TransformArt: Art as a means of social transformation 15th edition of the International Human Rights Film Festival, organized by the DerHumALC Multimedia Institute, ended on Wednesday August 14 in the City of Buenos Aires. The general approach of this year, TransformArt: Art as a means of social transformation, inspired our work search and encouraged the selection of the figures which are helping us to build this meeting and creative reflection space. The program of this 15th edition Festival was composed by a selection of 83 titles, documentaries, animations and fictions, 37 only for the Schools Section, from 24 countries.
Sections, Windows and Focuses Apart from the traditional sections (Enviroment, Native Peoples, Childhood and Youth, Gender Views, Migrants, Memory and Panorama) and the Window to Naples, this year’s innovation was the special Window to Cine FÊrtil, where we have discussed with both, the Saharan and the Palestinian subjects, through two important thematic cores; likewise, we have opened the Window to Germany, in collaboration with the Goethe Institute and the Window to San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival, with our partner in the International Human Rights Film Network. For the third time we presented the successful Focus on Colombia and Focus on Middle East.
Special Activities & Schools Section This year we had the pleasure of having the presence of more than 20 International Guests and 50 Nationals Guests. In the framework of the Special Activities, panel debates, meetings between the public and authors, workshops, exhibitions and performances, helped to stimulate the debate generated by the film schedule. Almost 2,000 young people between 12 and 18 years participated with their schools, juvenile institutions, or educational programs, in the screenings and activities of the Schools Section.
Competitions 25 movies from 14 countries participated in the Competitions under evaluation of three Official Juries, one for each contest, plus the traditional Signis Jury and Art students from the Faculty of
Philosophy and Literature (UBA) Jury.
In the Closing Ceremony of Tuesday August 13, held in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the prizes have been awarded to the winners of this 15th edition of the Festival.
Feature Films Official Competition Juries: Lucía Capozzo, Pedro Zurita, Lucía Puenzo, Carlos A. “Gandhi” Gonzalez and Mariela Pugliese
First Prize Aquafilms, US$ 5.000 Granito de Arena by Pamela Yates Because the documentary represented a vehicle for the political and social transformation in Guatemala; it’s a document that provided evidence and testimony to begin the trial for the genocide of the Mayan people during the dictatorship of Efrain Rios Montt. Yates Pamela's work has been constructed by adding each bit with coherence for the justice. The jury emphasizes also a common theme that crosses many of the films presented: the business of weapon and the tragic consequences that it generates.
Mention Nosilatiaj, la belleza by Daniela Seggiaro Debut of a young filmmaker that reveals the condition of invisibility that subjects women. The protagonist finds his own identity in the recovery of their language and family space.
Short and Medium - Length Films Competition Juries: Lita Stantic, Ricardo Manetti and Gast贸n Chiller
First Prize Transparency International, US$ 2.000 Thank God it's friday by Jan Beddegenoodts Because it shows the Israeli-Palestinian conflict movingly, through daily situations that reflect two different realities making clear who is the oppressor.
Mention Mu Drua by Mileydi Orozco Because proposes a universal topic, the uprooting from the perspective of a child who longs for a lost world, with accurate images that convey sensations.
Argentinian Documentary Films Competition Juries: Carmen Guarini, Luis Gonzales Zaffaroni and Rodrigo Vila
First Prize Alta Definici贸n Argentina Postproduction Services A帽os de calle by Alejandra Grinschpun
*New* Jury composed by Art Students from the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (UBA) Juries: Laura Contreras, Mara Guevara and Alejandro Olivera
Award Best Argentinian Movie AR$ 10.000 AĂąos de Calle by Alejandra Grinschpun For using the camera as a tool to link ethics
and
artistically
to
the
reality,
and showing, with an historical perspective, other possibilities of social transformation in a vulnerable context.
Mention Nosilatiaj, la belleza by Daniela Seggiaro
Mention El Ăşltimo quilombo by Alberto Masliah
Jurado SIGNIS Argentina Asociaci贸n Cat贸lica para la Comunicaci贸n Juries: Luis Kramer, Alfredo ''Fredy'' Friedlander and Tomas Lipgot
First Prize Ai WeiWei: never sorry by Alison Klayman Because it valorizes the art as a tool for social change, through the diffusion of the work of one of the most
renowned artists banned and
persecuted in his country.
First Mention No fire zone: the killing fields of Sri Lanka by Callum MacRae Because it have denounced and irrefutably proved war crimes systematically denied by the governing power.
Second Mention The act of killing by Joshua Oppenheimer For make visible the hidden face of fascism through the recreation of the massacres of the communist opponents to the Indonesian dictatorship.
Audience Vote
Also our public, men and women of all ages who share humanitarian values and live the festival as a collective experience that goes beyond the simple entertainment, could vote the competition films.
Award Best Movie Thank God it's friday by Jan Beddegenoodts
Staff We are proud of the collaboration of about 150 volunteers who came to participate in the project, each one bringing professionalism and passion.
For the first time we adjudged scholarships to course in the Vocational Training Centre of the Union of Film Industry Argentina to three volunteers.
Good Pitch² Buenos Aires Within the framework of the 15th International Film Festival on Human Rights, we have been proud to host the first edition of Good Pitch² Buenos Aires, carried out by Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and DerHumALC Multimedia Institute. On Saturday August 10 at the Cultural Center of Memory Haroldo Conti, we appreciated the presentation of El Vals de los Inútiles, 9.70, Territorios and Mujeres con Pelotas. The high-impact presentations, like all proposals, ideologies and positions shared by the participants have been generated in the audience what would be the purpose of the event: forging alliances between filmmakers and society, aiming at social transformation through the documentary.
Venues 2013 ● Gaumont Cinema - INCAA ● Alliance Francaise of Buenos Aires ● General Archive of the Nation ● La Casona Iluminada ● National Congress Library ● Cosmos Cinema - UBA ● San Martin Cultural Center ● Cultural Center of Memory Haroldo Conti ● Empire Theatre ● Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center ● H.I.J.O.S. Militancy House ● Paco Urondo Cultural Center
Diffusion This year we have counted with the coverage of about 150 media, national and international. Essential the support of Pรกgina 12 whose dossier of Sunday August 4 was crucial for the Festival diffusion. Also many virtual media published our schedule making this Festival a real participated moment.
Festival The International Film Festival on Human Rights, organized by the DerHumALC Multimedia Institute, is held annually in the cities of Buenos Aires and Santiago del Estero (Argentine). It intends to create a space for reflection and debate and add value to Human Rights concerns by means of the artistic representation entailed in quality filmmaking. In this event, social and political films meet in documentary, fiction and animation formats.
The International Film Festival of Human Rights has been declared of Cultural Interest by the Chamber of Deputies, by the Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and by the Ministry of Culture of the Presidency of the Nation. The Honour Committee is composed by Rigoberta Menchú, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Tati Almeida, Patricia Erb y Darío Fo. The Counsel Committee is composed by Jorge Denti, Mimmo Calopresti, Patrice Vivancos, Mariano Metsman y Humberto Ríos.
Link to the 15th edition video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU1ZqwEgZ9U
It's supported by the City Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the Chamber of Deputies, the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo Association, the Madres de Plaza de Mayo Founding Line Association, H.I.J.O.S., the Organization of Ibero-American States, the U.S. Embassy in Argentina and the German Embassy in Buenos Aires. coordinacion@imd.org.ar www.imd.org.ar/festival
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