CONTENTS

WHAT IS IYMS KEY SCHEDULE

Introduction & TIMELINE
What has IYMS done for the world?
The Summit Host
How does IYMS help young people create SUSTAINABILITY
change?
& FUTURE PLANS
How do we sustain this? What are our future
IYMS 2022 plans?
Problems We Will Address
Objective
Goals
OUR JOURNEY
How will this solve the problems? Achievements
Who will be responsible? Awards
When will it be completed? Film & Media Training and Masterclasses
Highlights for IYMS 2022
ONGOING PROJECTS
YOUR SUPPORT SANATIONE: A Time For Healing
JOHN
How can you participate in the Summit?
Presenting sponsor
Issue sponsor CONTACT US
Delegation sponsor
Delegate sponsor
Outreach sponsor
Issue mentor
Donate equipment
IYMS
WHAT IS IYMS?
Since 2006, the International Youth Media Summit (IYMS) has
been building bridges – real and virtual – to connect the young
people of the world, helping them to better understand and
appreciate the diverse cultures and peoples that inhabit
the planet.

IYMS’s signature event is a two-week annual Summit attended by

youth activists, filmmakers, storytellers, artists and journalists from
all over the world. At the Summit, these young people tackle some
of the world’s most challenging issues to advance the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). They use filmmaking, one of the most
powerful tools we possess to affect hearts and change minds.

WHAT HAS IYMS DONE

FOR THE WORLD?
Since 2006, over 1,000 students and educators from
66 countries have participated in the Summit, producing 112
short films about Discrimination, Environment, Health, Pover-
ty, Violence, Women’s Rights, Youth Empowerment. These films
have been seen by hundreds of thousands across the globe,
touching lives from living rooms in Afghanistan, to remote
classrooms in Nepal, to computer training centers in
Sierra Leone, to television screens in Bolivia, to film festivals in
India, to City Halls in Germany and even at various
United Nations Offices.

IYMS has organized small regional Summits, collaborative

film projects, media screenings, community celebrations and
online educational programs. It has conducted training and
production programs for UNESCO and various other UN
global nonprofit organizations. It has created an ever-expanding
network of young people who model how the world can work
collaboratively to solve problems that affect us all. IYMS con-
tinues to give the world hope that we can overcome tribal
differences and generations of hatred to bring peace and health
to our planet.

“This experience was one of the most enlightening moments in my

life and also gave me hope for the future of our war-torn planet.”
- IYMS South African Delegate
THE SUMMIT HOST
Teen International Media Exchange (dba International Youth Media Summit), in partnership with Kultur i Halland, a cultural
organization under the Swedish Government, are jointly organizing the 2022 Summit at the Katrinebergs Folkhögskola. Run
by Region Halland and one of the oldest folk high schools in Sweden, it has great living accommodations, a film theatre and
all the film equipment and studio spaces required for the Summit. Over 50 delegates from all over the world will participate
in the 12-day Summit at the school, which is near the town of Falkenberg.
HOW DOES IYMS HELP YOUNG PEOPLE
CREATE CHANGE?
IYMS puts young people together with issue experts from academia,
civil society and activist groups, who reveal the latest advances in
combating the world’s social problems. The youth are then trained by profes-
sionals in advanced filmmaking/storytelling skills to deliver their important
messages in powerful ways. Communication experts help them develop
workshop guides and podcasts to reinforce the messages of their films,
engage their audiences and lead others to changes in attitudes
and behaviors.

Most importantly, the youth come together and experience work-

ing collaboratively across cultures. The most compelling proof of
the power of IYMS is in the stories of conflicts overcome, struggles
shared, and life-long friendships developed. These are the stories,
brought back home with their films, that offer the hope of change.

“Being at that Summit made me realize that we can only make change if we
come together. Where we are from no longer seemed important because we
all knew where we were going—forward.”
IYMS Delegate from the USA.
IYMS 2022
FACES OF COURAGE: TRANSFORMING A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD

PROBLEMS WE WILL ADDRESS

The COVID-19 pandemic has created even more
inequalities than before. The health system in the
developing world is on the verge of crashing. The cases
of violence, poverty, discrimination and climate crisis are
rising every day. People are suffering and living ineveryday
fear. We need to address people’s fears, insecurities and
feelings of hopelessness in the face of these overwhelming
problems.

OBJECTIVE
This 2022 Summit will bring 70 youth delegates and advisors
together at the Katrinebergs Folkhögskola in Falkenberg,
Sweden and explore their own experiences of isolation, fear
and increasingly fractured societies. The delegates will be
challenged to discover the most courageous steps that can
be taken to bring individuals and countries together to heal.
They must find compelling ways to demonstrate the path
forward – a courageous, hopeful blueprint for others to
follow.

GOALS
» To find encouragement from the stories of others who
have overcome adversity during this time
» To find in the episodes of “SANATIONE”, produced
around the world during the height of the COVID-19,
real-life evidence of what needs to be healed
» To provide experts that can give insights into these
problems and possible solutions through the
perspective of our seven issues
» To learn from professional filmmakers and
communication experts how to create the most
impactful messages using media as a tool.
» To work collaboratively on seven issue films, workshop
guides and podcasts to share courageous steps forward
» To organize post-Summit activities: school campaigns,
media literacy activities and social media campaigns
globally.
HOW WILL THIS SOLVE THE PROBLEMS?
We will use our media pieces and outreach campaigns to connect to others in our
communities. We will lead by example, demonstrating that facts and wisdom can be tools that lead to
changes in attitudes and daily behavior. We need to instill the will in others to become change agents
and collaborators in achieving what we now see as impossible, but together will make possible.

WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE?

DIPLOMATS
14 – 24 Years of Age
Enjoy doing research, consulting with
experts and crafting persuasive arguments
using written and oral communication.
Passionate about solving the world’s
major global issues.
FILMMAKERS
14 – 24 Years of Age
Already have some experience with
expressing themselves with the camera and
video editing. Willing to learn more, but
also eager to teach others lessons learned
through their experiences.

ADVISORS
25 years and older
Serve as the contact points for delegations and
issue groups, teach in their areas of expertise
and support the delegates in completing their
main goals at the Summit.
MENTORS
Issue experts will be recruited from Swedish
NGOs, universities and civil society, as well
as from UN agencies. Each issue expert will
have in-depth knowledge about the problems
exacerbated by the pandemic within the sphere
of their social issue, but also experience with
developing solutions.

Media Mentors will be industry professionals from the film, television, and internet industries,
as well as journalism and podcasting.
Communication experts will come from academia and media literacy backgrounds.

WHEN WILL IT BE COMPLETED?

On August 5th, the delegates will screen the final seven 90-second short films that address the social
issues and offer changes that will improve the post-pandemic world. Each film will also have a work-
shop guide to use in classroom settings, as well as a podcast that highlights the learning from experts
and the experiences of the delegates.
HIGHLIGHTS OF IYMS 2022
FACES OF COURAGE: TRANSFORMING
A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD

DISCOVERING THE PATH TO TRANSFORMATION

Led by UN Experts, Policymakers, Civil Society Leaders, Youth Activists

CREATING SUCCESS IN EXILE

Four Afghan expatriates learned that desperation can be a gift

SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE FEATURE FILM ‘’JOHN’’

A powerful new film by acclaimed IYMS Filmmaker, Babar Ali
which explores the connections between poverty, discrimination and
violence

FILM & MEDIA TRAINING AND MASTERCLASSES

By Professionals from Hollywood, Sweden, Croatia & Pakistan

“SANATIONE” SCREENINGS
Episodes from the IYMS Films web series - exploring life
during the pandemic

PRODUCTION OF 7 SHORT FILMS

On Discrimination, Environment, Health, Poverty, Violence,
Women’s Rights and Youth Empowerment

MEDIA LITERACY WORKSHOPS

Implementing findings from UNESCO’s Global Media and
Information Literacy Week
 YOUR
SUPPORT
WHY DO YOU NEED TO SUPPORT?
Nobody can solve the world’s biggest problems alone. For the past 16 years, IYMS has continued to thrive with minimal
overhead and until recently, no paid staff members. Finally we are able to hire one full-time person and several part-time
people. This has enabled us to increase our outreach to UN agencies, NGOs, possible delegates and begin the development
of Regional Centers around the world.

We will increase our impact by increasing the number of storytellers and activists working in all corners of the world to create
stories that ignite change. By working with IYMS and supporting our activities in your corner of the world, you will help us
reach more and more young people every year, giving them the tools to become change makers.
HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?
BECOME THE SUMMIT’S PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR $50,000.

» Keynote speaker: you have the option to choose a member from your organization to be the Keynote Speaker at
the IYMS 2022 Opening Ceremony. (In person or via Virtual).
» Your name/logo as the Presenting Sponsor above the title on all IYMS 2022 films, printed materials, banners and
online marketing.
» Your name as the IYMS 2022 Presenting Sponsor on our website and Social Media.
BECOME AN ISSUE SPONSOR FOR $20,000. BECOME A DELEGATION SPONSOR
» Choose one of the 7 issues. Your funding pays for the FOR $10,000.
crew and production of the film for that issue. (Dis- » Choose from our list of country delegations accepted
crimination, Environment, Health, Poverty, Violence, for the Summit.
Women’s rights and Youth empowerment) » Get a daily photo update from the delegates.
» Your name/logo as a presenting sponsor for that film. » Your name on the film credits for 3 different films.
(In the credits, printing materials and » Your name as a sponsor on our IYMS website.
online marketing). » Access to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of
» Photo updates from the issue crew from the the IYMS 2022.
production.
» Your name as a sponsor on our IYMS website.
» Access to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of
the IYMS 2022.
BECOME A DELEGATE SPONSOR FROM
A DEVELOPING COUNTRY FOR $3,500
» Choose from our list of accepted delegates from the developing
countries
» A daily photo update from the delegate.
» Your name on the film credit.
» Your name as a sponsor on our IYMS website.
» Access to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the IYMS 2022.

BECOME AN OUTREACH SPONSOR FOR $1,000

» Funding pays for 5 school workshops using IYMS 2022 materials-
approximately 500 young students.
» A photo report with feedback from the students.
» Your name as a sponsor on our IYMS website.
» Access to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the IYMS 2022.
BECOME AN ISSUE MENTOR FOR
ONE OF THE 7 ISSUES

Work with an issue group in person or online.

- Credit on your issue film.
- Your name as a sponsor on our IYMS website.
- Access to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the
IYMS 2022.

DONATE EQUIPMENT

(Camera, Lights, Editing Computers, Props, etc.)

- Credit on all IYMS 2022 films.
- Your name as a sponsor on our IYMS website.
- Access to the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the
IYMS 2022.
KEY SCHEDULE
& TIMELINE
PHASE - I
January - April

Global call for Application

Fundraising & Partnership
Finalizing Speakers & Mentors PHASE - II
May - June
Selection of the Delegates
Pre-Summit arrangements
Schedules, Visas & Flights

PHASE - III
July - August
Arrival
The Summit

Outreach Activities
Workshops

PHASE - IV
September - December
SUSTAINABILITY
& FUTURE PLANS
HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THIS?
WHAT ARE OUR FUTURE PLANS?
» Local workshops on Digital Storytelling and Media Literacy
» Filmmaker trainings
» Screening and social media exploitation of our PSAs and podcasts
» Delegate organized workshops and screenings
» Mini-Summits led by our delegates in grassroots communities
» Develop 10 additional regional centers by 2030 and establish local partnerships
with local non-profit, government and the UN offices
OUR JOURNEY
ACHIEVEMENTS AWARDS
◊ Established the first official IYMS Regional Center in ◊ Petals of Hope – A film by Sarah Morcos for the 2008
Nepal in 2019. IYMS Summit.
◊ IYMS has presented at four UNESCO Media and Infor- Won the United Nations Global Issue Award & the
mation Literacy Conferences. United Nations Department of Public Information
◊ IYMS Films have been accepted and screened in Film Award. The VIP jury included Walter Cronkite, Tom
Festivals on six continents. Brokaw and then Senator Barack Obama.
◊ Mini-Summits: Los Angeles, USA: 2015, 16, 17, 18, ◊ The True Impact (2016) - Plural+ Award for the
Kabul, Afghanistan: 2016, 18, Prevention of Xenophobia (presented at the U.N.)
Kathmandu, Nepal: 2017 Sarah Randolph accepted the award on behalf of the
◊ Regional Summits: Yangon, Myanmar – October 2018, IYMS at the Award Ceremony at the United Nations.
Zambia Youth Media Summit – Chirundu October (November 9, 2017)
2020 International Yellow Flag Award for promoting
◊ IYMS has organized five International Youth Media non-violence – Four River Film Festival, Croatia.
Day events, with participants from schools and Included in the UN Migration Agency’s “I Am A
organizations around the world. Migrant” campaign to promote diversity and inclu-
(2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) sion of migrants in society.
◊ IYMS Organized two Global Collaborative Video ◊ What You Plant, You Harvest (November 11, 2017) 1st
Projects which brought together teams with other place, PSA Category,
countries: Pain Into Pearls, and A Day In The Life. MY HERO International Film Festival, L.A.
◊ Creative Force Balkan, spearheaded by Swedish and ◊ Empower Us All (Women’s Rights PSA, 2016) was
Serbian IYMS leaders, has conducted eight separate selected as the Best Film in the Women’s International
workshops on human rights between former Film Conference in Pakistan.
combatants in the Balkan region. ◊ Deadline won 1st Place in Student/Mentor Narrative
◊ A Taste of Peace was an online project that brought Category in the 2020 MY HERO International Film
together Israelis, Palestinians, Serbs and Americans. Festival.
◊ Afghan Girls Connect, an online and social media ◊ ‘Pentre Fi; Penygroes’, a film by Ffion Pritchard, is a
project, gave young women in Afghanistan the Finalist in the British Short Film Award (one of the
opportunity to participate in a global discussion of Wicked Wales/SANATIONE film projects).
issues affecting women. ◊ 2020 Wicked Wales Film Festival (films from 2019):
◊ Other collaborative projects have involved Japan, Third Prize: Pathways
Northern Ireland, Scotland, Georgia, Bulgaria, Austria, Highly commended: Deadline, Father, Every Life Mat-
Poland, France, Germany, Serbia and the USA. ters.
◊ In 2010 IYMS parent company TIME received the 2010
Paul Mann Peace and Justice Award.

“My life has been changed by witnessing the incredible

miracles this program created. Your group CAN move
mountains and WILL make a difference.”
- An IYMS Audience Member
TRAINING, WORKSHOPS
AND FILMING:
2021: Babar Ali taught a series of filmmaking work-
shops in Karachi, Pakistan to three groups of young
filmmakers (18-25 year old). These young people
made films around the subjects of conquering
violent extremism and peacebuilding. Funded by a
grant from USAID.

2020: IYMS completed a most ambitious project with

UNESCO / Bangkok; filming some of the participants in
the indigenous people/COVID 19 project. Some of this
work was used in SANATIONE.

2021: – Multi-media training sessions for UNESCO,

Bangkok.

Camera SIKA/ROAD to COP 26: The British Council

piloted Camera Sika programme in Nepal in 2019. We
have come a long way since and have involved more
than 300 young people through the programme. This
year, we focused on climate change and with Road to
COP26 encouraged young people to make films about
climate change.
ONGOING
PROJECTS
SANATIONE: A TIME FOR HEALING
Sanatione is a Latin word for healing, and became the title for IYMS Films’ second project,
a web series. In 2020, COVID-19 caused a world-wide pandemic. It infected and killed
millions. It forced lockdowns that brought much of the global economy to a halt, with
businesses closed and jobs lost. We have come to realize this virus might be a test for
humanity, a wake-up call for change.

As the virus spread, a group of filmmakers and storytellers from 22 countries did what
filmmakers do. They grabbed their cameras to capture the lives and stories around them.
These first-person heart-felt stories filmed in real time as the pandemic unfolds around
the world are woven together to reveal the many facets of who we human beings are
and of what we are made. We see stories of suffering, isolation, struggle and coping and
also stories of kindness, and moments of unexpected joy.

SANATIONE holds up a mirror to humanity’s struggles, but also shines a beacon, lighting
the way to a transformed world. Currently, 19 episodes have been completed, and more
are in production. We are also developing a feature length documentary film about the
SANATIONE filmmakers. A special screening will be organised at the 2023 IYMS.

https://sanatione.iyms.org

‘‘JOHN’’
JOHN is the feature film debut of Pakistani filmmaker Babar Ali, a long-time IYMS
contributor and director of Pari of Pokhara. IYMS Films is co-producing with Ali’s Vaasil
Productions.

JOHN is a romantic crime drama that tells the love story of a young Christian janitor,
John, and a free-spirited maid, Maria. The brutal streets of Karachi and discrimination
against minorities create a trap for John, who fears he will be left alone and in poverty.
He is swept into the world of crime by Daud, a charismatic target killer who befriends
John, promising financial security as he lures him into becoming an accessory to
murders. The pursuit of love and John’s secret life of crime go hand in hand while we
explore the complexities of the mean streets of Karachi, during a time of mass target
killings by hired gangsters prompted by political, ethnic and religious conflicts.

In the film, writer/director Ali examines the causes of the violence he witnessed as a
young child. He shows us innocent young people who are led to a life of crime when
damaged by the toxic mixture of poverty, discrimination and despair. JOHN is currently
in post-production and will be screened at IYMS 2022.