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93</ul></nav><a class='mob-menu-button fa fa-bars'><span>Menu</span></a></div><div class="wrapContent"><div class="header-text about-us"><h2><span>Stories</span> is an intensive residential filmmaking laboratory run in cities across the world by the British Council and Scottish Documentary Institute.</h2></div></div></div></header><div id="layerslider_2_v1x8a6z7dxv1" class="ls-wp-container fitvidsignore" style="width:1400px;height:650px;margin:0 auto;margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="ls-slide" data-ls="kenburnsscale:1.2;"><img width="1400" height="650" src="https://www.storiesproject.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Stories_
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94<p class="mb-2"><span style="color: #000000;">To date we have run Stories in Amman, <strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Benghazi, Tripoli, Rabat, Dhaka, Karachi, Ramallah, Syria, Gaza, Hanoi, Jakarta, Beijing, Hangzhou, Myanmar, East Africa and Kenya</span></strong>. The films produced offer surprising and nuanced insights into these cities through strong, character-led stories.</span></p>
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114						<p style="text-align: left;">Established in 2004 by Noe Mendelle to nurture documentary filmmakers and audiences in Scotland and beyond. Scottish Documentary Institute specialises in documentary training, production and distribution, supporting filmmakers through its diverse programme of international activities and high quality training programmes. Bridging art and industry, SDI is committed to supporting authored films driven by content and emotional experience</p>
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