http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz Sat, 29 May 2010 06:14:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The illicit trade of kidneys has been going on in the Philippines for more than a decade. Desperate Filipinos sell their kidneys for $US 2000-4000, often with little post operative care. Middlemen who operate in communities offer to facilitate donations for a cut of the donors compensation. The Human Organ ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/short-films/hope/ As Colombia’s smallest coffee farmers strive for a life free from conflict and illicit drugs, New Zealand coffee roasters and consumers search for a taste of justice. This revealing glimpse into the $80 billion dollar coffee industry traces two coffee roasters from New Zealand on their quest to buy coffee ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/short-films/living-with-coffee/ Bringing together the ideas of those who have worked with people who are homeless, researched homlessness and those who have lived without a home; Putting Homelessness Into Focus explores the impact of this hidden problem on the many New Zealanders who experience it, and on the society that fails to ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/short-films/putting-homelessness-into-focus/ Flowers of Rwanda is a multi award winning and probing documentary with many questions. Reflecting upon the horrific 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the film creates a discourse between policy makers, educators and survivors around the concepts of forgiveness, justice, reconciliation and the potential likelihood of a re-occurrence of 1994’s atrocities. Screenings Wellington Friday ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/short-films/flowers-of-rwanda/ Tattooed Under Fire is a grippingly intimate, character-driven portrait of war-bound and returning soldiers as they go under the tattoo needle - sharing their secrets and confessing their fears. Each soldier’s story is an evocative, poignant and highly personal look at the human and cultural cost of war. Tattooed Under ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/features/tattooed-under-fire-2/ In Freedom Park, a squatter settlement in South Africa, a group of HIV-infected former sex-workers create a network called Tapologo. They become home based carers for their community, transforming degradation into solidarity and squalor into hope. Catholic Bishop Kevin Dowling participates in Tapologo, raising doubts on the official doctrine of ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/features/tapologo/ The Story of Baba is based upon the storybook ‘A Little Elephant Finds His Courage’, which is used in many countries to help children and adults deal with the consequences of war and disease. Using animation and documentary this film talks about the daily reality of living in such conditions ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/short-films/story-of-bab/ Victoria Donda Perez is one of the first babies born in a clandestine detention centre during the Argentinean military dictatorship of the late 1970’s. Her mother pierced her ears and knotted little blue threads as hoops, so she could later recognise her daughter. Thirty years on Victoria embarks on a ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/features/victoria/ Every year, indigenous leaders from all over the world come to the United Nations in New York, to participate in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Viktor Kaisiepo, the representative of Western Papua comes to defend the rights of his people, colonised by Indonesia since 1969. Viktor’s task ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/features/sampari/ Native Americans in Northern California fight for their fish and the survival of their culture. An energy corporation is messing up their river with a series of hydro-power dams, contributing to one of the worst fish die-offs in U.S. history. To confront their opponents, tribal members first travel to Scotland, then ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/features/upstream-battle/ “To me, football is the best model for real life. There is no last game in football and there is no last game in real life. You always have another chance to win.” In the summer of 2006, while the football world’s attention was focused on Germany, thousands of players around ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/features/kicking-it/ United by a single theme – human rights in Scotland – this film draws together some of the most talented filmmakers and visual artists based in Scotland, to make a film that communicates a variety of artistic visions whilst exploring the real life stories of those for whom the Universal ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/features/new-ten-commandments/