Sometimes some projects that, without realising it, will change your life and the lives of others. That’s the crazy challenge undertaken by three business school students in a competition organised by Fédé in partnership with Unesco, and that’s all there is to it.

The story could end there, but something happened , as the project won the Human Rights Excellence Award. And that’s the story I’d like to tell you in this article, a story in which I had the pleasure of taking part as a sports painter.

Thank you to Carole, Coralie, Hugo and the whole Alfaé team for this wonderful initiative and for your trust.

Fortune favours the bold …

caring and selfless.

Adapted from Virgil’s Aeneid

The short film teaser before the film is released.

The project

Award for excellence in human rights

Art

Diversity of sports in painting

disabled sport

Sport for all and accessibility

Youth

Understanding and inclusion

Competition

Fédé, an international non-governmental organisation, joins forces with UNESCO to promote fundamental human rights, inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

It offers students from all over the world the chance to bring their innovative and modern vision to bear on issues relating to human rights and social change.

The Human Rights Excellence Award is part of this approach, and recognises ambitious projects that reach out to others and have a universal impact.

This year, the prize was presented to the winners in Barcelona.

Preview at JAUDE cinema

Projection of the film

Film with the team

The eagerly-awaited 30 May 2024 screening of the film created by Carole, Coralie and Hugo took place in one of the cinemas at Ciné Pathé JAUDE in Clermont-Ferrand, which had been made available for the occasion.

Disability & company

Disability in the workplace is still a taboo subject, and one about which little is known. Julien Fournier, Director of Cap Emploi 63, gave us an overview of the subject in the form of a quiz on disability in the workplace.

The conference

Finally, there will be a round-table discussion on various forms of disabled sport with Henri Laniray, President of ASM Handisport, Léna Piasi and Anne Giradin, two key players in disabled and adapted handball, and myself, Lucie Llong, a sports artist.

The cause was well worth the ceremony. Nearly 200 people attended the preview screening of this short film. Disabled sport deserves all this attention and, on the eve of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, what could be more natural than to point out that acceptance of others and inclusion enable everyone to better understand and be more respectful.

Thank you to the entire Alfaé team and to Laure Dupré for organising this wonderful evening in honour of these three victorious students. Of different ages and backgrounds, Carole, Coralie and Hugo showed that diversity can produce exceptional results, provided you believe in it and give yourself the means to achieve it.

I’m delighted to have contributed my artistic work to the promotion of disabled sport with :

The project team

Carole Amsellem-petiT

Hugo devisscher

Coralie
Duflos

Carole words

Meeting with

Carole Amsellem-petit

Digital project manager

More like 45!!!

After 20 years working as a clinical psychologist in various sectors, I wanted to develop new skills to help me move forward. I’ve always been very curious and I wanted to learn about areas I didn’t know much about: digital management. Now I’m thinking about new possibilities, imagining jobs such as project management, and why not in mental health, which would bring my skills together.

I also chose to go back to school to challenge myself and get out of my comfort zone. On the face of it, I wasn’t a digital pro, but how can we position ourselves without knowing the subject? I’d rather be familiar with AI and its possibilities and limits than be afraid of what its use could mean for human beings without knowing what it’s all about. I’m like that, I like to understand.

Well, when our ALFAE director Laure Dupré came to talk to us about the FEDE’s ‘Human Rights Excellence Award’, I immediately wanted to take part. I’m very attached to many human causes that are close to my heart. Hugo also wanted to take part. Coralie wasn’t sure. We exchanged ideas on the themes that spoke to us and it was quite easy to come up with the theme of disability in sport, particularly in the run-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. We talked a lot about the importance of highlighting these athletes, who are just as deserving as able-bodied athletes, but who are often relegated to the background. Coralie liked the subject, found her way around as our discussions progressed and joined us.

We thought we’d approach the subject from an original angle, and above all, we wanted to say that above all, sport is a culture and movement is a vector of life for every human being. We thought of you, a movement artist who focuses on movement without differentiating between able-bodied and disabled athletes. Your art speaks to us, and you are an artist who speaks to everyone. Your generosity, your vitality and the great energy you bring to art and movement have won us over!

What I remember about this project is that we believed in what we were doing, and we wanted to touch and involve the actors in this short film with as much energy as we had! We’d never made a video or even a project like this before, but we had a lot of fun doing it. Despite the challenge and the constraints, we formed a wonderful team even though we didn’t know each other. We managed the project together, found the necessary resources and, in the end, we won this prize. It’s a real source of pride, yet we never imagined we’d win. We sent off this project proud that we had stuck with it and made a film that was completely us. We met some wonderful people, had a great time and managed to surpass ourselves. It’s a project that makes me proud, and I’m even happier to be able to share it with as many people as possible!

Future plans include showing the film in Limoges in the near future, and perhaps elsewhere! Stay tuned!

The projects also include the Masters exams in June, and then all doors are open to new adventures!

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