MEETING WITH DIRECTORS

Reflect on the Humans Fest discussions and join the debate between cinema and Human Rights

FILM LIBRARY

Saturday February 11, 2017

6:00 p.m.      in the same boat, Rudy Gnutti. 2016. 72′
Presentation by the director
Later colloquium together with Rudi Gnutti (director), Joan Romero (Professor of Human Geography at the University of Valencia) and Quique Sánchez (Foundation for Justice).

Globalization, neoliberal economic model; inter/intra inequality; unemployment and middle class; Socialize risks, privatize benefits; Growth as a fetish; Environment (finite planet); Solutions: education, innovation and public programs, a possible universal basic income?

Tuesday February 14, 2017

6:00 p.m.      Tarajal: Dismantling impunity on the southern border, Xavier Artigas, Xapo Ortega, Marc Serra. 2016. 80′
Presentation by the director
Later colloquium together with Xavier Artigas, Xapo Ortega and Jaume Durà (CEAR).
Migration, refugees, right to asylum; Police brutality, repression; Fortress Europe, externalization of borders.
8:00 p.m.      The strategy of silence, Vincent Peris. 2016. 88′
Presentation by the director and Rosa Garrote (President of the Metro Victims Association).
Reparation, justice, memory. Sleepy, passive society. Corruption and media manipulation.

Wednesday February 15, 2017

 6:00 p.m.      When Two Worlds Collide, Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel. 2016. 103′
Later colloquium together with María Escalona (Amnesty International PV), Pepa Prósper Candel (Valencia en Bici – Acció Ecologista Agró) and Edgard Vega (Centre Delàs d'Estudis de Pau).
Rights of indigenous people; Natural resources exploitation; economic model, developmentalism, growth, extractivism, predation; foreign investment/interference (FTAs); state repression, subversion, civil disobedience, armed resistance.
8:00 p.m.      An Insignificant Man, Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla. 2016. 96′
Presentation by the directors.
Later colloquium along with Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shuklam and Pablo Oñate (Professor of Political Science at UC3).
New policy; left-wing populisms; democracy and participation; corruption; 15M/ Podemos similarities (harassment, mud machine, personalisms, internal democracy).

Thursday February 16, 2017

6:00 p.m.      Just A Normal Person, Malin Björkman-Widell. 2015. 58′
Presentation by the director and the protagonist of the documentary (Sam Gisslow).
Later colloquium along with Malin Björkman-Widell, Sam Gisslow, Ángel Galán (Movement Against Intolerance) and José de Lamo (General Director of Equality in Diversity of the GVA).
Transsexuality; transphobia, intolerance and exclusion; legal and institutional aspects; Adolescence; social pressure.
8:00 p.m.      Transit Havana, Daniel Abma. 2016. 86′
Presentation by the director and screenwriter.
Later colloquium along with Daniel Abma, Alex Bakker (screenwriter) and Lambda.
Transsexuality, LGBTI groups; social revolution/sexual revolution in Cuba; transphobia, intolerance and exclusion; legal and institutional aspects; access to healthcare.