United States - IOM and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) have announced the 2014 winners of the PLURAL + International Jury Awards.

They are Aldo Abril, Mauricio Buendía, Sofía Marvizón, César Hernández, María Hernández from Telekids Workshop (Spain) in the 9-12 group; Michael Born, William Snyder, Matthew Steinman and Nathan Martin (Canada) in the 13-17 group; and Al-Mothana Al-Ghizzawi and Anas Yahya from BlueLight Film Productions (Jordan) in the 18-25 group.

PLURAL+ is a youth video festival focusing on migration, diversity and social inclusion, emphasizing intercultural dialogue, youth expression and the desire for peace and better understanding world-wide.

It is a joint UNAOC/ IOM initiative. Over the last six years, PLURAL+ has received over 950 video entries representing 113 countries from around the world.

The PLURAL+ 2014 winners will accept their awards at a ceremony on December 4th to be held in New York, in the Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd St, Manhattan, starting at 19.00. Their videos will be screened during the ceremony, followed by a debate.

Other winning videos from India, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Indonesia, Australia, Palestine, Dominican Republic and Malaysia will also be screened during a workshop, prior to the ceremony, from 16.00 to 18.30. All the events are free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact:

Olivia Headon

IOM New York

Tel: +1.212.681.7000 Ext 221

Email: oheadon@iom.int.