V6A

Community Engagement

WHAT?

“V6A” is an Impact-driven feature documentary that calls for interaction and community engagement.

The Community Engagement Package is exactly what completes the cinematic experience with activities that inspire and educate community through screenings, Q&As, Keynote Presentations & Workshops.

 

TEASER

Teaser of “V6A”

 
In my world, documentary filmmaking strikes the perfect balance by marrying the rawness of uncomfortable truths with the grace of poetry.
— Ruggero Romano

WHY?

Drowning in information & starving for knowledge

 
Join Ruggero Romano, Creative Director of the film-driven Non-Profit Organization "Movies Move Us", for the screening of V6A at Douglas College. Special thanks to Lara Marchionni Jones and Jennifer Kuenzig for the opportunity to take V6A & Movies Move Us to Douglas College. Movies Move Us: www.moviesmoveus.org V6A Documentary Film: www.v6afilm.com Community Engagement Package: www.ruggeroromano.com/v6a-cep Reach out: movies.moveus@gmail.com Movies Move Us is a member funded Non-Profit Organization by Ruggero Romano devoted to film-driven social advocacy and community advancement in Canada. The purpose of the organization is to produce and distribute socially relevant films to educate, inspire and support communities across Canada, utilising accessible resources to maximise the impact of completed projects and create more significant, empowering, uplifting cinema.
 

This is what the Community Engagement Package is designed for: an emotional experience that combines storytelling and interaction to create healthy meaningful conversations.


HOW?

The package includes a multitude of activities that can be modelled in accordance to the needs and involvement of the community.

There are 4 main activities that shape the full package:

 
 

Post Screening Q&As

Uploaded by Ruggero Romano on 2019-06-15.
Uploaded by Ruggero Romano on 2019-06-15.

www.v6afilm.com

V6A & Graceclub YVR have come together to deliver the full V6A experience to members of organizations with a shared goal: dissolve the stigma projected onto homelessness, addiction and mental health. This is the V6A Community Engagement Package delivered on June 27th in Vancouver with director of the film Ruggero Romano.

Reach out and take V6A to your community!

 

RUGGERO ROMANO

Producer/Director/Public Speaker

Ruggero’s official website: www.ruggeroromano.com

Ruggero’s official website: www.ruggeroromano.com

Ruggero is a passionate film director, producer and facilitator with a multidisciplinary skillset in film, communication, marketing and community-building.  

Ruggero leads film-driven initiatives through his organization “Movies Move Us”, devoted to the production of socially relevant films and their integration in social impact campaigns. He is currently producing his new film for the rebirth of Venezia (“Venezia Reborn”), to empower its community and redefine its socio-cultural potential as a European hub.

He loves jazz, people and capoeira. He also has a very sharp nose.


PARTNERS

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PRESS & MEDIA

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V6A on GLOBAL NEWS TV

V6A is a documentary about Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, but it isn’t just another documentary about the Downtown Eastside.
— Sabrina Furminger, YVR Screen Scene
With warmth and heart, V6A captures the DTES as Vancouver’s growing front in a global class war.
— Adrian Mack, The Georgia Straight
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“From Italy to Hastings Street, with love”

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A “love letter” to the Downtown eastside

V6A defies audience expectations in a spectacular way
— Sima Ghaffarzadeh, Hamyaari Media
Not often does an interview include high-fives and hugs goodbye, but that’s Ruggero Romano. Pieno di vita, you might say.
— Gordon Mcintyre, The Province

‘V6A’ amplifies the poetry in vilified postal code



 
 

SCREENINGS

Find out when and where V6A is screening

TEASER

Watch the teaser of the feature documentary!

FRAME by FRAME

Explore extras and BTS!