Official Premiere of the Film “To Build a Bridge”
The
premiere took place on 12 June 2015 in Sofia. The event was attended by
representatives of National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration
Issues, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Employment Agency, World Health
Organization, NGOs.
The
film presents three Bulgarian Health mediators and their work in Bulgaria -
Sabire Ramadan (Septemvri Municipality), Katya Kirilova and Antoaneta Eftimova
(Blagoevgrad Municipality). It also shows their experiences during the filed
visits in Brussels, Belgium and in Lille, France where they met with their
colleagues mediators and Roma migrants from Bulgaria and Romania who are living
there. “To Build a Bridge”was shot in 2014 within the project “EQUI HEALTH – Improving the access and quality of
health care and services for migrants, Roma and other vulnerable groups”, implemented by International
Organization of Migration. The film has short version: “Profession health mediator”,
presented in the end of 2014.
Both videos will be used
for advocacy aiming to support the efforts of many European NGOs and
institutions to make mediation throughout Europe sustainable and contribute to
its institutionalization by the member countries.
“To Build a Bridge” in English here.
