Make Film, Make History

Shooting films in a cupboard

The actual production of our upcoming short film My Personal Duty took place during three hectic days at the Imperial War Museum in London. While the films story features scenes both in the First World War’s trenches and in a modern teen bedroom, our shoot was limited to…

An Encounter with European Humour

The Make Film, Make History residential took place in Ypres, Belgium in April, and I was proud to take part! One of the things I started thinking about at the residential was identity. Often, when thinking about Europe, we think about the European Union, and the…

Home, Hardship & Hope — emotions on the home front

Here is a photo essay on how we made emotions on the homefront come to life in ‘Home, Hardship and Hope.’

What do experts think about Europe’s future?

Financial crisis, Refugee Crisis, Brexit — Europeans have been facing a lot of challenges and questions. In coping with these situations we have been arguing, protesting, changing governments and changing our views.

Making Films & Making Friends

We’ve come to the end of what has been an interesting, insightful and altogether fun project! When I applied for the Make Film Make History project just over a year ago, I had no idea what was in store.

Ready, Steady, Shoot!

It is 21st of January, evening time. I just landed to Berlin. The first impression is the feeling of being an ant in a big, unexplored world.

It is not long before I meet with two amazing members of the “Future of Europe” film group, Vanessa and Mohamed, who waited for me at the…

Emotion on the First World War Homefront

Hello, Daisy here. I am going to talk a little bit about my experience in researching and developing a script for our film as part of the Make Film, Make History project.