Sexual Harassment Initiative ‘Keep Festive’ Launched by Collective of Film Festivals
In 2022, a collective of international film festivals and distribution companies launched Keep Festive, an initiative that stands against any sort of sexual harassment and that helps festivals organizers to prevent any type of discrimination, from sexism to sexual harassment, to ensure that these events remain fun.
The main idea of Keep Festive is to host a certain number of activities that will help in creating: a toolbox for festival organizers and attendees that will help to prevent any kind of sexual abuse; a code of conduct that members can follow; a training program for the team and volunteers to make their guests feel more comfortable and safe.
Keep Festive members:
Tricky Women (Austria), Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada), Kaboom Animation Festival (The Netherlands), Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen), Anifilm (Czech Republic), Animafest Zagreb (Croatia), Annecy International Animation Festival (France), Fest Anča (Slovakia), Anibar (Kosovo), Turku Animated Film Festival (Finland), Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (Switzerland), LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival (Ukraine), Viborg International Animation Festival (Denmark), Animest (Romania), Animateka (Slovenia), Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People (Greece), Miyu Distribution (France).
The first official Keep Festive lecture was held at the Animateka festival in December 2022. The talk, led by a psychologist, Matic Munc, covers a wide range of topics related to sexual behaviour and has now been released on YouTube (watch below).
As Keep Festive continues to work on the creation of a toolbox for international festivals and their attendees, the collective is pleased to announce an upcoming talk in Vienna as part of the Tricky Women festival.
On March 10th, Meike Lauggas will speak about #we_do! an organization that provides contact and counselling for filmmakers in case of abuse of power and unequal treatment, discrimination, sexual assault and violations of labour law – anonymous, free of charge and confidential for everyone in the Austrian film and television industry. In addition to counselling and anonymous documentation of cases, various preventive measures are developed and offered to contribute to structural change and improvement.
More information about this talk can be found here: online.trickywomen.at/p/23_Sup_Pro_Best_Practice
For further information about the Keep Festive mandate and events, please contact us at contact@keepfestive.org
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