av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 15, 2017 | Notiser
Google sued over ‘sex discrimination’ – BBC News
Three women who used to work at Google have filed a lawsuit against the technology giant, alleging it pays women less than men for comparable work.The suit says Google is aware of the situation, but has not moved to fix it.It comes as companies in Silicon Valley face growing scrutiny over gender relations.Google is also under investigation by the US Department of Labor over its pay practices.”It is time to stop ignoring these issues in tech,” said Kelly Ellis, a former software engineer at Google and one of the women who filed the suit.She posted on Twitter that she hopes the suit will force Google and other companies to change their practices.
https://twitter.com/justkelly_ok/status/908396504863215616
Källa: Google sued over ‘sex discrimination’ – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 15, 2017 | Lästips
Google sued over ‘sex discrimination’ – BBC News
Three women who used to work at Google have filed a lawsuit against the technology giant, alleging it pays women less than men for comparable work.The suit says Google is aware of the situation, but has not moved to fix it.It comes as companies in Silicon Valley face growing scrutiny over gender relations.Google is also under investigation by the US Department of Labor over its pay practices.”It is time to stop ignoring these issues in tech,” said Kelly Ellis, a former software engineer at Google and one of the women who filed the suit.She posted on Twitter that she hopes the suit will force Google and other companies to change their practices.
https://twitter.com/justkelly_ok/status/908396504863215616
Källa: Google sued over ‘sex discrimination’ – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 15, 2017 | Notiser
Facebook to trim advert categories aimed at ‘anti-Semites’ – BBC News
Facebook is reviewing its ad targeting system after investigators found they could direct ads to self-described anti-Semites.Researchers at ProPublica found several ad categories for people who had declared that they “hated” Jews.Facebook said its algorithms automatically created the categories when analysing user interests.It said it would trim the number of categories available and check the list before letting advertisers see it.The ProPublica researchers found the anti-Jewish categories while conducting a larger investigation into the way Facebook targets adverts at users.To find out if the classifications were real, it bought ads that combined the three separate anti-Semitic categories with several others that were about far-right topics.
Källa: Facebook to trim advert categories aimed at ‘anti-Semites’ – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 15, 2017 | Lästips
Facebook to trim advert categories aimed at ‘anti-Semites’ – BBC News
Facebook is reviewing its ad targeting system after investigators found they could direct ads to self-described anti-Semites.Researchers at ProPublica found several ad categories for people who had declared that they “hated” Jews.Facebook said its algorithms automatically created the categories when analysing user interests.It said it would trim the number of categories available and check the list before letting advertisers see it.The ProPublica researchers found the anti-Jewish categories while conducting a larger investigation into the way Facebook targets adverts at users.To find out if the classifications were real, it bought ads that combined the three separate anti-Semitic categories with several others that were about far-right topics.
Källa: Facebook to trim advert categories aimed at ‘anti-Semites’ – BBC News
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 15, 2017 | Nyheter
Submarine
Under the imminent threat of Lebanons 2015 garbage crisis, Hala, a wild child inside of a woman, is the only one to refuse evacuation, clinging to whatever remains of home.
“Submarine” is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: vimeo.com/blog/post/submarine
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Official Selection at the:
– 69th Cannes Film Festival, Cinefondation Category | World Premiere
– 41st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), 2016 | North American Premiere
– 13th Dubai International Film Festival 2016 | MENA Premiere
– 30th South By Southwest Film Festival, 2017
– 61st Valladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI), Spain 2016
– 24th Hamptons International Film Festival 2016 | US Premiere
– 45th Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada 2016
– 38th Cinemed Film Festival, Montpellier, France 2016
– 48th Nashville Film Festival, USA 2017
– 41st Atlanta Film Festival, USA 2017
– 57th Krakow Film Festival, Poland 2017
– 27th New Orleans Film Festival, USA 2016
– 10th Kustendorf Film Festival, Serbia 2017
– 23rd Palm Springs International ShortFest, California USA 2017
– 39th Denver Film Festival, USA 2016
– 29th FilmFest Dresden, Germany 2017
– 2017 Mochael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival, Mochigan USA 2017
– 9th Arab Film Festival Beirut Cinema Days , Lebanon 2017 | Local Premiere
& 50+ international film festivals
AWARDS:
– Muhr Jury Prize at the 13th Dubai International Film Festival, 2016
– Liberty Global Award Best Film at the 39th Denver Film Festival
– Honorable Mention at the 41st Atlanta Film Festival, USA 2017
– Honorable Mention at the FIFOG Film Festival, Switzerland 2017
– UFVA KODAK Scholarship Award, 2016
– Best Director/Audience Choice Award/ Jury Selects at the 29th Columbia University Film Festival 2016
– IFP Award 2016
– James Bridges Production Grant
Credits:
Written and Directed by Mounia Akl
Produced by Cyril Aris and Jinane Chaaya
Co-written with Clara Roquet
Director of Photography – Joe Saade
Production Designer – Issa Kandil
Music Composer – Paul Tyan
Coproducer – Andrew Li
Production Manager – Sonia Habib
1rst Assistant Director – Nay Tabbara
Art Director – Hanady Medlej, Tara Sakhi
Wardrobe – Mochella Bteoche
Assistant Wardrobe – Line Itani
Casting Director – Petra Serhal
Assistant Casting Director – Ghina Abboud
Sound Mixer – Rawad Hobeika
Boom Operator – Jad Asmar & Elie Karam
1st AC – Jad Tannous
Make-up and SFX – Elie Boudjok
Sound Designer – Cedric Kayem
Colorist – Belal Hibri
Editors – George Sikharulidze and Mounia Akl
Executive producer – Lynn Raphael, Lee Posalino, Candice Abela Mikati
Associate Producer – Farid El Khalil, Selim Mouzannar, Amal Traboulsi, Hala Akl Questa
