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Six creative people, 10 months and one challenge:to present the topics of equality, empowerment and diversity in the music scene of the UNESCO City of Music Hannover in a short film in an understandable way. The result is a short film with a driving soundtrack, an exciting story and over 90 enthusiastic participants, which above all is intended to inspire imitation.

The project was initiated by theUNESCOCity of Music (UCOM)Hanover Coordination Office, which works together with the UCOMs Adelaide, Auckland and Norrköping in the international UNESCO Cities of Music network in the cluster-internal working group "Gender* Equality" on projects that promote gender equality and the visibility of women* in the music industry.

The goal of the interdisciplinary film project of kreHtiv Netzwerk Hannover e.V. and the UNESCO City of Music Hannover in cooperation with MusikZentrum Hannover was ambitious and initially quite open: six creative people from different disciplines came together in September 2020 to develop a joint idea for a film that focuses on and combines the themes of "Hannover as a city of music and equality, diversity and gender equality". No easy task for the creative team, who first got to know each other through this project.

The team, consisting of photographer and filmmaker Ghazaleh Ghazanfari, Jen Kurbjuweit on camera, guitarist Kassandra Siebel, filmmaker Janis Eickmeier, PR expert Karo Eggert and filmmaker and producer Martha Herbold, finally developed a shared vision through joint workshops, various discourses and discussions on the topics of gender equality, empowerment and diversity, which at its core revolves around role models and role models: The result is an inspiring concept that has been transformed into a huge production.

The entire process will also be recorded in a making-of documentary with English subtitles so that the project can also be presented in the international UNESCO Music Cities network. "We want to show what Hannover's female music scene has to offer and the short film, the message and the music city of Hannover are really something to be proud of," says Alice Moser from Kulturbüro Hannover, "We are proud to have such a broad-based and supportive artist scene - and we are doing our best to strengthen it even further!"