f avel
ai n
Rio de J
aneir
o,made f amousbyFer nando Meirell
es’2003 f
eaturef i
l
m ofthe same name.
The workfocused on t
eaching t
he st
udent
st o mak es hor
t,f
ict
ionalfil
msand documentar
ies
.
I
n Oc t
ober2010,WFC ar es t
il
lworki
ng inthe Ci t
yofGod and s t
rongl
ybuildi
ng on t
he
f
oundati
on thr
ough an exci
t
ing new pr
ojectcentered ar
ound Phil
osophy.
From AugustuntilNovember2010,the work
shop hasbeen c o-
ordi
nat
ing wi
t
ht he
UFRJ( Rio de Janei
ro’
sFederalUni
vers
ity
)wi t
h workleadi
ng towar
ds
commemorating t
he World DayofPhil
osophyc r
eat
ed byUNESCO.
Forthe st
udents,thi
si sthe f
ir
stt
ime t
heyhav e expl
ored i
deasbehind phi
l
osophy.

Manyweres
elect
ed from the Lev
el1 wor
kshop i
nthe Cit
yofGod duri
ng November2009.
Theyhav
esi
nc e at
tended a s
hortphil
osophycours
e mini
st
ered byUFRJ’
steacher
s,carr
ied
outi
nt
erv
iewswi
t
h phi
l
osophyex
per
tsand f
rom t
hatbegan c
reat
i
ng t
hei
rshor
tfi
l
ms.

Theideabehindtheworks
hopistohighl
ighthowunder
sta
ndi
ngphil
osophyca
nbe
benefi
ci
alforyoungpeopl
e.Report
sfromt he
irt
utor
scommentonhowwe l
lre
cei
ved
theproj
ecthasbeenandhowintere
steda ndent
husi
ast
ict
hest
udent
sa r
e.

Thestudentshav
enowsucces
sful
lyproduc eds
hortfi
l
msa boutphi
los
ophyt
hatwi
llbe
scr
eene dduri
ngtheWorl
dDa yofPhilosophyandthenuploadedont
otheev
ent’
s
webis
te :www.diamundisl
daf i
losofia.com.br.AswellastheWFCwebs
ite
:
www. worldfi
lmcol
lect
ive.
c om

‘
Thi
swast he students’fi
rstc ontactwi t
h a Universi
t
yand
t
heywer e delighted wit
ht he s ett
ing and envi
ronment’.
‘
During t
he fir
stdayoft heirc ourse,theyended up i na
di
f
ferentfil
ming locat
ion.Theyt hen used that“mist
ake”
i
nt he f
il
m,mak i
ng an anal ogyt ot hei
rown s earches
ex
plored duri
ng the project’(Vanes sa Goes ,Tutorin Braz
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WHAT’
S NEXT:I
fyou t
houghtourworkduri
ng the Worl
d Cup thisy ear
wasex
cit
i
ng,WFC ar
ethri
ll
ed t
o announc
ethatourt eam in Ri
o de
Janeir
o wi
llbe i
nvol
v ed with
Brazi
l’
sinf
amousCar nival
season i
n 2012.
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ersare alwaysi n high demand
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cesc annotf unct
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hem.
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efore aski
ng forc omputerdonati
onsso
t
hatwe can contunue operati
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on a s
pec
ialt
hankyou tothe
Sy
mbian Foundat
i
on forbri
ngi
ng WFC t
ot he 2010
Ex
change and Expos
it
ion (
SEE)in Ams
ter
dam in November
.

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