The Valencia International Film and Human Rights Festival, Humans Fest, has presented the official poster for its 13th edition, which has been created by the illustrator and graphic designer Miguel Monkc, who has worked on “the base messages” of 2022, such as “migration, diversity, the power of cinema as denunciation and transformation, feminism and LGBTQIA+ equality,” explains the author.
These ideas have been represented by people walking and raising their arms while holding a “suitcase-camera-projector”, since one of the main news of the Humans Fest in 2022 is that it will organize projections in “unconventional spaces” such as plazas from different neighborhoods from the city. Specifically, it will be the case of Rascanya (Orriols-Torrefiel), Patraix and Nazaret.
Miguel Monkc, who currently resides in Valencia, has been inspired by his own experience to create the poster for the 13th edition of the festival. Continuing with his words: “I also emigrated from my country (Cuba), so the motto of Humans Fest in 2022 touches me very closely. I identify as a migrant person. It is something that I will always be until, little by little, the local merges with my past history.”
Specifically, Miguel Monkc moved to Valencia in 2019 to pursue a master's degree in illustration and, since then, he has become known for various graphic collaborations with cultural initiatives and media in the city. During this time, he has also received other international commissions, such as illustration street power for The New York Times about the July 11, 2021 protests in his home country.
However, Miguel Monkc believes in wealth that provide the migrant perspectives both in the field of illustration and cinema. “Migration always brings with it very positive aspects for the diversity of discourses. All people have different ways of perceiving reality and, if we add that each creator has a unique and different inner world, when they merge with other realities, wonderful things happen,” he says.
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HUMANS FEST LOOKING FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN FILM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
On the other hand, the festival has started its call to volunteer by 2022, being an opportunity for people who want to develop skills related to the organization of a cultural and international event, film creation and human rights activism. Humans Fest offers flexible schedules to facilitate the balance between studies and work, as well as certificate of participation. Interested people can register until May 15 on this same official website by clicking HERE.
A RENEWED TEAM FOR THE XIII EDITION OF THE HUMANS FEST
In fact, the members of the volunteer group will be part of the new team of the Humans Fest, which this year has become led by Majo Siscar, journalist with 15 years of experience covering social issues in Europe and Latin America. Author of the book Tremendous, Latin American fighters (2019), currently combines his work on the television program “Lo de Évole”, on La Sexta, with the direction of the festival.
Majo Siscar has trusted other women specialized in social communication and cinema to develop the 13th edition of the Humans Fest. Specifically, the team is completed Cristina Vivo, as production coordinator, Pilar Almenar, as awareness coordinator, and Laura Bellver, as communication coordinator. They also have the support of Carmen Marti, communications manager Foundation for Justice, organizing entity of the festival, as well as the technical team of this entity, with extensive experience in human rights: Claudia Squillacioti, Elena Vecino y Pilar Durán.
The celebration of the 13th edition of Humans Fest is possible thanks to the collaboration of the Generalitat Valenciana, the Ajuntament de València, the Diputació de València and Caixa Popular.