Within the framework of the Valencia International Film and Human Rights Festival, the Filmoteca also programs a complementary cycle made up of a selection of animated films whose themes are related to human rights. Among this selection, "Tha missing Picture" will be screened, which was nominated in 2013 for the Oscars as best foreign-language film. On the other hand, it was awarded Best Film at the Cannes Festival (“Un Certain Regard” section) and nominated for Best Documentary also in 2013 at the European Film Awards.
"The missing Picture" is set during Pol Pot's communist regime in Cambodia. Thousands of people were dispossessed of their land and forced to work in agricultural fields. The dictatorship executed and tortured anyone it suspected of sedition. The relatives of director Rithy Panh, who escaped from his country when he was a teenager, disappeared one by one. To tell the story of this time, Panh searched for images of this atrocious period, but found nothing. He then created absent images using plasticine figures and dioramas. With unusual beauty, the narrative portrays a historical nightmare, the trauma and memory of a society.