Reem Morsi

Experience

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  United Nations Mission in Kosovo

  Mar 2000 - Oct 2001

  International Registration/Core Supervisor

  Core Supervisor 2000 & 2001 United Nation’s Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) & the International Organization for Migration (IOM) KOSOVO1-Recruited & assigned responsibilities to local staff (Serbs & Albanians)2-Monitored & coordinated daily operation of the sites & site plan for a smooth flow of work3-Supervised Zubin Potok,Mitrovica site, delegated tasks to international supervisors & local staff members4-Evaluated daily problems at the sites & reviewed possible solutions5-Monitored Training of local staff members at different sites Show less

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  ECPAT International Secretariat

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Regional (Child Protection) Officer for the Middle East & North Africa

  1-Increased ECPAT’s network members in the MENA region by 150%, and on the rise.2-Networked with government Ministers & Child Protection Officials to initiate the process of the development of Child Protection National Plans of Action (Egypt Dec 2005) focused on Sexual Exploitation of Children.3-Conducted Networking and Capacity Building field trips all over the Middle East & North Africa4- Managed the Stockholm Declaration and Agenda for Action on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Program & provided technical training/support to government officials on the development of National Actions Plans.5-Worked with a team to design questionnaires & surveys for data collection & analysis.6- Organized and facilitated regional level meetings with Government representatives, UN bodies and civil society. Show less

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  WITNESS

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2007

  Film Trainees

  Received training for human rights defenders to integrate video advocacy into campaigns to document human rights violations.

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  Media Diversity Institute (MDI)

  Sept 2007 - Nov 2007

  LOCAL PROJECT COORDINATOR

  Short project contract to carry out an event in Cairo. 1-Managed and coordinated MDI's workshop on Diversity in Media, this included promoting the workshop in Egypt 2-Logistical planning & management including catering, hotels, transport and budgets related to the project 3-Liaised with the donor and the media community, reviewed translation of documents, recruited staff members

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  United Nations Mission in Sudan

  Feb 2008 - Dec 2008

  Child Protection Officer

  1-Networked & Liaised with child protection networks co-chaired by UNICEF and the Ministries 2-Supervised & trained junior staff including National Protection Officers, International and National UN Volunteers3-Advocacy with armed forces and groups on child soldiers

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  London Film School

  Jan 2009 - Nov 2011

  MA Degree in Filmmaking

  A two year detailed MA Degree in Filmmaking in which we had hands-on training on all aspects of Filmmaking in all stages of Pre-production/Production/Post-Production.

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  Projecting Change Film Festival

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Outreach Coordinator

  Outreach Volunteer (Jan - April 2010) Outreach Coordinator (May 2011), theatre volunteer (2010, 2011)Duties: Researching, emailing, cold-calling and organizing the film festival community partners (non-profit organizations, local businesses, etc); representing the film festival within the community, crafting emails, managing contacts, submitting status reports to the festival leads and notifying management of any issues

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  The Gulf Islands Film and Television School

  Jun 2011 - Mar 2014

  Filmmaking Mentor & Trainer

  Mentoring filmmaking students throughout the process from inception to post production.

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  Chemonics International Inc Project on Combating Violence Against Women & Children

  Dec 2011 - Mar 2012

  Freelance Filmmaker (Producer/Director/Writer/Cinematographer)

  Producer/Consultant/Filmmaker: I devised the style and tone and content for the film and presented the storyboard to team members. Upon approval, I conducted a trip around Egypt to film with fund recipients and document the stories of homeless children, religious leaders, victims of Transactional Marriages and others to document the benefits they received from the project.

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  Vous Valez

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Film Director
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  International Organization for Migration (IOM)

  Feb 2012 - Jul 2012

  Contract Filmmaker (Producer/Director/Writer)

  For the IOM/A UN Organization, I was contracted to shoot a short fiction followed by interviews on the issue of Combating Trafficking Against Women & Children. I have written, directed & partially produced the film.

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  British Columbia Nurses' Union

  Nov 2012 - Dec 2013

  Independent Filmmaker

  I am hired from time to time to make film projects for awareness & promotion. I have also given a workshop on advocacy in film at the Nurses' Union Conference.

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  British Columbia Council for International Cooperation

  Sept 2013 - Feb 2014

  Independent Filmmaker

  I work as a contract filmmaker and so far collaborating on an ongoing basis with the BCCIC in producing/directing/editing films relevant to the different issues they work on, for example, gender equality & equity AND the youth forum theater for Development week.

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  Royal Rhodes University

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

  Guest Lecturer

  I taught a lecture on human rights related issues in peace keeping missions in June 2014 and June 2015.

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  Art Institute of Vancouver

  Jul 2014 - Nov 2014

  Part time Faculty Member

  Teaching filmmaking & documentary film course at undergraduate students.

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  The National Film Board of Canada

  Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  Provide different types of support to the NFB team on a few film productions. Work involved: Conducting, shooting & directing video interviews for documentary film prep, copyright research, involvement in digital media project and a documentary, research for film background, legal research and historic research. Film research and conducting video interviews with a number of potential characters for a documentary film.

  • Freelance Videographer & other short term positions

    Dec 2013 - Jun 2015

  • Film Researcher

    Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
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  Director in Residence at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Center, Toronto

  Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

  Writer/Director