Video Competition 2016/2017

The video competition for students from Ukraine and Moldova was the chance for young people from schools and the universities to create a video on one of two topics:

  • “Our Town’s Jewish History”
  • “The importance of Civil Society”

The participants were challenged to create an innovative and creative film of around 7 minutes which presented one of the two topics as a historically accurate and interesting story. Centropa provided them with video guidelines and practical tips on how to create videos.

The Trans.History team received around 12 videos from schools in Ukraine and Moldova, the majority of them focusing on “Our Town’s Jewish History”. All videos showed that the students had risen up to the challenge and provided a new and creative insight into their town’s and country’s history.


The Winners

Category: “Our town’s Jewish history”

Two 1st places:

“Zigmund Sasover”

Teacher: Kateryna Tsybulska from Ternopil

and

“Three Synagogues”

Teacher: Maryna Pysanets from Kyiv

Each winning school received a 300 Euro voucher for video or computer equipment.

3rd place:

Зельма Меербаум-Айзігер “Не встигла дописати…”

Teacher: Angela Karimova from Chernivtsy

The school received a 100 Euro voucher for video or computer equipment.


Category: “The importance of Civil Society”

1st place:

“Goodness and Evil – who is the winner?”

by Maryna Pysanets, Kyiv

The school received a 300 Euro voucher for video or computer equipment.


2nd place:

“Я маю право на права!”

by Lyudmila Olenenko from Kamianka-Dniprovska

The school received a 100 Euro voucher for video or computer equipment.


The winning films were presented during the Trans.History seminar in Lviv on April 1, 2017.