UNA Award Release
2 November, 2011
With Macedonia
www.withmacedonia.org
For Immediate Release Contact:
Jason Miko (USA), Producer
jason@withmacedonia.org
Aleksandar Bilbilov (Macedonia), Assistant Producer
alex@withmacedonia.org
A Name is a Name Wins Awards in Chicago United Nations Association of Chicago Screens Film
November 2, 2011 (Skopje, Macedonia) – The documentary film about Macedonia and the Macedonian people – A Name is a Name – has been awarded well-deserved recognition after being screened in Chicago as part of the Global Wake Up Film Festival hosted by the United Nations Association-USA Greater Chicago Chapter.
The film was screened on Saturday, October 29 at Columbia College in Chicago.
Over 140 films were submitted to the festival and 41were chosen for screening. A Name is A Name won the “Audience Choice Award” and was also awarded as an “Official Selection.” The official announcement from the Film Submissions/Selection Team noted “We enjoyed screening every single film, and it was truly an honor. Your productions reached audiences who may never have been aware of the issues and struggles people from all over the world face and helped promote awareness of the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.”
“This is truly an honor and acknowledgment of Macedonia and the Macedonian people and their struggle to have their name and identity recognized,” stated the film’s director, Icelander Sigurjon Einarsson. “To have the United Nations Association of Chicago screen the film and bestow this award is recognition of that struggle and I am very happy to have helped to put a spotlight on Macedonia through this documentary. Credit goes to our talented production team from Macedonia, our narrator, Sir Andrew Motion of the UK, and our brilliant musicians who lent their name and songs to the film including Morten Harket, Earth Affair, Sigur Rós, Múm, Kiril Dzjakovski, Graham Nash, Tose Proeski and Monte Negro,” Einarsson continued.
To date the film has been shown in Australia, Europe, Canada and the United States in 23 cities educating, entertaining and encouraging audiences. Copies of the film continue to be given to elected officials, policy makers and decision makers in capital cities around the world in order to educate them so that they might better understand Macedonia and the Macedonian people.
About A Name is a Name
www.anameisaname.com
A Name is a Name is a documentary film about the people of the Republic of Macedonia and what their name and identity as Macedonians means to them.
Director: Sigurjon Einarsson (Iceland)
Narration: Sir Andrew Motion (UK)
Producer: Jason Miko (USA)
Written by Sigurjon Einarsson and Jason Miko
Assistant Producer: Aleksandar Bilbilov (Macedonia)
Production House: 3X, Skopje, Macedonia
Music by Morten Harket, Earth Affair, Sigur Rós, Múm, Kiril Dzjakovski, Graham Nash, Tose Proeski and Monte Negro
Approximate run time: 48 minutes
© 2009 With Macedonia Foundation
About With Macedonia
Making a difference, with Macedonia
Although our members come from different countries and backgrounds, we maintain one common belief: that culture matters.
Culture can be a uniting force, a force for individual betterment, and a force for social transformation. Internationally-recognized cultural figures, therefore, can have a major and positive impact on issues ranging from poverty and public health to inequality and social injustice.
By working with world cultural figures, and winning their support, the With Macedonia Foundation is also supporting the prospect of a better future for all those living in the Republic of Macedonia. This small and often overlooked Balkan nation is beset with many serious challenges, some common to other countries in transition others, completely unique.
The cultural figures with whom the With Macedonia Foundation engages include visual artists and musicians, actors and other performing artists, sportsmen, scholars, and other cultural emissaries who have influence in areas relevant to Macedonia, from food and wine to faith and tourism.
By working with such figures, our foundation gives them the opportunity to express their support for Macedonia in a variety of ways. Whether it is standing with Macedonia by bringing attention to its cultural and touristic offerings, or standing with Macedonia in support of freedom and human rights, these figures can have a powerful effect on bringing the issues that matter before a global audience. Their words and actions will therefore have direct benefit for the future of Macedonia as a prosperous, free and democratic nation.
Melbourne Macedonian Film Festival 2010 - A Name is a Name (Year 2009, Genre: Documentary, Director: Sigurjon Einarsson)
21 - 24th October, 2010
A Name is a Name - European and Macedonian Premiere
27 September, 2010 - Kino Millenium, 9:30pm | 11:00pm
The With Macedonia Foundation presents
A Name is a Name - European and Macedonian Premiere
27 September, 2010 - Kino Millenium, 9:30pm | 11:00pm
GTC Kej 13th November, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
A place at the table for Macedonia
By Jason Miko - The Washington Times, September 3, 2010
Sept. 8 is the Republic of Macedonia's 19th birthday. Since 1991, Macedonia has worked its way through the painful transition from a socialist state born out of Yugoslavia to the point where it is today - a contributing member of the family of nations, an exporter of stability and a reliable ally of the United States and NATO.
Unfortunately, Macedonia has not been granted its seat at the table and instead has been, in many ways, relegated to the "deal with later" box of the administration's issues.
Exclusive for Today: Interview with Jason Miko, producer of A name is a Name
February 09, 2010
Download Interview in Macedonian
VOA News: Interview with Sigurjon Einarsson, director of A name is a Name
February 03, 2010
Washington, D.C. Premiere of the Documentary Film A Name is a Name in Washington
January 20, 2010
When
Feb 1, 2010 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Monday)
Where
DC Jewish Community Center
Sixteenth & Q Streets NW
Washington, DC
38.91111 -77.036496
What
It is our honor and distinct pleasure of inviting you and your friends to premiere of the documentary A Name is a Name by Icelandic/Norwegian cinematographer Sigurjon Einarsson.
Screening of "A Name is a Name"
January 20, 2010
Screening of "A Name is a Name"
A film about a nation held hostage because of its name
Date: February 1, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: 1529 16th St. NW
(closest Metro: Dupont Circle)
Tickets: $10
Contact: umdiaspora.org
2010 Mary Choncoff Endowed Lecture
January 17, 2010
Sigurjon Einarsson, Director of the film A Name is A Name
2010, February 4 7:00pm
ASU Tempe campus, Coor Hall, room 4403
The 14th Annual Mary Choncoff Endowed Lecture features the Arizona premier of A Name is a Name, the 2009 film by the Icelandic/Norwegian cinematographer, Sigurjon Einarsson.
The film's director, Sigurjon Einarsson, will be present to introduce the film.
Discussion following the film will be led by Professor Stephen Batalden, Melikian Center Director.
2010 Mary Choncoff Endowed Lecture
January 17, 2010
Sigurjon Einarsson, Director of the film A Name is A Name
2010, February 4 7:00pm
ASU Tempe campus, Coor Hall, room 4403
The 14th Annual Mary Choncoff Endowed Lecture features the Arizona premier of A Name is a Name, the 2009 film by the Icelandic/Norwegian cinematographer, Sigurjon Einarsson.
The film's director, Sigurjon Einarsson, will be present to introduce the film.
Discussion following the film will be led by Professor Stephen Batalden, Melikian Center Director.
Washington, D.C. Premiere of A Name is A Name
January 15, 2010
Join us for the Washington, D.C. premiere of A Name is A Name on Monday, February 1, 2010, 7:00 PM, at the Jewish Community Center.
Click HERE to download the official poster and details.
Buy your tickets today by clicking HERE.
Mynd Íslendings um Makedóníu veldur uppnámi í Grikklandi
November 18, 2009
Fjölmiðlar í Makedóníu fullyrða að grísk stjórnvöld hafi beitt sér gegn því að ný kvikmynd íslenska kvikmyndagerðarmannsins Sigurjóns Einarssonar um Makedóníu yrði sýnd á vegum sendiráðs Íslands í Washington.
EVENT: Macedonian Film Festival opens
October 6, 2009
The fourth annual Macedonian Film Festival will open on Thursday, Oct.15, 2009 at the Innis College Town Hall Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.
The three-day festival will screen 12 films that showcase the talent of Macedonian filmmakers and the intrigues of the contemporary and classic Macedonian culture.
Jason Miko, producer of A Name is a Name - Q&A in Nova Makedonija Daily
July 24, 2009
This film is not going to solve the name issue, but hopefully it will put a spotlight on the issue.
Sigurjon Einarsson, director of A Name is a Name - Q&A in Nova Makedonija Daily
July 24, 2009
Nobody can dictate your identity and your name except you.
New York Times - Shame On Greece: Messing With Macedonia
April 3, 2008
The Macedonians walked out of the NATO summit on Thursday and we can’t say we blame them.
Croatia and Albania were granted membership in the western alliance at a leaders’ meeting in Bucharest, but Macedonia was barred for an absurd reason: Greece doesn’t like its name.
New York Times - The Republic Formerly Known As...
March 30, 2008
One thing about the Balkans, they have the most esoteric crises. NATO is holding its summit meeting next week, and wants to bring in three Balkan states - Albania, Croatia and Macedonia. But Greece, a NATO member since 1952, is threatening to veto Macedonia’s membership over its name.
Interim Accord between the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Macedonia
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 13 September 1995
Minister Karolos Papoulias, representing the Party of the First Part (the "Party of the First Part") and Minister Stevo Crvenkovsky, representing the Party of the Second Part (the "Party of the Second Part"), hereby DECLARE AND AGREE as follows:
Recalling the principle of the inviolability of frontiers and the territorial integrity of States incorporated in the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, signed in Helsinki,
Bearing in mind the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and in particular, those referring to the obligation of States to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State,
Guided by the spirit and principles of democracy and fundamental freedoms and respect for human rights and dignity, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the Helsinki Final Act, the Charter of Paris for a new Europe and pertinent acts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,
Considering their mutual interest in the maintenance of international peace and security, especially in their region, Desiring to confirm the existing frontier between them as an enduring international border, Recalling their obligation not to intervene, on any pretext or in any form, in the internal affairs of the other, Desiring to develop their mutual relations and to lay firm foundations for a climate of peaceful relations and understanding, Realizing that economic cooperation is an important element for the development of mutual relations on a stable and firm basis, as well as desiring to develop and promote future cooperation.
Desiring to reach certain interim agreements that will provide a basis for negotiating a permanent Accord,
Aticle 11
1. Upon entry into force of this Interim Accord, The Party of the First Part agrees not to object to the application by or the membership of the Party of the Second Part in international, multilateral and regional organizations and institutions of which the Party of the First Part is a member; however, the Party of the First Part reserves the right to object to any membership referred to above if and to the extent of the Party of the Second Part is to be referred to in such organization or institution differently than in paragraph 2 of the United Nations Security Council resolution 817 (1993).
United Nations Resolution 817 (1993)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 3196th meeting, on 7 April
The Security Council,
Having examined the application for admission to the United Nations in document S/25147,
Noting that the applicant fulfils the criteria for membership in the United Nations laid down in Article 4 of the Charter,
Noting however that a difference has arisen over the name of the State, which needs to be resolved in the interest of the maintenance of peaceful and good-neighbourly relations in the region,
