Build a better world

#womensentrepneurshipday

Eligibility:
Video storytellers from Iraq (all ages and skill levels)
Golden Prize:
Set of professional lighting gear plus 1-year Adobe premiere pro subscription
Produced by:
One Minute Academy & U.S. Embassy Baghdad

STUDENT VIDEOS

#BUILD A BETTER WORLD

The modern economy is multimedia. In order to thrive both locally and globally, businesses must be adept at using the full range of texts, sounds and images to enhance products and services, capture consumers and establish internal organizational culture. Small business and startups are disadvantaged in this regard against established organizations that have the resources to hire a dedicated media staff. The One Minute Academy levels the playing field by teaching qualified entrepreneurs, journalists and business professionals One Minute Academy’s (OMA’s) award-winning video production methodology.

From 2021-2022, the One Minute Academy trained 1000 storytellers in Iraq to film and edit professional one minute videos. The program culminates with a One Minute Contest whereby the participants will be invited to make videos to celebrate women’s entrepreneurship in Iraq. The 10 best student videos will be broadcast live on the US Embassy Iraq’s Facebook page on November 19th, 2022 with the hashtags #buildabetterworld and #womensentrepeneurshipday

ONE MINUTE CONTEST

Pre-production

Registration

Sign up online

Production

Production

Film and edit

a 1 minute video

Maria de Barros

Submission

Upload to Youtube

with hastags #womensentrepneurshipday

#oneminutecontest

Maria de Barros

Transmission

Live broadcast

LIVE HOST

Christoph Geiseler

Christoph Geiseler

Christoph Alexander Geiseler is a filmmaker and educator from Los Angeles, CA. He is the founder of the One Minute Academy and has worked as a one minute video expert for Princeton University, Adobe and 75 US Embassies around the world. He produced a photography course for the National Geographic Society using his one minute method, which received a Horizon Interactive Gold Award (2019) and a Communicator Award (2020) for excellence for training and distinction in educational video. He holds degrees in Politics and Diplomacy from Princeton University (A.B. 2004) and the University of Southern California (M.A. 2014). He speaks fluent English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Dutch.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Hassan Jawad Rana

Hassan Jawad Rana

A communication specialist by profession, “Hassan” Jawad Rana is a dynamic individual who brings to the table a natural flair for showbiz and accomplished skills in the media and academic fields. He has starred in feature films, television sitcoms, TVCs, and music videos, written and produced full-length feature films and theater plays, provided PR service to politicians and government agencies, and much more. A graduate from the School of Journalism from the University of Kansas, USA, and with an MPhil in International Relations, he now heads the Department of Media Studies at Iqra University Islamabad Campus mentoring future filmmakers and journalists.

PRODUCTION TEAM

Paulina Albrecht

Paulina Albrecht

Germany

Suad Allagad

Suad Allagad

Jordan

Emilie Biason

Emilie Biason

Brazil

Kittie Cooper

Kittie Cooper

USA

Trace Feng

Trace Feng

USA

Aqdam Iqbal

Aqdam Iqbal

Pakistan

Xhao Jiaxu

Xhao Jiaxu

China

Genesis Jimenez

Genesis Jimenez

Nicaragua

Thomas Kolmans

Thomas Kolmans

Netherlands

Reina Ruiz

Reina Ruiz

Venezuela

Irfan Sadiq

Irfan Sadiq

Pakistan

Abel Soukthavone

Abel Soukthavone

Laos

ONE MINUTE ACADEMY

We are an educational company that spreads video literacy around the world by teaching students of all ages to film and edit one minute videos. We work with both teachers and institutions to provide students and employees with new opportunities for self-expression. These are lucrative skills for entrepreneurs, journalists, artists and anyone who has a story to tell.

We have created online video education strategies for some of the world’s largest institutions, such as Adobe and National Geographic. We have also worked with 75 US Embassies and Consulates over the last 12 years to produce international programs focused on video production and storytelling.

For more information: https://www.oneminuteacademy.com

US Embassy Baghdad

The United States Mission to Iraq, which consists of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and the U.S. Consulate General in Erbil, conducts diplomacy on behalf of the U.S. government with the Government of Iraq and engages with the people of Iraq to advance our shared interests. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is one of the largest embassies in the world, in terms of size and personnel, and houses a chancery and complex of office buildings. The embassy is home to officials from across the U.S. government, including the Department of State, USAID, the Department of Defense, Treasury, and the Department of Justice.

For more information: https://iq.usembassy.gov