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The Valencia International Film and Human Rights Festival, Humans Fest<\/strong>, organized by Fundaci\u00f3n por la Justicia since 2009, has presented the official programming<\/a> <\/span>for your XIII edition<\/strong>. In total, in Valencia they will be screened between June 9 and 18 more than 60 films and documentaries<\/strong> international organizations that address the complexity of migrations <\/strong>and the right to shelter <\/strong>from an anti-racist and gender perspective.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have received nearly 400 proposals from many corners of the world. It has been a complicated selection process, but we believe that the chosen works respond to the objective that we have set for ourselves in 2022: addressing migration as a fundamental human right, showing diverse realities and experiences in that sense, as well as sparking a constructive debate about our attitude as global citizenship,\u201d explained Majo Siscar, director of Humans Fest, at the event held this morning at the Diputaci\u00f3 de Val\u00e8ncia.<\/p>\n SEE THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMMING!<\/a><\/p>\n Mentxu Balaguer, deputy for International Cooperation of the Diputaci\u00f3 de Val\u00e8ncia, also participated in this presentation; Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Tom\u00e1s y T\u00edo, president of the Foundation for Justice; and Miguel Monkc, designer and illustrator in charge of this year's poster; who have agreed to point out the need for a festival like this to raise awareness and demand. In the words of Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Tom\u00e1s y T\u00edo: \u201cAt Fundaci\u00f3n por la Justicia we are convinced that cinema is a fundamental tool for raising awareness and reporting because it reaches everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe festival, which began in 2009 and has held 12 editions, has achieved a balance between the defense of human rights and the denunciation of their violations around the world, values that we share from the Diputaci\u00f3 and that we express with the collaboration of the festival with a aid in competitive competition for social sensitivity projects in 2021. For the Diputaci\u00f3 de Val\u00e8ncia it is an honor that they kick off at the Palacio de los Scala and that different activities this year are carried out at the MuVIM\u201d, stated Mentxu Balaguer.<\/p>\n For his part, Miguel Monkc has highlighted the importance of making migrant perspectives visible, as well as normalizing their inclusion in culture and society. Monkc, who migrated from Cuba to Valencia in 2019, has acknowledged that the commissioning of the official Humans Fest poster especially excited him to see that the festival defends \u201cnon-stigmatization\u201d and \u201cpositive diversity.\u201d \u201cThrough design and illustration I also want to contribute to a social transformation in that sense,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n THE OFFICIAL SECTION AND THE 2022 JURY<\/strong><\/p>\n Humans Fest consists this year of six sections in competition<\/strong>, which comprise a total of 62 productions from multiple origins, such as Spain, Lebanon, Peru, Bulgaria, Iraq, Greece or Syria, among other countries. Specifically, as best fiction feature film<\/strong> Seven films are competing, including the European premiere of The Pampa<\/em> and the premiere in Spain of A long way<\/em>.<\/p>\n For their part, there are seven proposals that aspire to best documentary feature film<\/strong> and eight to best fiction short film<\/strong>, of which three are also premieres in Spain: Better half<\/em>, Footsteps on the wind<\/em> y Us<\/em>. On the other hand, seven candidates are vying for the prize best documentary short<\/strong>, Meanwhile he best Valencian short film<\/strong> It will be decided between eight films, of which three are documentaries and five are fiction. The latter are also eligible for the EDAV award for best Valencian short film script<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Regardless of the category, many sessions in the official section will be accompanied by a colloquium <\/strong>later together with directors and performers. Likewise, Humans Fest stands out in 2022 for its firm commitment to animation<\/strong>. Proof of this is that, for example, the closing screening will be the multi-award-winning Flee<\/em>, which has been nominated for the Golden Globes and a favorite for the Oscars.<\/p>\n