Exciting news! Indiegogo has granted us an extension to our crowdfunding campaign!
On Friday May 17th 2013 we will receive all the funds contributed so far, and continue our worldwide journey with you. Please choose one of our Odyssey-inspired perks on the right column, and don't wait until the last moment to support us. Even the smallest amount counts!
Συναρπαστικά νέα! Το Indiegogo ενέκρινε παράταση στην καμπάνια μας!
Την Παρασκευή 17 Μαΐου 2013 θα εισπράξουμε το ποσό που θα έχει συγκεντρωθεί μέχρι εκείνη τη στιγμή, και θα συνεχίσουμε μαζί σας το ταξίδι μας στον κόσμο. Παρακαλούμε επιλέξτε από τη στήλη δεξιά ένα από τα -εμπνευσμένα από την Οδύσσεια- δώρα μας, και μην περιμένετε μέχρι την τελευταία στιγμή για να μας ενισχύσετε. Ακόμα και η μικρότερη συνεισφορά μετράει!
The first New Diaspora web documentary is now online!
In order for us to produce thematic webisodes with stories of Greek people around the world, we need your support. We have only a few days left to reach our target. Even though we have a long distance to cover, nothing is lost yet. Together, we can make miracles happen!
It's time to tell our own part of the story.
New Diaspora is an independent web documentary movement, focusing on the new generation of Greeks living abroad during the crisis in their homeland.
The main narrative drive is a short documentary series directed by Nicolas Stamboulopoulos, who lives and works in Amsterdam since October 2009. The documentaries will be thematically categorized (cultural shock, nostalgia, employment opportunities, stereotypes and discrimination, political instability, etc), allowing for a diverse mixture of Greeks all over the world to share their views and reflect on their personal experiences.
This is an expanding and ongoing project. The more funding we can get, the further we can travel in order to record the stories of this unprecedented migration phenomenon. Hopefully, we'll manage to reach expatriate Greeks in all five continents.
At the same time, New Diaspora is crowd building an online community, where Greeks and non-Greeks alike can share their own content and opinions. Documenting themselves on video, sending pictures, writing open letters and articles, as well as implementing creative ideas that relate to the subject of our platform. Infographics, comics, mobile apps and all sorts of interactive means of communicating with an international audience.
![Our impact so far]( "New Diaspora: the project")
Beginning our journey from what unites us instead of what divides us, our aim is to intervene jointly and dynamically in the public debate concerning what’s happening in our homeland. Also, to redefine our common identity and to offer an alternative perspective on the international image of Greeks.
Further than that, we intend to apply political pressure for matters that are important to us. Like our fundamental right to vote from abroad, like almost everyone else in the world does.
In addition, New Diaspora is a collective statement: No matter how far we live from our country and for how long, we will always stand by the ones we left behind. That’s why we have decided to donate 5% of our crowdfunding income to The Greek Medecins du Monde.
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So far, our project has been entirely self-funded. It's taken us almost two years to develop it, and it's going to take about a year until we complete the first cycle of our mini documentary webisodes. We have fees to pay to a number of people, equipment and international travel costs, web design and maintenance, community and content management, and all sorts of legal, administrative and accounting expenses involved in the process. Still, we try to keep our budget as low as possible, because what's most important in this journey is the fact we are all together in the same boat.
That's why we call it a "movement". Apart from supporting our crowdfunding campaign, you can also share your own stories and join our team; either by promoting our initiative in social media, or by giving us a hand with translations, subtitling, app development and other crowd sourced tasks.
Our analytical budget for the next 6 months
Producing a first cycle of 6-8 short documentary webisodes and sustaining our online presence exceeds our crowdfunding goal by far. And these are guerrilla prices we are talking about, with symbolic fees for our team members and no margin of profit whatsoever.
In order to make this happen and keep it going, we’ll need to apply for state and EU subsidies, and also attract private sponsors. Preferably without resorting to an overload of adds and pop-ups invading our website.
Selling our documentaries to TV broadcasters is not really an option, since they would object to the free and unrestricted availability of our online content.
*Indiegogo commission includes credit card costs.
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The philosophy behind our perks is to promote Greek products and tourism, at the same time bringing our backers in contact with our rich cultural heritage. Maybe that's not enough to save the devastated Greek economy, but at least it's a small step towards its eventual rejuvenation.
Let's make this happen.
