XII Humans Fest

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under the shadow, again, of the threat of a new confinement caused by the incidence of Covid-19, A new edition of this contest is scheduled, one more year, wants to put Valencia at the center of reflection on Human Rights in the world. The Humans Fest poster contains a long selection of screenings, as well as round tables and meetings between the public and prestigious guests. As a novelty, este año las actividades paralelas se celebrarán tanto en forma presencial como online. So, tendrán lugar hasta diez debates en línea con personalidades como la exalcaldesa de Madrid, Manuela Carmena, el exjuez Baltasar Garzón, Joaquim Bosch, member of the Judges for Democracy association, and the Italian activist Hervé Falciani. Already in the Official Feature Film Section, encontramos piezas como El pájaro pintado, de Václav Marhoul, Tres veranos de la brasileña Sandra Kogut, Where are you going to Aida? by Jasmila Zbanic, about the Balkan war, y los debuts de Gael García Bernal con Chicuarotes y Ai Weiwei con Vivos, tape that recounts the disappearance of 43 children in Ayotzinapa, Mexico. The festival premieres, besides, new section with the title “Childhood and youth”, with which it aims to approach the youngest with two sections. Una dedicada a webseries, in which four projects will be presented, y otra dedicada al mundo gamer, dedicated to video games with social themes. Young people will also be protagonists of a section dedicated to works carried out by students, y la sección oficial de cortometrajes estará dedicada igualmente a la aplicación de los Derechos Humanos en el entorno de la infancia y la juventud. This year, The Pau i Justicia award will go to Josefina Molina who, in 1969, She became the first woman filmmaker in Spain recognized with the title of director/director. Entre sus trabajos audiovisuales encontramos películas como Vera, a cruel tale (1974), night function (1981) o Esquilache (1989), además de series como El camino (1978), Teresa of Jesus (1984) o Entre naranjos (1998). G.LEON