HUMANS SECTION – GUEST FESTIVAL
NUREMBERG INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
The Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival is Germany's oldest and biggest human rights film festival.
The biannual festival presents international film art with a conscience from all around the world.
NIHRFF features an International Competition (worth 2,500 Euros), an Audience Award (worth 1,000 Euros), and the Open Eyes Youth Jury Award (worth 1,000 Euros) and features an extensive youth program called Open Eyes.
Directors SILVANA
MONDAY FEBRUARY 18 | 18h | MUVIM
Screening of the documentary SILVANA by Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring & Christina Tsiobanelis
91', 2017, Sweden
SYNOPSIS
Silvana is a rapper who has conquered Scandinavia with her uncompromising songs against all forms of oppression. Activist and icon of the queer community, she defines herself as lesbian, feminist and anti-racist, and has become the voice of a new generation of nonconformist young people. A journey from the first years of her career as an underground artist to becoming a true contemporary icon, being the center of attention of hundreds of teenagers and followers.
SILVANA poster
At the same time he falls in love with the singer Beatrice Eli, a reference in pop music in Sweden. An intimate love story that reveals to us, as Silvana herself says, that “there are no superheroes, only human beings.”
Silvana's story is universal and speaks of the strength to be yourself. An inspiring documentary that explores new narrative forms and aims to continue pushing a revolution where young women become creators, artists and leaders of tomorrow.
SUBSEQUENT DEBATE WITH: BALLOONA MATATA
Damien Onouri
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22 |6pm | MUVIM
Screening of the medium-length film KINDIL EL BAHR (LANTERN DEL SEA) by Damien Ounouri
40', 2016, Algeria, Kuwait and the USA
Kindil el bahr
“What interests me is how men react to women. How do friends, husbands, relatives act towards a woman?” explains Damien Ounouri, the director. Through a fantastic story, he tells us the story of a woman who goes to the beach and goes through a sensual experience due to the noise of the waves and the sand. Thinking of her absent man, she throws herself fully dressed into the water and ends up assaulted by her femininity. Kindil el Bahr, literally “sea lantern”, is the story of a woman's revenge against those who repress her for existing.
FOLLOWING DEBATE WITH ANDREA KUHN, DIRECTOR OF NIHRFF AND ENTRECULTURES