All Human Beings Are Born Free And Equal

PRIZE-WINNING SHORT FILMS ON TOUR IN NEW ZEALAND

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December 1948. It was the international community’s answer to the atrocities of the Nazi regime and the violence experienced in World War II.

What is the situation regarding freedom and equality in dignity and rights 60 years later?

The Goethe-Institut in cooperation with the Foundation Remembrance Responsibility and Future invited young fillmmakers in ten countries to give their interpretation of the famous First Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights* in a short film with a maximum length of 20 minutes.

292 films were submitted by students from film academies and colleges of art from ten countries (Germany, Estonia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic, the Ukraine and the USA). The jury selected 26 films for awards featuring a wide variety of subjects and approaches. The Goethe-Institut New Zealand is proud to present the winning films on the occasion of the “Human Rights Film Festival” in May. Come and see the results of these innovative and high quality projects in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin!

*“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”

www.goethe.de/nz
www.goethe.de/kue/flm/prj/men/enindex.htm

SCREENING DATES & PLACES (entry by koha)

Rating: M - Adult Themes

WELLINGTON
The Film Archive • Cnr Taranaki & Ghuznee Streets • www.filmarchive.org.nz

Thursday 1 May
7.00pm (Programme 1)

Friday 2 May
7.00pm (Programme 2)

Saturday 3 May
5.30pm (Programme 1), 7.00pm (Programme 2)

AUCKLAND
Galatos • 17 Galatos Street • www.galatos.co.nz

Monday 12 May
7.00pm (Programme 1)

Tuesday 13 May
7.00pm (Programme 2)

CHRISTCHURCH
Christchurch Art Gallery - Te Puna O Waiwhetu • Worcester Blvd • www.christchurchartgallery.org.nz

Saturday 17 May
10.00am – 12.00pm, 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Sunday 18 May
10.00am – 12.00pm, 1.00pm – 3.00pm

DUNEDIN
Public Art Gallery • 30 The Octagon • www.dunedin.art.museum

Saturday 24 May
10.00am – 4.00pm

Sunday 25 May
10.00am – 4.00pm

2008 Dates

Wellington 8 - 16 May
Paramount Theatre

Auckland 15 - 23 May
Rialto Newmarket

Christchurch 22 - 30 May
Regent on Worcester

Dunedin 29 May - 6 June
Rialto Dunedin