4 Stori am Dorri'n Rhydd Generation Beth

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-We're between 18 and 34 years old.

-There are 100 million of us

-in Europe. We're a new generation.

-4 stories about breaking free

-Greece

-I'm searching for things

-to make me the man I want to be...

-..in the world today.

-Cardiff, Wales

-When I compare myself to others,

-I don't feel like an adult.

-But I'm not a child anymore.

-Italy

-I'm 33, and still live with

-my parents for financial reasons.

-Brussels, Belgium

-I don't feel like an adult.

-Being an adult is to be financially

-independent, and I'm not.

-I need certificates to be free

-I'm Margaux, I'm 24.

-I live in Brussels.

-I always ask myself, what do I want

-from life? Where do I see myself?

-I juggle several things

-at the same time.

-I'm working and studying.

-I need to gain experience.

-Music is important to me.

-We had a piano at home.

-I started to play when I was seven.

-You've been selected to appear

-on "Pour La Gloire"!

-MARGAUX SINGS IN FRENCH

-I'm a musician, pianist,

-composer and singer.

-Music is challenging,

-but I'm motivated.

-I've known Alice and Clara

-since I was ten.

-I teach children

-in a school in Brussels...

-..as part of my teacher licence

-programme.

-I've already graduated

-in another subject.

-I didn't set out to be a teacher.

-But I'm passionate about it.

-I have a social role. It's good to

-transfer knowledge. I feel useful.

-# Do, do, do, do, so, do, re, mi

-# Re, do #

-That was brilliant! Well done!

-Let's sing the notes again.

-Three and four...

-# Do, do, do, do, so,

-do, re, mi, re, do #

-I'll sing the rest.

-# Do, do, so, do, re, mi

-# Re, do #

-I dream of a new life

-My name is Alexandros, I'm 32.

-This is Dimitra, my partner.

-Kosmas, our dog,

-is a character and fun.

-This is one of my heroes

-from the past.

-I love SpongeBob.

-After leaving school...

-..I had to choose what to study,

-like everyone else.

-I decided to study music technology

-and sound recording.

-Now I'm more interested

-in permaculture.

-In the future, we want to leave

-the city and start a family.

-We'd like to be self-sufficient...

-..cultivating our garden

-and using wind and solar energy.

-And also have a healthy family.

-That's my dream with Alexandros.

-A family, but also a community.

-In a sense, to find a way...

-..to share a meaningful life...

-..with other people.

-My generation grew up in flats...

-..between four walls,

-watching TV with the family.

-It's one thing to go out

-for a coffee or a beer.

-But what would it be like

-to work together?

-Produce something together,

-share the work and profit!

-I support myself to be free

-I'm Efa. I'm 24.

-I live in Cardiff, Wales.

-I also go under the name of

-Efa Supertramp.

-It's the name

-of my acoustic project.

-I play a lot of gigs

-all over the place.

-# Frustration feeds creation

-# And we don't ask

-for your permission #

-I studied journalism here

-for three years.

-I was surprised to receive

-a first class degree.

-I decided not to carry on studying.

-It would cost 5,000

-to do a master's degree.

-It's cheap compared

-to some universities.

-But I'd still have to find 5,000...

-..and then I'd need money to live

-and pay the rent.

-It's hard if you don't have

-the money behind you...

-..to continue your education.

-It's great being back on my bike.

-I've been away for six weeks,

-gigging all over Europe.

-There have been a lot of changes

-in my life lately.

-I ended a long-term relationship.

-I left a safe and cool job.

-I have nowhere to live.

-I'm sofa surfing between friends,

-technically homeless.

-I'm almost 25, and trying to figure

-out what I'm doing with my life!

-It's kind of scary,

-but exciting, too.

-# Our voices will echo

-through the darkness

-# And our dreams will be

-what we want them to

-# We create, create, create,

-yeah, we create the future

-# Recreate, create, create,

-yeah, recreate your future #

-I need to leave home

-to start a family

-I'm Claudia, I live in Monopoli

-in the province of Bari...

-..in Italy, Europe, the world.

-I'm 33.

-I still live with my parents.

-Yes, I know this sounds weird

-in Europe.

-Good morning! Come in!

-I'm 33, and still live with

-my parents for financial reasons.

-Oh, well. It's very pink.

-Yes, it's a bit too pink.

-I've lived here since I was five.

-I had two sisters, so three beds.

-All the photos

-mean something to me...

-..significant times and people...

-..my best friends and family...

-..and lovely places.

-Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany

-is one of my favourite places.

-I share a lot on Facebook,

-mainly photos.

-As they say, "If you're not

-on Facebook, you don't exist!"

-This is a photo of the three men

-in my life.

-Luca, who I hope to marry,

-God willing...

-..and my best friends,

-Ingo and Francesco.

-That was in February.

-Wow! Time flies.

-I'm a tour guide. I work in Apulia.

-Tourists sent me these photos.

-This is me in Matera with my banner.

-Good morning, everyone!

-I'm Claudia, your guide for the day.

-I'm a top class guide,

-so I'll stand here.

-Monopoli is the loveliest city

-in the world!

-Like the game?

-Like the game?

-

-No!

-People immediately fall in love

-with this city.

-It has the sea, art, culture

-and 4,000 years of history.

-How can you not love it?!

-How are you, uncle?

-Hello!

-My uncle.

-Look at the wonderful views

-from here.

-The old town

-is obviously the best place.

-Many young people leave

-because they can't find work.

-It's a shame, they leave in tears.

-They miss the place.

-They miss their country.

-I considered moving to Germany.

-My relationship with Luca

-kept me here.

-I couldn't force him to leave.

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-We're going to Andros, a special

-place for me, where I grew up.

-At the moment...

-..I'm looking

-for a direction in my life.

-I'd like to come back

-to this island.

-If I decide to settle

-in the countryside...

-..it will be on the island.

-In the old days...

-..the people

-who lived in the country...

-..set aside different tasks...

-..for different

-months, weeks, seasons.

-The people had many skills...

-..from building houses

-to looking after their animals.

-They cultivated the land

-and played music.

-They did a variety of things.

-I'd like to be the same.

-Living like that would feel

-natural to me.

-With permaculture,

-I'm discovering economic models...

-..offering work that is creative...

-..where people are equals.

-Decisions are taken jointly.

-There is no leader

-whom everyone else follows.

-Happiness?

-Sometimes, doing nothing!

-Sometimes.

-I've been coming to Andros

-since I was three years old.

-I feel at one with nature.

-I built tree houses

-with my brothers...

-..and learnt about nature.

-We'd run down the stairs

-like "wild goats"...

-..as the villagers would say.

-I don't think the boy in me

-has disappeared altogether.

-And now I'm 32...

-..I'm beginning to think

-about bigger projects.

-I'm looking for things that

-will make me a better person...

-..in the present world...

-..the small world of Andros,

-of the city, of my friends.

-Brussels, Belgium

-You enjoy life, but you don't

-live with your mum anymore.

-You're right. I see her every

-Sunday to enjoy playing the piano.

-I looked for my own place

-for a long time.

-I house-share here.

-I wanted to live in another area.

-I lived with my mum for a long time.

-It was nice because we get on well.

-There came a point when I had

-to leave. It was the right time.

-Do Dad and I

-give you enough money?

-I'm doing well because I never

-stop working. I'm not short of cash.

-I work from Monday to Friday,

-then there are gigs on the weekend.

-I've made loads of money this month.

-Before long, maybe you could

-pay the costs that I'm paying.

-Which ones?

-Health and mutual insurance.

-Shouldn't we wait

-until I finish college?

-It'll be your responsibility

-from January.

-I'll pay the health insurance.

-You don't have to,

-but it's important.

-Very important.

-Is there anything else?

-I don't think so.

-Is that all?

-Is that all?

-

-I think so.

-I was thinking, as I'm doing

-quite well financially...

-..you and Dad

-could give me less money.

-Brilliant!

-What do you think?

-Wait a while. It's early days.

-Wait a while. It's early days.

-

-OK. I'll wait.

-You don't get paid

-during the summer holidays.

-PLAYS PIANO

-Where is the ginger?

-In the section in front of you.

-Great! Thanks!

-It's wrapped in plastic.

-Wrapped ginger...?

-I don't know what the future holds,

-and that's brilliant.

-I hope I'll meet wonderful people.

-The future is full of excitement.

-It doesn't scare me.

-I have metaphysical and existential

-anxieties, like many people.

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-Cardiff, Wales

-I was already quite independent

-when I first came to Cardiff.

-I played a lot of gigs.

-I took a year out to travel.

-I went to Hawaii on my own

-for three months.

-I worked on farms

-and hitchhiked around the islands.

-Then I went to Nepal and India

-by myself a little after that.

-That was quite a nuts experience.

-There was a Maoist strike

-when I was in Kathmandu.

-A million people

-took to the streets.

-That was the first

-big protest I'd seen.

-It's partly why

-I chose to study journalism.

-I was interested

-in why that happened...

-..why the people were angry with the

-government, what was the history.

-I wanted to tell their stories

-and understand the world.

-# There's no point sitting round #

-I came across Dumpster Diving

-in university.

-It wasn't about cheaper living...

-..but avoiding giving money

-to supermarkets.

-I take what they throw away

-and use it for energy.

-The stuff from the bins

-keeps me alive.

-# Flowers will grow

-through the rubble #

-Oh!

-I've just got some food

-from the supermarket bin.

-This isn't much. Usually I get more.

-The grapes were thrown out

-because the packaging was damaged.

-There is a multi-pack of peppers.

-They were thrown out

-because the plastic was torn.

-There's nothing wrong with it.

-It's perfect, really.

-I'll rinse everything

-before eating them.

-Loads of bananas.

-It really annoys me.

-There are always bananas in the bin.

-These came from Ecuador.

-Bananas are grown in poor countries.

-That's annoying. Handy for me,

-but not for the rest of the world.

-Bread and courgettes.

-They need to be trimmed a bit.

-Yoghurt. That's enough food

-for a couple of days.

-There's plenty to share

-with friends.

-This was a wild Saturday night.

-We've got carrots and celery,

-carrots and celery!

-EFA LAUGHS

-It's nuts how quickly

-ten years have passed.

-I was into the idea of destruction.

-I was angry and felt there was

-something wrong with the world.

-I still feel like that.

-Now I've grown up,

-and met different people...

-..I'm more into the idea

-of building something better...

-..and working on projects that might

-make just a small difference...

-..to a few people.

-It's too easy to say,

-"wreck everything."

-It's harder to stay put

-and work things out.

-# We are frustrated at the world #

-Food brings people together.

-I've spent the last three years

-doing "Food Not Bombs Cardiff".

-We use food that would go to waste

-to feed the homeless.

-I was involved in setting it up.

-How do you say

-"free food for everyone" in Welsh?

-"Bwyd am ddim i bawb."

-Free food for everyone!

-Free food!

-# We paint the streets

-with our thoughts and dreams #

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-Greece

-When I came back in October and saw

-the landscape, I said to myself...

-"..I don't need to see anywhere

-else, the whole world is beautiful."

-We're going to Kohylou, half an hour

-from our house, to meet Asimina.

-She has established

-a social cooperative.

-Can we help?

-No.

-I'll add this, then we'll sit down

-and I'll get you a drink.

-We live on Andros, and

-want people to come here to live.

-I want to help anyone

-who settles on the island.

-One reason why we created

-the social cooperative...

-..was to have more members

-to share our ideas and dreams.

-We want to help them change.

-Our association can help

-them take care of several things.

-For the common good of the island.

-It's very inspiring to us,

-that's how I feel.

-I agree.

-It will allow us to talk about

-our perspectives and dreams...

-..what we want for ourselves,

-for this island.

-Cardiff

-# The best is arriving

-# We have more fun than we should #

-EFA LAUGHS

-A lot of people say music

-and art can't change the world.

-But music made me who I am.

-Music gave me ideas,

-to question everything.

-# We have more fun than we should

-# Stop and dance to the beat #

-People always say I smile loads.

-I like that when you smile,

-you make other people smile too.

-I think it's important to laugh

-the serious stuff out of your life.

-Actually, I did laughing yoga

-in a festival in Spain.

-Are you stressed out, depressed?

-You want to bring more laughter

-in your life? Try laughter yoga.

-EFA LAUGHS

-ALL LAUGH

-I did a course, so now I'm a

-certified laughter yoga teacher...

-..which is a hilarious

-idea in itself!

-We set up a club

-which meets every week in Cardiff.

-I get to laugh all my stress away.

-LAUGHTER

-Brussels

-PROPOSES TOAST

-PHRASE IS REPEATED

-Do you think...

-..today in Europe,

-we have the "opportunity"...

-..to be able to wait

-before becoming adults?

-We can do several diplomas.

-We can do several diplomas.

-

-Here, you can wait until you're 35.

-You can try something,

-then something else.

-If your parents or the state

-support you financially.

-You can wait for a long time

-before deciding what to do.

-Many musicians at the conservatory

-enrol in another master's course.

-I totally understand them.

-Working is another story.

-It's a pleasure to study.

-It's a real pleasure.

-You learn things. It's stimulating.

-But at the same time, we want

-to be an active part of society.

-I've learned enough.

-I also want to become

-an active part of society.

-It seems to be a productive vision.

-The question is, do we get bored

-with working for five or ten years?

-You do something else.

-But you don't really want to.

-You don't want to be

-only an object in society.

-You may want to study again.

-With wine.

-With wine.

-

-To Brussels!

-We can't drink Palinka wine now.

-We can't drink Palinka wine now.

-

-It's the correct order.

-Really? OK!

-Wait...

-Blind test!

-You can have two guesses.

-PLAYS PIANO

-Bach!

-Bach!

-

-Well done.

-That's why you worked

-for six months.

-ALL LAUGH

-Hello! Good evening!

-I'm Luca, Claudia's fiance.

-The first time I met Claudia...

-..it was over there,

-behind that building.

-I walked round her...

-..and tried to greet her.

-I said "Hello!"

-But she didn't even

-turn or look at me.

-"Just go away!"

-Come closer!

-Our love has lasted

-sixteen years and three months.

-August, September, October.

-August, September, October.

-

-Three months.

-DOORBELL

-DOORBELL

-

-Do you mind?

-DOORBELL

-Good morning! Sorry.

-I'm the youngest of four.

-I always say...

-..I am what my parents,

-brothers and sisters taught me.

-Today, deep-fried seafood! You

-can tell that we are in Monopoli.

-Turn on the light.

-Turn on the light.

-

-He has filmed it.

-He tells me what to do, not you!

-You go crazy here!

-LAUGHTER

-Let's go to mum. OK, to auntie.

-Living at home is good in one way.

-It's convenient.

-Parents are convenient.

-Mum cooks and prepares things.

-But it clearly limits

-my independence.

-BACKGROUND CONVERSATION

-The Tower Of Babel

-falls here every Sunday!

-It's difficult

-to sustain our relationship...

-..when we're apart.

-We both live in separate houses,

-with our parents.

-As time goes by, it gets harder

-to say goodbye every night...

-..and wait until the next day

-before seeing each other again.

-We can't share the joy

-of daily life in our own house.

-I'm not afraid of living together.

-I already feel at home with him.

-Are you afraid?

-Are you afraid?

-

-No.

-Come on, tell me the truth,

-Come on, tell me the truth,

-

-No! I'm not afraid.

-Luca has a degree in philosophy.

-He's looking for a job.

-It's even difficult

-to find part-time work.

-Tourism is seasonal.

-I only work a few months a year.

-Weddings are very expensive.

-You don't just invite

-close family and a few uncles.

-No, you invite your uncle, cousin...

-..the cousin's uncle,

-his uncle's cousin.

-Automatically,

-you celebrate your wedding...

-..with 100, 150, 200 people.

-It would be great to get married

-the way I celebrate my birthdays...

-..sharing a focaccia,

-out in the countryside...

-..on a summer night.

-Nice and fast.

-It would be great. We'll see.

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-Welcome to Cricieth!

-Cardiff, Wales

-I lived in three places

-when I was growing up.

-Bethesda, about an hour away...

-..Whakatane, in New Zealand...

-..and here, Cricieth.

-When I come home from Cardiff...

-..this is where I come,

-because my parents live here.

-I like it, because

-after being in the city...

-..it's really relaxing, by the sea.

-And obviously,

-I like being with my family.

-LAUGHTER

-Hello!

-In the government's eyes,

-you're an adult when you're 18.

-When I turned 18,

-my parents gave me an amazing gift.

-Eighteen

-Mum wrote a few pages

-about each year of my life.

-My dad made a book of photos...

-..from the time mum was pregnant...

-..to when I was 18

-with "The Stilletoes".

-This is probably one

-of my most precious belongings.

-The photos are amazing.

-It's great to have

-a father who is a photographer.

-Mum was only 20 when she had me.

-Seeing this photo is strange. She's

-four years younger than me now.

-She just looks like mum to me.

-I'm not sure if I want children.

-I suppose it depends

-on who I meet...

-..and if you can see

-yourselves having fun doing that.

-But not anytime soon, anyway!

-When I was young,

-I wanted to travel.

-I'd been to France as a teenager.

-But I've never seen all

-the countries you've been to.

-You had two brats on your knee!

-Yes, I had two children

-when I was your age.

-I wouldn't call them brats!

-It's great having children

-when you're young.

-It's great to travel as well!

-It's great to travel as well!

-

-Yes.

-Doing both would be the answer.

-Doing both would be the answer.

-

-Maybe.

-What was in that letter?

-I owe the Student Loans Company...

-..22,461.14.

-You don't have to repay it

-until you earn a certain amount.

-I think I repaid a little last year.

-I think I repaid a little last year.

-

-Wow.

-But it's 331 more this year.

-Why? You're not in college now.

-It's interest.

-How are you going to pay that off?

-Oh, yes, busking.

-Yes.

-I don't have to pay it off,

-that's the point.

-The aim is to die...

-..before they get 22,000 from me!

-Especially if

-there's interest on it.

-It'll be 50,000 by the time I'm 30!

-Brussels, Belgium

-# Standing on a hill

-in my mountain of dreams

-# Telling myself it's not

-as hard, as hard as it seems #

-Finally, you and mum

-are totally connected...

-..a lot of love,

-care and presence...

-..and an educational project you

-created together over the years.

-It's great!

-At a certain point...

-..we help you discover things

-and you like it or you don't.

-It depends on your personality.

-But Margaux and you share

-a passion for music.

-I have the feeling that you two

-had a kind of musical fusion.

-You were carried

-by dad's enthusiasm and support.

-And you see Margaux like that.

-But your mum and I,

-it's a part of our...

-..educational credo.

-As in a class...

-..we guide children, or students...

-..to do what they are born to do.

-Italy

-Even if it scares me, I like

-driving. I can be independent.

-I don't always have to ask Luca to

-take me somewhere, especially work.

-It's become difficult.

-Everyone has things to do.

-It's nice like this.

-It gives me the chance to drive...

-..out of Monopoli, whenever I want.

-As a person, I'm a sort of mix...

-..of liberal

-and conservative values...

-..my family and

-a profoundly Catholic education.

-My spirituality, my religion...

-..helped shape my identity.

-I am grateful to God

-for what I am and what I have.

-Everything is a gift. Really.

-Even meeting Luca is a gift.

-I think it's through Luca...

-..that God gives me strength.

-Yes.

-We often talk about religion...

-..what it means to me, to my atheist

-friends, to my gay friends.

-It changed me a lot...

-..and made me more open-minded...

-..more aware of what I am

-and more respectful of others.

-I have beliefs, but it doesn't

-mean I think others should.

-It's part of growing up, certainly.

-I'm not nostalgic.

-Some say, "It was better

-when we were in school."

-No, actually, it's better at 30.

-You're more aware

-of what you did in your past.

-At 20, you fear the future.

-There are many years ahead.

-You don't know what you want to do.

-Greece

-Did you meet your friends?

-Did you meet anyone

-you want to work with?

-Yes, we went

-to Asimina's place again.

-She told us about the cooperative.

-If we take her way of life

-as an example...

-..living here requires

-doing several things.

-We've already talked

-about how I see myself here.

-I'll have my own work.

-But also at community level...

-..I'll work with other people.

-For example, food production...

-..managing fields or ecosystems.

-Why not something on a larger scale,

-like educational projects...

-..or agritourism?

-OK. Will you do that with Dimitra?

-Will you work on something together?

-Almost everything.

-Almost everything.

-

-Everything?

-Every day.

-Then your life will be here.

-It's our goal for the future.

-You'll have to.

-It was very encouraging

-to see people here...

-..who share our views and mindset.

-Individuals who respect and want to

-promote a traditional lifestyle...

-..but with a modern mindset.

-That's what Asimina said today.

-I was touched,

-because it's a nice combination.

-Today, you know that banks

-are reluctant to hand out loans.

-Do you have plans...

-..to obtain the capital you need?

-A substantial sum of money

-is always needed to start.

-It's very hard to succeed

-with only a little money.

-The situation

-isn't at all certain. Be careful.

-Fortunately, you can rely

-on people, friends, family...

-..who will support you.

-Good luck!

-# Staying in the middle of the road

-# I don't want to walk with you #

-So far, I've been more like you

-than mum, in terms of a career.

-Have you? You're doing quite well.

-Am I?

-You do what you like doing.

-You do what you like doing.

-

-Yes.

-You make a living out of it.

-Kind of!

-So that's OK, I think.

-Is it?

-You don't think I'll regret it?

-In what way?

-Regretting enjoying yourself?

-Maybe.

-You're enthusiastic about it. You

-never know what will come of it.

-# I'm scared of nothing #

-Why are you worried

-about things like that?

-I don't know. Pressures?

-Expectations?

-Whose expectations? Yours?

-I don't know.

-I feel that people want me

-to do something more valid...

-..or more secure, maybe.

-Who wants that?

-I don't know.

-Sometimes, mum suggests

-that I do another course...

-..or even completely

-rethink what I'm doing.

-She's offering ideas.

-I don't think she's worried.

-She's proud of what you do.

-She's offering ideas, possibilities.

-That's what I think she's doing.

-Sometimes I feel she's disappointed.

-I don't think so. No.

-# I'm scared of nothing,

-except falling for you #

-For the moment, I don't have a...

-I'd like to find a nice guy...

-..who is enthusiastic and inspiring.

-A real partner.

-Someone I can rely on.

-That's what I miss.

-For the rest, I'm very happy.

-If I could make a wish?

-Gosh!

-I don't know. It's strange.

-Yes, after getting married,

-I'd like to travel.

-I'd like to travel a lot with Luca.

-To travel all the time.

-To work enough to be able

-to travel often.

-I'm going to live

-in Eastville, Bristol...

-..with my friend

-and her twelve-year-old daughter.

-I've never lived in England before.

-It will be different.

-Everyone will speak English!

-I know a few people who speak Welsh

-there, so I hope I can carry on.

-I can always phone mum!

-It's a new phase.

-I hope it goes well.

-Wish me luck.

-Before, I wanted

-to change the world...

-..like all young people, I guess.

-After a while, I realized...

-..I first needed

-to take care of myself.

-To find out who I am, my worries,

-interests, qualities, weaknesses...

-..and what to do with that.

-Sometimes, I worry

-about my unborn child.

-Into what kind of world

-will it be born?

-In a world like "Mad Max"?

-Or a world we can call paradise?

-S4C Subtitles by Gwead

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