ISSUE 640 • 8th - 14th June 2018
EST 2005
Movie stars By Jose Artur STUDENTS and teachers from two schools in Almeria Province have received awards for films made to promote equality and the proper use of technology in education. The winners will receive the accolades from the Audiovisual Council of Andalucia (CAA) which runs this year’s Audiovisual in School awards. The fourth edition of the ceremony
is set to be held on Wednesday June 20 in Sevilla. The awards are divided into six categories, with each including €1,000 in prize money. Winners are able to spend the cash on buying new audiovisual equipment for classrooms, the CAA said in a statement. Teachers from the Los Millares primary school in Almeria City bagged an award in the Misuse of Technology category for their film Trending topic y
Africa health trip TWELVE medical workers from Almeria are set to travel to Mozambique in Africa next month to aid disadvantaged people in the country. The team, which includes doctors from Torrecardenas Hospital, are due to spend 10 days there. They plan to visit the capital of Maputo to work in
four health centres treating people for HIV and tuberculosis, as well as looking after the mentally ill. The team will also work with women and children in some of the poorest parts of the city. They are then due to travel to a hospital around three hours north of the capital for general medicine work.
ole (Trending topic and ole). The film depicts stereotypes of Andalucians in an ironic light in order to highlight the dangers of prejudging people from certain areas. It was shot in the Peña Morato cave on the outskirts of the city. The film is based around a typical Andalucian flamenco fiesta, with the teachers’ students naming commonly-held views of the region’s identity. Special recognition was also
AUTHORITIES in Almeria City are set to spend some €9.5 million on works to regenerate its historic centre. Works are set to include the building of a headquarters for the City Council’s
ACTION! One of the films was shot at the Peña Morato cave.
given to year five students from the Clara Campoamor primary school in Huercal de Almeria. Their short silent film Unos true heroes (Some true heroes) dealt with the subject of empathy. The pupils wrote the script, played the characters and
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urban management team. There are also plans to demolish buildings and revamp the area around Calle Almanzor repair
handled camera and editing work. The film examined the influence popular television programmes have on society and how the depiction of aggressive characters impacts on people’s behaviour.
works, resurface streets and create new access routes to the La Alcazaba fort complex. Ramon FernandezPacheco, the city’s mayor,
said it would allow for the “rediscovery” of the district. “This is one of the most unique areas of the city that, paradoxically, has suffered from degeneration and decay,” he said.