List of the 10 selected documentaries

Many thanks to the more than 120 participants in the Festival but after a difficult selection process, the VI Valencia International Film and Human Rights Festival has selected the following documentaries:

1) 475: When marriage becomes punishment
Article 475 of the Moroccan penal code says that a man who has committed an act of rape can avoid his sentence if he subsequently marries the rape victim. Many women in Morocco are forced every year to marry their attackers, this is their story.
Director – Nadir Bouhmouch
Country – Morocco
Duration – 60 mins.
Year of production – 2013.  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/article475/475-when-marriage-becomes-punishment

2) Ruin
Ruina introduces us to the inhabitants of the Torre Confinanzas; The unfinished skyscraper more than 200 meters high, abandoned in the heart of Caracas (Venezuela) after a pronounced financial crisis, is now a refuge for many families with limited economic resources.
Director – Markus Lenz
Country – Germany
Duration – 73 mins.
Year of production – 2014    http://www.oneworld.cz/2014/films-a-z/25686-ruina

3) Holy Water
Agua Bendita takes place in a small village in Costa Rica. Residents of Nicaraguan origin predict a great drought for the summer months. Geiner, an 11-year-old boy, believes that spirits through shamans are the only ones who can make it rain.
Director – Octavio Guerra.
Country Spain.
Duration: 82 min.
Year of production: 2013.
Trailer in: http://vimeo.com/53274364

4) The wild years
This is the personal journey of Daniel, Yohannes and Habtom, three children between 9 and 12 years old who live poorly on the streets of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where 270,000 other street children suffer the same fate. During their trip we will discover their secrets, their thoughts and what they expect from the future.
 Director – Ventura Durall
Country – Spain / Ethiopia
Duration – 73 mins.
Year of production – 2013. http://www.taskovskifilms.com/film/the-wild-years/

5) Gabor
Gabor is a story that tells us about self-improvement, the vicissitudes of life and the opportunities that it offers us. An experienced director of photography who professes a true passion for his work must face the greatest challenge of his life, directing the photography of a short film after having lost his sense of sight.
Director – Sebastian Alfie
Country Spain
Duration – 80 mins.
Year of production – 2013.  http://www.gaborlapelicula.com/

6) They killed my brother
Director Cristiano Burlan embarks on a personal crusade to try to reconstruct the events that occurred on the fateful night of October 5, 2001, when his brother Rafael was murdered from behind after being shot 7 times at point-blank range in a neighborhood of Sao Paulo.
Director – Cristiano Burlan
Brazil country
Duration – 77 mins.
Year of production – 2013.
http://www.belafilmes.com/

7) Of kites and borders
In Tijuana, the border between Mexico and the United States, children and adolescents talk about their dreams and illusions, fantasizing about everything that is on the other side of the wall, but being aware of the harsh reality that they must face daily, thus becoming almost dilutes its "other border", the transition between childhood and adult life.
Director – Yolanda Pividal
Country – United States / Mexico
Duration – 58 mins.
Year of production – 2013. Trailer in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwZLsPLaEnY

8) A parrot in the horchatería
In the traditional Raval neighborhood of Barcelona, the hairdressers accumulate one next to the other, they all offer the same service, but in each of them, depending on the nationality of their manager and the clientele that frequents them, we find a totally different vision. of the same reality.
Director – Inés Thomsen
Country Spain
Duration – 80 mins.
Year of production – 2014.
http://www.polarstarfilms.com/es/d_un-loro-en-la-horchateria.php

9) Common sense
The economic crisis is everyone's business, so leaving aside the experts, the convoluted data and the worrying figures, the film offers us a closer view of the problem and its possible solutions; Through a radio program in a small local media, the opinions of teachers, students and workers are heard.
Director – Isabel Sáez Pérez / Blanca Soler Delgado
Country Spain
Duration – 68 mins.
Year of production – 2014. http://desentidocomun.org/

10) GURBA, The Condemnation
For 40 years the Sahrawi people have lived in imposed exile, the living conditions far from their land are also extremely harsh; GURBA analyzes the causes and consequences of the Moroccan occupation in the territories of Western Sahara and collects the testimony of some of these refugees.
Director – Miguel Ángel Tobías
Country Spain
Duration – 70 mins.
Year of production – 2014. http://www.gurbathefilm.com/

Parallel to the official section, the short film section is presented, "1 minute, 1 right" which will exhibit a selection of the best pieces received. Animated films will also have their own space with titles linked to human rights. The festival program includes a series of activities and workshops that will complement the screenings, debates or concerts around Human Rights, both at the official headquarters of La Filmoteca and at the IVAM or the Picassent Penitentiary Center.

The Festival also has an international dimension, since it has sub-venues in cities such as Salamanca, Sao Paulo, El Salvador, Lima and San José among others, in order to promote the creation of audiovisuals with social themes. This proposal, unique in the city of Valencia, is characterized by its humility, commitment to civil society and Human Rights and by the enthusiasm of all those who in some way are part of this project. We want all viewers to witness the reality that surrounds us, creating sensations in viewers that promote individual action.

The Festival is an initiative of the Foundation for Justice, whose objective is to raise awareness about Human Rights through art and culture. The festival's aim is to bring more reflective and committed cinema to society, and to achieve this we are committed to a selection of films framed within the documentary genre, proposing a realistic, first-person look at the different topics covered: Rights of the women, the right to decent housing, social economy, integration of people with disabilities or immigration among others.