Ten years now for this contest dedicated to raising awareness about our responsibility regarding respect for Human Rights, not only in the world, also in our small societies and, why not say it, even in our own environment. Committed cinema, but, as Javier Vilalta says in the interview we published in the AU in February, that wants to move us to action. The opening of the Humans Fest will take place on Thursday 14/2 at the Talía theater, venue where the Pau i Justicia Award will be presented, with the screening of the documentary The silence of others by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar on the victims of Francoism. From there, There are eight days of screenings divided into several sections and parallel activities. Titles like Make sense together de Ellen Ugelstad, Golden down girls de Håvard Bustnes et al Eve is a bat: an intersex story by Floriane Devignenos approach issues such as mental health, the expansion of far-right ideologies in Europe or sexual diversity, in the feature films section.
The screenings of feature films and short films are joined by various parallel activities. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, This year the festival wanted to have the collaboration of the sister festival that is held in the city where the famous trials against Nazism took place, el Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival, with which different debates and screenings have been organized. Besides, This year the Human Fest will have a parallel section dedicated to Romani cinema, namely, cinema produced and made by people of the gypsy ethnic group. Next to this, the section one minute, a rightwill put us on the track of the defense of Human Rights from the perspective of high school and university students. One minute is enough to raise awareness. The section Barrexat, finally, will draw attention to different issues such as the feminist struggle in Palestine with This fight is for life carried out by the Feminist Brigade for Palestine, or the exploitation of resources in Africa with Tigernut by Eva Fernández and Andoni Monforte. next year, further. Happy birthday! G.LEON
