SUMMARY OF THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
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Networking, Identities in Contact
Cine Gaumont Espacio Incaa Km 0 Centro Cultural de la Memoria Haroldo Conti Alianza Francesa de Buenos Aires Asociaci贸n Cultural Armenia Bama Cine Arte Auditorio Manuel Belgrano, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
Centro Cultural Rector Ricardo Rojas Fundaci贸n Mercedes Sosa Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno Biblioteca del Congreso de La Naci贸n Teatro Nacional Cervantes Subsede Teatro Municipal Gregorio Laferrere, Mor贸n
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JUNE 17th to 24th
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16TH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL “NETWORKING, IDENTITIES IN CONTACT” The International Human Rights Film Festival was born out of the need to widen cultural perspectives with a social focus, through cinematography as a means of increasing cultural sensitivity. As a special thematic and conceptual axis, the International Human Rights Film Festival adopted for this festival the motto “Networking, identities in contact.” It emphasizes how platforms of communication have expanded to create space for the collective construction of individual identities, connected by affinity and necessity, and redefining geographic and cultural distances. To summarize, during the weeklong festival, there were 112 documentaries showcased from 39 countries, of which 34 were part of the Official Competition. Thus the festival presented films of international and national content. Additionally, we welcomed 23 international guests along with 21 national guests. With 11 screens across the city of Buenos Aires and a secondary location in the municipality of Morón in the province of Buenos AIres, we received around 10,500 viewers. In addition to our team of 35 members, we had the support and commitment of more than 130 volunteers collaborating in various areas.
VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF “NETWORKING, IDENTITIES IN CONTACT” SUB PHOTOGRAPHERS COOPERATIVE Accompanying the conceptual frame of the 16th International Human Rights Film Festival in regards to the collective construction of identity and its close connection, The Festival collaborated with the Alliance Française of Buenos Aires to present a photo gallery emerging from the heart of the network: the vision of the Sub Photographers Cooperative. Born in 2004, Sub serves as a space for collaborative work in which ideas and approaches to collective identity are shared and developed through photographic investigation. After lengthy collaboration with the International Human Rights Film Festival, Sub brought to the Festival its vision along with photography in the following categories: Gender Views, Childhood and Youth, Migrants, Panorama, Environment, Native Peoples, Sport and Human Rights, and Schools. Their members, Gisela Volá, Nicolas Pousthomis, Gabriela Mitidieri, Gerónimo Molina, Martín Barzilai, Verónica Borsani y Olmo Calvo Rodríguez, are “above all, storytellers.”
Environment Category Doctor of traditional medicine gathers plants to prepare traditional, natural remedies, Callapa, Bolivia, 2013
Childhood and Youth Category Summer in Villa Soldatí, Buenos Aires, 2011.
Memory Category Florencia and her son at the Dario and Maxi Station (Avellaneda), Buenos Aires, 2010.
Migrant Category Woman in Somalia, in her room in the refugee center in Malta, 2013.
Gender Views Category Juan Pablo, fan of Gilda at the Chacarita Cemetery, Buenos Aires, 2012.
Sport and Human Rights Category Children playing baseball, Cuba, 2010
Panorama Category Hospital Borda, Buenos Aires, 2012.
Native Peoples Category Midwife Leonarda Rojas Quispe, 60 years old, helps Zenobia Ramos Mamani, 38 years old, 38 weeks pregnant, at her house in Patacamaya. Bolivia, 2014.
Schools Category Children at School No. 1 of Luján, 2011.
PRESS CONFERENCE On June 11, 2015 at the Alliance Française of Buenos Aires, prior to the inauguration of the photo exhibition “Networking, Identities in Contact”, the titles selected for the Feature Films Official Competition, Short and Medium Length Films Official Competition, and Argentinian Documentary Films Official Competition were announced. Florencia Santucho (Director of the International Human Rights Film Festival) together with the Programming and Communication team headed the conference, announcing to a crowd of approximately 40 journalists the highlights of the program. Likewise, they confirmed the attendance of the international guests after the showing of “Timbuktú” by Abderrahmane Sissako, a fictional film in the Feature Films Official Competition nominated for Best Foreign Film in the 2015 Oscars. Following the press conference, the journalists and the other attendees enjoyed cocktails with the musical accompaniment of DJ Sebastián Barrionuevo.
FILMS IN THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION FILMS IN THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION AGORA by Yorgos Avgeropoulos Country: Greece/Duration: 117 min Type: Documentary/Category: Panorama Subject: Social Movements/Year: 2014
VESTIDO DE NOVIA (WEDDING DRESS) by Marilyn Solaya Country: Cuba/Duration: 104 min Type: Fiction/Category: Gender Views Subject: Transgenderism/ Year: 2014
BOXING FOR FREEDOM by Juan Antonio Moreno and Silvia Venegas Country: Spain/Duration: 74 min Type: Documentary/Category: Sport Subject: Gender/Year: 2014
TIMBUKTU by Abderrahmane Sissako Country: France/Duration: 100 min Type: Fiction/Category: Panorama Subject: Other/Year: 2014
COME TO MY VOICE by Huseyin Karabey Country: France/Duration: 101 min Type: Fiction/Category: Middle East Subject: Kurdistan/Year: 2014 PROPAGANDA by Christopher Murray Country: Chile/Duration: 61 min Type: Documentary/Category: Chilean Focus Subject: Political, Communication, Social Movements/Year: 2014
TRIANGLE by Costanza Quatriglio Country: Italy/Duration: 63 min Type: Documentary/Category: Gender Views Subject: Work/Year: 2014 IO STO CON LA SPOSA (ON THE BRIDE’S SIDE) by Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande and Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry Duration: 98 min/ Category: Immigration Country: Italy/ Year: 2014
EL TIEMPO NUBLADO (CLOUDY TIMES) by Arami Ullon Country: Paraguay/Duration: 92 min Type: Documentary/Category: Panorama Subject: Health, Senior Citizens, Migration/Year: 2014 EVERYDAY REBELLION by The Riahi Brothers Country: Austria/Duration: 110 min Type: Documentary/Category: Panorama Subject: Networking, Social Movements Year: 2013 LOS DEL SUELO (HEIRS OF THE SOIL) by Juan Baldana Country: Argentina/Duration: 109 min Type: Fiction/Category: Memory Subject: Dictatorship, Political Prisoners, Desaparecidos/Year: 2014
SHORT AND MEDIUM-FILMS: GIOVANNI EN HET WATER BALLET (GIOVANNI AND THE WATER BALLET) by Astrid Bussink Country: Holland/Duration: 17 min Type: Documentary/ Category: Sport and Human Rights Subject: Childhood and Youth, Gender/Year: 2014 A CEREMONY FOR A FRIEND by Kaveh Ebrahimpour Country: Iran / Duration: 14 min Type: Fiction/ Category: Middle East Focus Subject: Iran/ Year: 2014
TEVANIK by Jivan Avetisyan Country: Denmark, Indonesia/Duration: 98 min Type: Documental/Category: Nordic Focus Subject: Memory, Genocide/Year: 2014
LA REINA (THE QUEEN) by Manuel Abramovich Country: Argentina/Duration: 18.18 min Type: Documentary/Category: Childhood and Youth Subject: Children’s Rights/Year: 2013
THE WANTED 18 by Ina Fichman Country: Canada/Palestine/France. Duration: 75 min/ Type: Animated Documentary/ Category: Window to Movies That Matter Festival/Year: 2014
BISHTAR AZ DO SAAT (MORE THAN TWO HOURS) by Ali Asgari Country: Iran/ Duration: 15 min/Subject: Fiction Category: Panorama/Subject: Gender/Year: 2013
FILMS IN THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION ARGENTINIAN DOCUMENTARY FILMS INVISIBLE by Juan Manuel Echalecu Country: Argentina/Duration: 14 min Type: Fiction/Category: Gender Views Subject: Human trafficking /Year: 2013 PADRE (FATHER) by Santiago ´Bou´ Grasso Country: Argentina/Duration: 11 min Type: Animation/Category: Memory Subject: Dictatorship/Year: 2013 PAYADA PA' SATÁN (A LIL’ SONG FOR SATAN) by Carlos Bailseiro/ Country: Argentina/Duration: 8 min Type: Animation/Category: Environment Subject: Mining/Year: 2013 WARMIPURA (WOMEN’S CIRCLE) by Melisa Sánchez Hincapié/ Country: Bolivia/ Duration: 19 mi/ Type: Documentary/Category: Native Peoples/ Subject: Gender, yampara/Year: 2014 WHITE EARTH by J. Christian Jensen Country: United States/Duration: 20 min Type: Documentary/Category: Environment Subject: Mining/Year: 2014 VICENTA by Carla Valencia Country: Ecuador/Duration: 05.00 min Type: Animation/Category: Memory Subject: Dictatorship, Political Prisoners, Desaparecidos/Year: 2014 JUST KIDS - HOW KY TURNED INTO NIELS by Els van Driel Country: Holland/Duration: 20.00 min Type: Documentary Category: Childhood and Youth Subject: Gender Identity/Year: 2014 LISTEN by Hamy Ramezan and Rungano Nyoni Country: Finland, Denmark/Duration: 13 min Type: Fiction/Category: Nordic Focus Subject: Gender, Immigration/Year: 2014 THE BOX by Michael Schiller Country: United States/Duration: 5.25 min Type: Animation/Category: Panorama Subject: Prisons/Year: 2014
EL FUTURO ES NUESTRO (THE FUTURE IS OURS) by Ernesto Ardito and Virna Molina Country: Argentina/Duration: 110 min Type: Documentary Category: Retrospective Virna Molina and Ernesto Ardito/ Subject: Memory/Year: 2014 EL TIEMPO ENCONTRADO (RECOVERED TIME) by Eva Poncet and Marcelo Burd Country: Argentina/Duration: 86 min Type: Documentary/Category: Immigration/Year: 2013 PIEDRA LIBRE (WOMEN DANCE MEMORIES) by Alejandra Vassallo and Pía Sicardi/ Country: Argentina/Duration: 72.40 min/ Type: Documentary Category: Memory/ Subject: Dictatorship/Year: 2015 GRAN CHACO by Lucas van Esso Country: Argentina/Duration: 67.00 min Type: Documentary/Category: Environment Subject: Preservation of Land/Year: 2014 ICAROS by Georgina Barreiro Country: Argentina/Duration: 71 min Type: Documentary/Category: Original Inhabitants Year: 2014 MUJERES DE LA MINA (WOMEN OF THE MINE) by Loreley Unamuno and Malena Bystrowicz Country: Argentina/Duration: 62 min Type: Documentary/Category: Gender Views Subject: Mining/Year: 2014
FILMS EXHIBITED ENVIRONMENT Sticks and Stones. By Isaac King. Country: Canada Fractura, la maldición de los recursos. (Fracking: A Damning of Natural Resources) By Edu Glez. Country: Spain Haleema. By Boris Schaarschmidt. Country: Germany El cielo otra vez. (Heaven Again) By Gustavo Alonso. Country: Argentina Voices of Transition. By Niels Aguilar. Country: Germany The Shore Break. By Ryley Grunenwald. Country: South Africa CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH A Goat for a Vote. By Jeroen van Velzen. Country: Kenya Nacido en Gaza. (Born in Gaza) By Hernán Zin. Country: Spain Brother of Mine. By Rodrigo Vazquez. Country: United Kingdom Just Kids - The Lion and the Brave Mouse. By Els van Driel. Country: Holland Just Kids - Black and White. By Susan Koenen. Country: Holland Just Kids - Gabriel Reports on The World Cup. By Els van Driel. Country: Holland Catalina y el sol. (Catalina and the Sun) By Annapaula Honing. Country: Argentina Shemaish. By Elaf Alkanzy. Country: Sudan Acabo de tener un sueño. (I’ve Just Had a Dream) By Javi Navarro. Country: Spain Tant Pis. By Bruna Rodrigues. Country: France MEMORY
Voces de Santa Lucía. (Voices of Santa Lucía) By Marcos Oyarzábal. Country: Uruguay Tabicada. By Julian Caneva. Country: Argentina La muerte de Jaime Roldós. (The Death of Jamie Roldós) By Lisandra L. Rivera, Manolo Sarmiento. Country: Ecuador El retratista. (The Portraitist) By Alberto Bougleux. Country: Spain La sargento Matacho. (She, the Sergeant Matacho) By William Gonzalez Zafra. Country: Colombia Il rumore della memoria. (The Noise of Memory) By Marcos Bechis. Country: Italy Preto ou Branco! (Black or White!) By Alison Zago. Country: Brazil
MIGRANTS
Land in Sicht. (Land in Sight) By Judith Keil, Antje Kruska. Country: Germany Xenos. By Mahdi Fleifel. Country: Greece Vicky, the Musical. By Rouzie Hassanova. Country: United Kingdom
GENDER VIEWS
Las que en vida fueran. (They Were Midwives) By Xabier Irigibel Urizy, José “Chisco” Arce. Country: Costa Rica. Tacos altos en el barro. (High Heels in the Mud) By Rolando Pardo. Country: Argentina A quiet inquisition. By Alessandra Zeka. Holen Kahn. Country: Nicaragua Coría y el mar. (Coría and the Sea) By Diana Nava Artigas. Country: Spain
NATIVE PEOPLES Nuestra arma es nuestra lengua. (Our Weapon is Our Tongue) By Cristián Cartier Ballvé. Country: Argentina Newen. By Myriam Angueira. Country: Argentina Le chant de la fleur. (The Flower’s Song) By Jacques Dochamps, José Gualinga. Country: Belgium
NORDIC FOCUS TPB AFK. By Simon Klose. Country: Sweden Til Ungdommen. (Bravehearts) By Kari Anne Moe. Country: Norway Faridullah´s Day Off. By Taj Mohammah Bakhatari, Jens Pedersen. Country: Afghanistan/Denmark
SPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS
WINDOW TO AMBULANTE FILM FESTIVAL Bering. Equilibrio y resistencia. (Bering: Balance and Resistance) By Lourdes Grobet. Country: Mexico Café (Cantos de humo). (Coffee: Chants of Smoke) By Hatuey Viveros Lavielle. Country: Mexico Retratos de una búsqueda. (Portraits of a Search) By Alicia Calderon Torres. Country: Mexico
No bajen los brazos - La Plata Rugby Club. (Don't Give Up - La Plata Rugby Club) By Marcos Silvestri. Country: Italy Aguas abiertas. (Open Waters) By Marcia Paradiso. Country: Argentina
PANORAMA Atrás de la vajilla. (Behind the Dishes) By Yamandú Testa, Paulo Braga. Country: Uruguay Eslabón 16. (Link 16th) By Aldana Rachel Juarez. Country: Argentina Laburo. (The Grind) By Jeff Zorrilla, Pietro Bulgarelli. Country: Argentina The Box (CCyM). By Michael Schiller. Country: United States of America Aquí no pasa nada. (Nothing Here) By Rafa Lara. Country: Mexico ¡Hasta el dominó siempre!. (Until Dominoes Always!) By Tian Cartier. Country: Argentina El camino de Felipe. (Felipe’s Journey) By Juan M. Fernández Chico. Country: Mexico La malattia del desiderio. (Desire Disorder) By Claudia Brignone. Country: Italy Troublemaker. By Roberto Salinas. Country: Italy Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case. By Andreas Johnsen. Country: Denmark Buenos Aires Rap. By Segundo Bercetche. Country: Argentina FOCUS ON ARMENIA Memories without Borders. By Levon Kalantar, Mehmet Binay, Ayaz Salayev. Country: Armenia Beyond the Ararat. By Tulin Ozdemir. Country: Belgium A World Without Men. By Monika Petkeviciute. Country: United Kingdom FOCUS ON CHILE En el nombre de la Copa. (In the Name of the Cup) By Diego Marín Verdugo. Country: Chile 119 Esperanzas. (119 Hopes) By Luis Parra. Country: Chile FOCUS ON MIDDLE EAST/RAVI Cher Hassan. (Dear Hassan) By Axel Salvatori-Sinz. Country: France Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution. By Matthew VanDyke. Country: United States of America StripLife, a day in Gaza. By Nicolas Grignani, Alberto Mussolini, Luca Scaffidi, Valeria Testagrosa, Andrea Zambelli. Country: Italy 33 Years of Resistance. By Veysi Altay. Country: Turkey I'm not angry!. By Reza Dormishian.
WINDOW TO GUATEMALA Huesos Rotos. (Broken Bones) By Ricardo Mahnke. Country: Guatemala Cha. (Ashes) By Carla Molina. Country: Guatemala El Visualizador. (The Visualizer) By Alfonso Porres. Country: Guatemala Gravedad. (Gravity) By Daniela Sagone Echeverria. Country: Guatemala Con la misma sangre. (The Same Blood) By Elías Jímenez Trachtenberg. Country: Guatemala Contrafactum del ocurso. By Guillermo Escalón, Rodrigo Rey ROSA. Country: Guatemala InSight abogado. (InSight Lawyer) By Uli Stelzner, Country: Guatemala La isla - Archivos de una tragedia. (La Isla: Archives of a Tragedy) By Uli Stelzner, Country: Germany BBOY for Life. By Coury Deeb. Country: Guatemala WINDOW TO MOVIES THAT MATTER Burden of Peace. By Joey Boink, Sander Wirken. Country: Guatemala E-Team. By Katy Chevigny, Ross Kauffman. Country: United States of America RETROSPECTIVE VIRNA MOLINA AND ERNESTO ARDITO Raymundo. By Ernesto Ardito, Virna Molina. Country: Argentina Alejandra. By Ernesto Ardito, Virna Molina. Country: Argentina TRIBUTES Fernando Birri, el utópico andante. (Fernando Birri, the Wandering Utopian) By Humberto Ríos. Country: Argentina Walking with Red Rhino - A spasso con Alberto Signetto. (Walking with the Red Rhino) By Marilena Moretti. Country: Italy Pañuelos para la historia. (Scarves for History) By Alejandro Haddad, Nicolas Valentini.
AWARDS AND HONORARY MENTIONS INCAA TV Award “Catalina y el sol”. (Catalina and the Sun) Director: Annapaula Honig Signis Award “Mujeres de la mina”. (Women of the Mine) Directors: Loreley Unamuno and Malena Bystrowicz Signis Special Mention “Gran Chaco”. Director: Lucas van Esso Rafma Award “Mujeres de la mina”. (Women of the Mine) Director: Loreley Unamuno y Malena Bystrowicz Public Vote Award “Gran Chaco”. Director: Lucas van Esso First Prize in Feature Films Official Competition: The look of silence. Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Country: Indonesia/Denmark Duration: 98 min Type: Documentary Category: Nordic Focus Subject: Memory, Genocide Year: 2014 Through Joshua Oppenheimer’s work filming perpetrators of the Indonesian Genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered and the identity of the man who killed him. The youngest brother is determined to break the spell of silence and fear under which the survivors live, and confronts the men responsible for the murder, something unimaginable in a country where killers remain in power. First Special Mention in the Feature Films Official Competition: Los del suelo. Director: Juan Baldana Country: Argentina Duration: 109 min Type: Fiction Category: Memory Subject: Dictatorship, Political Prisoners, Desaparecidos Year: 2014 Remo and Irmina are a young couple who try to survive military persecution by hiding in the jungle. Irmina gives birth to Marita and, due to their poor living conditions, they decide to adopt her to a family of farmers. Marita is found and kidnapped by the military, and Remo and Irmina must decide whether to stay and risk their lives trying to rescue her or flee the country and try to save her from abroad. Second Special Mention in the Feature Films Official Competition: The wanted 18. Directors: Amer Shomali y Paul Cowan Country: Canada/Palestine/France Duration: 75 min Type: Animated Documentary Category: Window to Movies That Matter Year: 2014 This feature film incorporates live action footage with animation to tell the curious story of 18 cows. Acquired by a Palestinian community in the late 1980s, the cows were a symbol of freedom and resistance, providing milk for the Palestinian residents of Beit Sahour so that they would not rely on Israeli producers. Soon the illegal cows were being sought by the Israeli army as a threat to security. With humor and passion, this film captures the spirit of the 1987 uprising through personal experiences.
First Prize in the Short and Medium-Length Films Official Competition:Listen. Directors: Hamy Ramezan y Rungano Nyoni Country: Iran Duration: 15 min Type: Fiction Category: Panorama Subject: Gender Year: 2013 A foreign woman in a burqa brings her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, diamondhard film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.
First Special Mention in the Short and Medium-Length Films Official Competition:Giovanni en het water ballet. Directora: Astrid Bussink
Country: Holland Duration: 17 min Type: Documentary Category: Sport Subject: Infancy, Childhood and Gender Year: 2014 Ten-year old Giovanni has a dream: to compete in the Dutch Synchronized Swimming Championships. Because his chosen field is viewed as typically one for girls, not everybody is understanding. Kim, his (girl)friend does get what he is trying to do. Will Giovanni be able to take advantage of Kim’s support and make it to the championships?
Second Special Mention in the Short and Medium-Length Films Official Competition: Padre. Director: Santiago “Bou” Grasso
Country: Argentina Duration: 11 min Type: Animation Category: Memory Subject: Dictatorship Year: 2013 Argentina, 1983. A woman is devoted to the constant care of her ailing father, a retired military man. The strict routine set by the pendulum of a clock dictates her everyday life. As time goes by, she becomes more and more isolated in her own little world, refusing to see the reality of the outside world and the truth hiding in her home.
First Prize in the Argentinian Documentary Films Official Competition: Mujeres de la mina. Directora: Loreley Unamuno y Malena Bystrowicz Country: Argentina Duration: 62 min Type: Documentary Category: Gender Views Subject: Mining Year: 2014 This film portrays three women who live and work at Cerro Rico’s Mines in Potosí (Bolivia), the epitome of colonial looting. At the mines, work is a man’s job, so women are the most vulnerable and exploited link in the system. Three women open up to tell a story of struggle and resistance.
First Special Mention in the Argentinian Documentary Films Official Competition: Gran Chaco. Director: Lucas van Esso
Country: Argentina Duration: 67 min Type: Documentary Category: Environment Subject: Land Conservation Year: 2014 A journey through The Impenetrable Forest in the province of Chaco, Argentina. Exploring the peculiar traditions of its inhabitants, this ethnographic film reveals the peoples’ relationship with nature and the conflict caused by the agricultural expansion of this socioecological system. Gran Chaco shows the beauty and wealth of an ecoregion (hitherto unknown) shared by Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil, composed of ancestral lands owned by a variety of native peoples.
JURIES OF THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION OF THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL In the closing ceremony on Wednesday, June 24th, in the Teatro Nacional Cervantes, the prizes were awarded to the winners of the 16th International Human Rights Film Festival. FEATURE FILMS OFFICIAL COMPETITION JURY: Alejandra Darín, Jack Boghossian, Javier Rebolledo, Olivia Welke, Taco Ruighaver SHORT AND MEDIUM-LENGTH FILMS OFFICIAL COMPETITION JURY: Lohana Berkins, Daniel Cholakian, Carolina Karagueuzian,Paola Pelzmajer y Solen Rouillard ARGENTINIAN DOCUMENTARY FILMS OFFICIAL COMPETITION JURY: Liliana Hendel, Gabriel Rojze, Camilo Juárez País INCAA TV JURY: Vanessa Ragone, María Martelotti, Paola Pelzmajer SIGNIS JURY: Carlos Ferraro, Alejandro Malowicki, Rocco Oppedisano RAFMA JURY: Néstor Granda, Liliana Amate WINDOWS The 16th International Human Rights Film Festival traditionally includes in its program a selection of films from other renowned festivals. Windows to Guatemala These come from the International Film Exhibition of Memory, Truth and Justice in Guatemala, which systematically shows films that have been censored in their home country. The 16th International Human Rights Film Festival presented a selection of films of the highest aesthetic quality to bring continuity and support to Guatemalan films with human and social roots. We were joined by Uli Stelzner (Germany) author, director, film producer, founder and director of the International Film Exhibition of Memory, Truth and Justice in Guatemala, and director of “La Isla.” Reference:http://cinememoriaverdadjusticia.com/ quienes-somos/
Window to Movies that Matter The Window to Movies That Matter included a repertoire of films with a social commitment coming from the Dutch festival inspired by its namesake, Amnesty International. Amnesty International and the 16th International Human Rights Film Festival share a common goal: the fight for human rights and the rich exchange of ideas. The Movies that Matter festival, just as the International Film Exhibition of Memory, Truth and Justice, is part of the Human Rights Film Network, which in 2014 celebrated the 10th anniversary of its founding. One of the international attendees was Taco Ruighaver (Netherlands), program coordinator of the festival Movies that Matter and a judge of the Feature Films Official Competition. Reference: http://www.moviesthatmatter.nl/english_index
Window to Ambulante Film Festival 16th International Human Rights Film Festival presented this year a selection of titles from the Ambulante Film Festival of Mexico, organized by Ambulante, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the outreach of of documentary films, funded by Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna. and Pablo Cruz. Reference: http://ambulante.com.mx/es
FOCUS NORDIC FOCUS Including Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. They pay special attention to the cinematographic production of human rights of the region and in the different projects that these regions developed together on social platforms (public and civil) for the improvement of lifestyle of their communities and neighbor countries. On Thursday, June 18th, the Nordic Night took place in the auditorium of the Armenian Cultural Association with a panel discussion headed by Fabián Salvioli (president of the committee of human rights for the United Nations). The day started with a few welcoming words by the Ambassador of Norway, followed by a showing of the Norwegian documentary “Til Ungdommen” (Bravehearts), directed by Kari Anne Moe. The documentary narrates the story of four young adults and their social and political activism. After the showing, the director of the film “TPB-AFK, The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard,” Simon Klose, said a few words about film and human rights in general and about his film in particular.
FOCUS ON CHILE On Saturday, June 20th, the Chilean Focus opened with the showing of “Propaganda” by Christopher Murray in the Cine Gamount. The other films that shared this focus were “119 Esperanzas” (“119 Hopes”) by director Luis Parra, and “En el nombre de la Copa” (“In the Name of the Cup”) by Diego Marín Verdugo, specially invited to the festival. The attendees enjoyed a cocktail after the inaugural showing celebrating the Chilean Night. FOCUS ON ARMENIA The 16th International Human Rights Film Festival contributed to the commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide with a special schedule of films during the development of the festival. To remember the Armenian Genocide, which is still not acknowledged by Turkey, is to recognize the identity of a community and recreate a memory that was once silenced. The 16th International Human Rights Film Festival contributed to the commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide with a special schedule of films during the development of the festival. To remember the Armenian Genocide, which is still not acknowledged by Turkey, is to recognize the identity of a community and recreate a memory that was once silenced.
FOCUS ON MIDDLE EAST/RAVI In this section, different works were compiled about the conflicts and struggles of the people of Syria, Palestine, Kurdistan, Iran, and Turkey as they related to human rights and together shared the name Ravi, in tribute to the Kurdish documentarian, journalist, and poet, Alejandro Hadded Ravi. Ravi, who passed away in 2014, was part of the Work in Progress in his documentary “Scarves for History.”
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND SCHOOL SECTIONS Education, cinema and integration. In all of the workshops, we had space to include the projections directed by Schools and Social Organizations. Short films produced in part by these institutions were exhibited, including titles developed that year by the program Educate about Human Rights through the films that IMD leads. More than 2,000 children and young adults attended the 36 showings and took part in the programmed activities and workshops.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES TRIBUTES
The International Human Rights Film Festival on this occasion honored people from the world of documentary films who passed away during 2014, acknowledging and appreciating the significance of their contributions through social transformation. These tributes took place in the Library of Argentinian Congress, where many special guests and their families attended. The first tribute was for the documentary filmmaker journalist and poet of Kurdish origin, Alejandro Haddad, with the showing of Work in Progress of his documentary “Pañuelos para la Historia” (“Scarves for History”), the first Argentine documentary shot on Kurdish soil. Florencia Santucho, Nora Cortiñas and documentary filmmaker Juan Mascaró spoke a few words of appreciation for Haddad. In addition, the independent filmmaker Alberto Signetto, an Argentinian native living in Italy, was honored with the showing of “Walking with Red Rhino,” by Marilena Moretti, a film that shows how the documentary filmmaker, upon discovering that he had a tumor, used the documentary as his ultimate declaration of love for film. He represents his own death with irony, dignity, and a daring consciousness. At the conclusion of the tributes, a moving event took place with the showing of the last documentary of the Bolivian militant Humberto Ríos, “Fernando Birri, el utópico andante” (“Fernando Birri, the Wandering Utopian”) who was part of the Advisory Committee of the International Human Rights Film Festival. RETROSPECTIVE VIRNA MOLINA AND ERNESTO ARDITO The Retrospective Virna Molina and Ernesto Ardito was part of the program dedicated to the children of revolutionary Argentine film of the 60s and 70s. A couple that not only brainstorm and direct their works but also design their production according to three central axes: memory, ideals, and the value of truth. In this context, they premiered their most recent documentary, “El Futuro es Nuestro” (“The Future is Ours”) about a group of kidnapped and disappeared adolescents by the Argentine military dictatorship.
PANEL DISCUSSIONS PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SCREENING- PHOTOGRAPHY AND MEDIA-ACTIVISM: TOWARDS AND FREE AND PLURALISTIC COMMUNICATION On Thursday, June 18th, the film “En el nombre de la copa” (“In the Name of the Cup”) by Diego Marín Verdugo was shown in the Alliance Française of Buenos Aires. Later, journalism as a tool of resistance was debated. Invitees: Sub Coop, M.A.F.I.A., Facción Latina, Frecuencia Zero FM, Hecho en Buenos Aires. Some conclusions and concepts about MEDIA-ACTIVISM and networking work: ”We use photography as a means of communication, a form of resistance and of protest. Social media, like Facebook, offers us wider visibility of our message.” -M.A.F.I.A.
“In this type of medium, from subjectivity, we can see the relationship of commitment of the spectators.” -Frecuencia Zero.
“In this type of medium, from subjectivity, we can see the relationship of commitment of the spectators.” -Frecuencia Zero.
“Not everything is constructed from the result. Sometimes, the intervention of laypeople, the simple being in a space, generates an immediate change.” -Diego Marín Verdugo, director of “En el nombre de la copa” (“In the Name of the Cup”).
“We were scared to show our photos. We didn’t know who were benefiting or harming. We didn’t know if by showing these photos of repression, we were numbing society. So we decided not to nurture certain cliches, to look for causes and put issues up for debate, to invite people to think. To show people as fighters, like heroes, not like victims.” -Sub Photographers Cooperative.
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: THE RESISTANCE OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLES On Friday the 18th, in the Library of Argentinian Congress, there was a showing of “Warmipura” (“Women’s Circle”) and “Le Chant de la Fleur” (“The Flower’s Song”) by Jacques Dochamps and José Gualinga. PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SCREENING AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCE - FOCUS ON ARMENIA: GENOCIDE, MEMORY AND REDRESS With the showing of “Memories Without Borders” of Levon Kalantar, Mehnet Binay, and Ayaz Salayev. Special guests: Nélida Boulgourdjian, Greta Kalaidjian, Juan Bautista Karagueuzian, Mehmet Dogan, Veysi Altay, and a musical presentation by Valeria Cherekian in the Auditorium of the Armenian Cultural Association.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
PANEL DISCUSSIONS PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SCREENING GENDER AND SEX: AN APPROACH TO TRANSSEXUAL IDENTITY The issue of gender as a social construct and the positive redefinition of the “unusual” promoted by the Queer perspective has opened up many new possibilities to redefine identities. On the panel at the Rector Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center were: Lohana Berkins, Marlene Wayar, Taco Ruighaver, Francisco Quiñones Cuartas, high school alumni from Bachillerato Trans Mocha Celis, Marcela Romero. PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SCREENING - MIGRANT DRESSING: EXPLOITATION AND INVISIBILITY 104 years after the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, the garment factory in New York, we still face the reality of hidden workshops and other aspects of dangerous work. On Friday, the 19th, a debate about this issue was held at the Rector Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center in which Verónica Gago and Liliana Hendel discussed the Asamblea Textil de Flores (Assembly for Textile Workers’ Rights based in Flores neighborhood).
PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SCREENING, BOOK PRESENTATION: “A TALE OF DISOBEDIENCE. ABORTION AND FEMINISM” BY MABEL BELLUCCI In the Sala Batato Barea in the Rector Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center, on Tuesday the 23rd, Mabel Bellucci, Melina Sánchez, Andrea Liñan, Julián Rodríguez and Ariel Glickman debated about the fight for the right to legal abortion in Argentina. Additionally, there was a screening of the film “A Quiet Inquisition” by Holen Sabriana Kahn and Alessandro Zeka. PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SCREENING- FINCA PANEL DISCUSSION After the showing of “Voices of Transition,” Remo Véronica, Irminia Kleiner, Johanna Sapoznik, and Claudio Leveratto conducted the discussion in the Alliance Française. PANEL DISCUSSION, INDEPENDENT AND INTERCONNECTED: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND EXHIBITION On Tuesday the 22nd, this event took place in the Alliance Française with Taco Ruighaver, Olivia Welke, Uli Stelzner, Liliana Amate and Francesca Casariego.
SCREENING AND ART INTERVENTION - BREAK DANCE AND RAP On Saturday the 20th, Haroldo Conti Cultural Center and Space for the Memory and Human Rights, after the film “BBOY for Life”, with Cheezew Bboy, Lester Saul Castro Tobar, Urbata el movimiento, Uli Stelzner, Asterico and Tortu a.k.a. Don Miguel as guests. THEATER PLAY IN COMMEMORATION OF 100 YEARS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: (“LA NEGACIÓN” THE DENIAL) Author: Alejandro Genés. General Direction: Manuel Santos Iñurrieta. Interpreters: Federico Ramón, Marcos Fernández, Tomás Somoulou, Silvana Serini. Production: Tadrón Theater. SPACE: MUJERES, REDES Y MATERNIDAD (WOMEN, NETWORKS AND MATERNITY) With the screening of “Puja” (Push), “Las formas de nacer. Historias de mujeres por el parto respetado” (Ways of Giving Life. Stories of Women for a Respected Choice of Childbirth) and “Las que en vida fueran” (They Were Midwives). We also enjoyed the theatrical work “Parir-Nos” (Giving Birth to ourselves) by Las Casildas. In addition, a panel discussion took place in Mercedes Sosa Foundation to end Sunday the 21st. PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION “LA PLATA, UN DÍA DESPUÉS” (LA PLATA, THE DAY AFTER) BY M.A.F.I.A. Movimiento Argentino de Fotógrafxs Independientes Auto-convocadxs (Argentinian Movement of Self-Organized Photographers) Conceptualizing the labor of photography as a space for artistic exploration that seeks to question the spectator from two perspectives: aesthetic and informative, in which the main point is to reveal the events from its protagonists, thus contributing to a closer view of reality. It was carried out in the Library of Argentinian Congress.
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WORKSHOPS MEDIA-ACTIVISM: BUILDING THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION IN THE MEDIA The workshop, carried out in the library of the Alliance Française of Buenos Aires, shared various technologies for the actions of a free press, with the objective of incentivizing free, open, and shared communication. Media-activism is understood as the break between the concept and practice of traditional communication, exposing it as a constructed process that is, above all, political. Through these participatory, open, and horizontal processes, it derives its value from the emancipatory potential of new technologies, cooperation, reciprocity, and of the idea of a common communicative
space to create alternate discourses in the search of social and cultural transformation. The workshop was conducted by representatives of the Facción Latina, a platform that organizes -- from Latin America-- independent networks of media-activism of 19 countries “for a dispute about the symbolic, subjective, political, economic, and social. For a social and cultural transformation. For the construction of new proposals. Thus, for the democratization of information and communication.” In addition, the film “Propaganda,” by Christopher Murray, was shown.
FINCA FAIR FAIR OF ECO-SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIO-COMMUNAL PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS AND SPACE: WOMEN, NETWORKS Sunday, June 21st, a new edition of FINCA FERIA was conducted in the Mercedes Sosa Foundation, in the neighborhood of San Telmo. The fair included stands of independent producers, organic foods, handicrafts, and objects made out of recyclables and trash. It was again a space of exchange and participation among individuals and organizations, green projects. It was a space of self-sustainability and respect for both society and the environment, promoting increased consciousness. To enrich the workshop, the following activities were carried out: a gardening workshop by El Brote Urbano, and showings of the films “Puja" (Push) by Colectivo Puja, "Las formas de nacer, historias de mujeres por el parto respetado" (Ways of Giving Life. Stories of Women for a Respected Choice of Childbirth) by Cooperativa de Comunicación Superficie and "Las que en vida fueran" (“They Were Midwives”) by Xabier Irigibel Urizy and José “Chisco" Arce.
In addition, there was a showing and chat about "Agroecología, el camino hacia una nueva ruralidad,” by Remo Vénica and Irmina Kleiner (Granja Agroecológica Naturaleza Viva). It was granted an outstanding position in Space: Women, Networks and Maternity, with the presentation of the theatrical work “Parir-Nos” by Las Casildas-Teatro Debate and a panel discussion comprised of groups defending respected childbirth.
PROJECT HUMAN RIGHTS TATTOO- TATTOO DAY Three workshops were divided among the Rector Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center and the Mercedes Sosa Foundation. Human Rights Tatoo is an artistic project that seeks to increase consciousness and make salient the importance of Human Rights. The objective is to tattoo on people the complete Universal Declaration of Human Rights, letter by letter. The complete text is comprised of 6,773 letters. Each person receives one character, which means that, at the end, there will be a group of 6,773 people in diverse places all around the world united by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The goal of Human Rights Tattoo is to connect people from the human to the global scale. By tattooing the text of the Declaration, one of the most important in the history of humanity, in a group of 6,773 people around the world, a work of art comes alive which connects these people as a unit: in their beliefs, in what they defend, and in the fact that all of the letters have the same value. This transforms Human Rights Tattoo into a community work of art in its most pure sense: created with, for, and by the community.
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATION On Friday June 19th, in the Conventillo Cultural Abasto, we spent the night celebrating surrounded by the musical rhythms of BIENTITO and ANA SOL. We also enjoyed the music of Lupita Ferreyra and Beto Burgos who created a relaxing and energetic space, as much for the participants of the Festival as for the team, volunteers, guests, and spectators. MASTERCLASS CINEMA AND HUMAN RIGHTS On Wednesday the 24th, the Masterclass “Cinema and Human Rights” took place, a way of getting the public closer to the world of Production, Outreach, and Distribution of Human Rights Film. The masterful class was headed by Taco Ruighaver (Program Director of the of the Movies that Matter Festival from Holland, one of the precursors of the Human Rights Film Network, which connects more than 40 festivals worldwide), Antonio Augugliaro (Director of “Io sto con la sposa” (“On the Bride’s Side”) –Official Competition of Feature Length FIlms-, who works for several TV channels and independent films in Milan), and Nils Aguilar (Director of “Voices of Transition”, a crowdfunded film). This was held in the Rector Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center.
SEMINAR: PEOPLES’ ACTIVE MEMORY AGAINST GENOCIDE In commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Seminar generated a space for reflection on the concept of genocide and the violations against pueblos from multiple perspectives and experiences. With this historical revision, they analyzed the different contexts that allowed for the rise of coordinated actions taken to destroy the Other. In turn, they addressed the resistances and searches for justice and peace resulting from projects of Memory construction: the active memory of survivors who today unite in the defense of human rights. Throughout Monday June 22nd, in the Sala Borges of the Argentinian Central Library, various exemplary guests discussed genocide, relations of force, memory, reparation, and reconciliation. OPENING - Vera Jarach - Julio Santucho PANEL 1: GENOCIDE: A CRITICAL REVISION. - Coordination: Julio Santucho - The Armenian Genocide: Guillermo Ferraioli -Terrorism of the State and construction of Memory: Hugo Cañón - Indigenous colonial states of Chaco and Formosa; Their use as concentration camp facilities: Valeria Mapelman - Resistance of the Original Peoples: Relmu Ñamku PANEL 3: MEMORY, REPARATION AND RECONCILIATION. - Coordination: Liliana Hendel - The public politics of Memory, Truth and Justice: Carlos Pisoni - The importance of memory: Lita Boitano - The Chilean Dictatorship: Javier Rebolledo
PANEL 2: RELATIONS OF FORCE, JUSTICE, AND IMPUNITY. - Coordination: Carolina Karagueuzian - Genocide in Guatemala: Uli Stelzner - Construction of the imaginary enemy; the case of the Rwandan Genocide: Vanessa Ragone - The Saharan Genocide, The beginning of impunity?: Salem Bashir
CLOSING - Daniel Rafecas - Florencia Santucho - Palestine’s struggle for justice, liberty, and future: Husni Abdel Wahed
On the cohabitation of the people, Relmu Ñamku, spokesperson of the Comunidad Mapuche Zona Centro, said: “We are not talking about integration. We have to talk about cultural diversity, of respecting it, and that the ‘interculturality’ be a foundation for new politics and relations.” Uli Stelzner, director of the International Film Exhibition of Memory, Truth and Justice in Guatemala, spoke about the role of filmmakers: “What we are contributing to is the excavation of memory, against forgetting, to create consciousness and critical thinking. Above all in youth, to go step-by-step changing the situation.”
THE TEAM OF THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL President Julio Santucho ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Direction Florencia Santucho Assistant Catalina Altuna ----------------------------------------------------------------------------General Production Lorena Tavera Peña Assistants Catalina Altuna, Maximiliano Rottjer, Bárbara Reggiani ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Programming Florencia Santucho, Natalia Cortesi, Giovanna Pino Assistants Anita Rizzi, Vanille Laborde, Will Liney, Marjolein Kuijers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Catalogue Editor Sol Santoro Assistant Pablo Medina ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Marketing Production Marina Marín ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Fundraising Julio Santucho, Lorena Tavera Peña, Florencia Santucho ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Opening and Closing Ceremony Presentation Gabriela Borrelli y Liliana Hendel ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Institutional Relations and Protocol María Eugenia Logiurato Assistants Sofía Moro, Victoria Liberati, Ailén Diap ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Technical Coordination and Spot Mariano Pozzi Assistants Camila Bintureira ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Animated spot MANIJA Producciones Dante Sorgentini, Hernan Vargas, Carla Moneta, Noelia Mesa ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Promotional clips and Tributes Guido Gabella, Bárbara Reggiani ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Radio Spot Diana Martínez, Gabriela Borrelli Azara, Maximiliano Vilca ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Photographic Record Coordination Gustavo Salgado
Special Activities Guadalupe Gómez Verdi, Renata Camarotti Assistants Camila Reyes,Indi Pinheiro Mota,Diana Mello,Yury Andrea Moncada Copete -------------------------------------------------------------------------Chief Press Officer Cristina Zurutuza Assistant Violeta Burkart -------------------------------------------------------------------------Chief Communications Officer Diana Martínez Tancredi Assistants Florencia Rotundo, Maximiliano Vilca, Sofía Orlievsky, Laura Tomala Community Manager Rocío García -------------------------------------------------------------------------Schools Program Coordination Roberto D’Ambrosio Assistants Violeta Bastías -------------------------------------------------------------------------Schools Program Coordination Marjolein Kuijers Assistant Rike Maerten -------------------------------------------------------------------------Volunteers Coordination Florencia Gadea Assistants Magdalena Benigni -------------------------------------------------------------------------Subtitling Mariano Pozzi, Camila Bintureira, Emiliano Vargas -------------------------------------------------------------------------Translators, Interpreters and Escort Interpreters Coordination Alina Mateos Horrisberger Assistants Verónica Collazo, Lucía Vitelleschi Translators Cecilia Martin, Florencia Contrera, Florencia Kushidonchi, Jesica Jagoda Mill, Jimena Bartolomé, Julia Whitten, Laura Rieder, Maddy Clark, Mercedes Talavera, Milena Fernández, Natalia Manfredini, Pamela Fossa, Rocío Maure, Sarah Moses, Sol Brienza, Mariela Seijo Intérpretes y Ángeles Cynthia Penovi, Paula Penovi, Elizabeth Florentín VIllalba, Luciano Fernández, Mariano Jacobo, Melanie Zayat, Natalia Guerra, Natalia Barry, Nicolas Bornand, Che Cetin -------------------------------------------------------------------------Cover Photo Sub Cooperativa de Fotógrafos -------------------------------------------------------------------------Web, Graphics and Catalog Design Leandro Dopacio - Inbituin.com
THE TEAM FROM THE 16th INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
IMD proudly announces and thanks the 130 volunteers in different areas and the team comprised of 35 members, who together executed this edition of the International Human Rights Film Festival with great commitment and passion.
SCREENING ROOMS Gaumont Espacio INCAA Km0
Av. Rivadavia 1635
Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación
Alsina 1835
Alianza Francesa
Av. Cór doba 9 3 6 / 9 4 6
C.C. Rojas
Av. Cor rient es 2 0 3 8
Biblioteca Nacional
Agüero 2 5 0 2
C.C. Haroldo Conti
Av. del L iber t a dor 8 15 1
Asociación Cultural Armenia
Armenia 1366
Fundación Mercedes Sosa
Humberto Primo 378
Teatro Cervantes
Av. Cór doba 115 5
Bama Cine Arte
Av. R . S á enz Peña 114 5
Auditorio Manuel Belgrano Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
Esmeralda 1212
Morón Municipio (Subsede oficial)
Brown y San Martín
MEDIA COVERAGE In terms of media, 50 media outlets of national and international outreach were present. Some of them were: Radio Nacional, Escribiendo Cine, TelamTV, RAE and Reporters from the Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile. We are thankful for the coverage of a great quantity of events during the week of the festival by our media sponsors: TV Pública and its program Vivo en Argentina; the journal Página 12, Televisión 360, Radio del Plata, Frecuencia Zero and Radio La Tribu, Eurochannel and Telesur. In the same way, we received communications support from diverse media outlets and alternative blogs dedicated to film. Florida 274 // Ground floor // Buenos Aires, Argentina // CP 1005 +54 11 4328.2978 // 4328.3286 // 4375.4450 - coordinacion@imd.org.ar TO DOWNLOAD OUR MATERIAL www.imd.org.ar/festival/descargas/catalogo_ficdh_2015.pdf
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