http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz Wed, 21 May 2008 20:41:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SRI LANKA’S INTERNALLY DISPLACED Australia 2007 • Director: Sam de Silva • 28 minutes • English/Sinhala/Tamil with English Subtitles In Sri Lanka, a natural disaster and ongoing conflict have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Those who lost everything to the December 2004 tsunami still wait for permanent housing. Families evicted from the North ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/war-and-waves/ Czech Republic 2007 • Director: Zuzana Vondráčková • 11 minutes • No Dialogue Festivals: Munich 2007 They provide most people with shelter, a home and security. For others they represent a hopeless situation and suffering. In a historical context, walls often become a symbol for inequality and barriers between people. In this ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/mother-and-wall/ Palestine 2007 • Director: c/o Mouth The Roars • 12 minutes • Arabic with English Subtitles Forbidden Rights focuses on the rights of the child as highlighted by the United Nations. The film was produced by young people of Palestine after attending just 15 hours of filmmaking workshops run by Mouth That Roars ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/forbidden-rights/ USA 2006 • Director: Rebecca Sommer • 30 minutes • Russian/French/Spanish/Portugese/etc with English Subtitles What can you do when your land has been taken away from you, your culture destroyed and your language is dying? How does it feel when history books describe your ancestors as savages and the people who killed and ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/indigenous-peoples-and-the-united-nations/ New Zealand 2005 • Director: Natasha Turner • 27 minutes • English/Tamil with English Subtitles This moving documentary shows how the untouchable and tribal South Indian women use collective action to successfully fight injustice and discrimination, and how their lives were changed by community development led by the Women’s Development Resource Centre. Through this ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/now-we-are-fearless/ Italy/Germany/Thailand 2007 • Director: Claudia Pelz • 29 minutes • German/Thai with English Subtitles Festivals: MEFEST Serbia, EPONA France, Doc 5 Scotland, 2007 Ten-year old Jattae is a so-called "Hilltriber", one of over 100,000 members of ethnic minorities who are currently settled in the mountains of North Thailand. Like most of these people, Jattae's ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/children-of-the-golden-horse/ Australia/Zimbabwe 2007 • Director: Dominik Vukovic & James Grucza • 28 minutes • English/Shona with English Subtitles Festivals: Australian HRAFF 2007 The film follows the extraordinary lives of those enduring the current crises in Zimbabwe. For Itai, a cricketing scholarship may be his only chance at a life beyond mere survival. He must play ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/bowling-for-zimbabwe/ AFRICA’S LAST COLONY USA 2007 • Director: JoMarie Fecci & Shantha Bloemen • 57 minutes • English/Arabic/Sahawri with English Subtitles The Saga of Western Sahara is told through the experiences of Sahrawis living in refugee camps in Southern Algeria for 30 years. From the beginning of their liberation struggle in the 1970s ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/western-sahara/ VOICES OF THE SILENCED MAJORITY USA/Occupied Palestine/Israel 2006 • Director: Sufyan & Abdallah Omeish • 90 minutes • English/Arabic with English Subtitles Festivals: WINNER Golden Palm Award Int'l Beverly Hills Film Festival 2007 Occupation 101 presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and dispels many of its ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/occupation-101/ EXPLORING VENEZUELA’S REVOLUTION New Zealand/Venezuela 2007 • Director: Ricardo Restrepo & Julia Capon • 55 minutes • English/Spanish with English Subtitles Festivals: Sweet Onion IFF, Red Rocks IFF, Toronto ILFF, 2007 Venezuela has been on Washington’s enemy list in recent years. It also sits atop the biggest oil reserves in the world and claims ... http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/2008/now-the-people-have-awoken/