Mr Alfredo Perez de Armiñán, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture, has today announced that the following 28 cities from 19 countries will join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) on 1 December 2014.
- Bilbao(Spain) – Design
- Busan (Republic of Korea) – Film
- Curitiba(Brazil) – Design
- Dakar(Senegal) – Media Arts
- Dundee(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Design
- Dunedin(New Zealand) – Literature
- Florianopolis(Brazil) – Gastronomy
- Galway (Ireland) – Film
- Granada(Spain) – Literature
- Gwangju (Republicof Korea) – Media Arts
- Hamamatsu(Japan) – Music
- Hannover (Germany) – Music
- Heidelberg(Germany) – Literature
- Helsinki(Finland) – Design
- Jacmel (Haiti) – Crafts & Folk Arts
- Jingdezhen(China) – Crafts & Folk Arts
- Linz(Austria) – Media Arts
- Mannheim(Germany) – Music
- Nassau(Bahamas) – Crafts & Folk Arts
- Pekalongan (Indonesia) – Crafts & Folk Arts
- Prague(Czech Republic) – Literature
- Shunde (China) – Gastronomy
- Sofia(Bulgaria) – Film
- Suzhou(China) – Crafts & Folk Arts
- Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel) – Media Arts
- Tsuruoka (Japan) – Gastronomy
- Turin(Italy) – Design
- York (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) – Media Arts
The above cities will join the existing 41 cities from around the world as part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
These designations are the result of a thorough evaluation process engaged in March 2014 for the 50 valid candidatures received in response to the 2014 Call for Applications of the UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network.
Bradford City of Film Director, David Wilson said, “I am delighted to welcome three new film cities to the network and look forward to building new fruitful relationships with them in the coming years and the opportunity to share experiences around film education, film production and film exhibition.”
Mr Wilson was in Galway at a film event on Friday when the city received the good news from UNESCO. He said, “I am thrilled that Galway has been designated as a UNESCO City of Film, a title truly befitting a city with such rich film credentials. Home to Ireland’s longest running film association and the Irish Film Board and with breathtaking locations there is a real buzz around all things film in the city. “
