International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
international film festival forum human right fifdh one important international event dedicated cinema human right held annually geneva tendays long event based concept ‘a film subject debate’ following screening discussion presence filmmaker specialist fifdh cofounded léo kaneman yäel reinharz hazan pierre hazan isabelle gattiker november first edition took place march word kaneman fifdh ‘platform indifference’ examines wound planet fifdh based concept ‘a film subject debate’ mean film presented festival followed topic discussion problem highlighted movie presence filmmaker human right defender politician recognized specialist programme designed increase public awareness inspire people reinforce commitment universal value inspiration impetus behind international film festival forum human right came human right defender active ngo filmmaker medium representative university geneva event supported swiss federal government state geneva city geneva well many institution forum human right festival informs firmly denounces violation civil political economic social cultural right wherever occur heart geneva ‘human right international capital’ fifdh relay human right defender active field offer debate well unscreened film solidarity action fifdh coincides un human right council main session simultaneous event make festival free platform discussion debate wide variety topic concerning human right including violence woman historical revisionism microcredits threat genocide sudan’s darfur region forced disappearance algeria massacre syrian regime violence central american country human trafficking bangladesh child soldier yemen reproductive right dominican republic many festival attendance reached year fifdh paid homage anna politkovskaya murdered october léo kaneman stepped appointed honorary president advisor fifdh launched industry programme impact day impactlab professional programme filmmaker ngo aim facilitate partnership multiply social impact attendance exceeds fifdh’s first patron sergio vieira de mello killed bagdad patron festival barbara hendricks ken loach robert badinter ruth dreifuss william hurt louise arbour festival three competition section creative documentary competition fiction competition focus competition creative documentary competition three main prize geneva grand prix sponsored city geneva valued chf gilda vieira de mello prize chf dedicated son sergio vieira de mello youth jury prize fiction competition fiction grand award ex aequo valued chf provided hélène victor barbour foundation youth jury prize focus competition list award includes prize omct artopie award champdollon men’s jury prize champdollon women’s jury prize la brenaz jury prize edition fifdh took place march featured forum event lineup included film attendance exceeded panel discussion edition regarded topic ai rapid expansion gender apartheid modern afghanistan many creative documentary competition geneva grand prix awarded name lawand edward lovelace gilda vieira de mello prize went life beautiful mohamed jabaly youth jury prize given photophobia ivan ostrochovský pavol pekarčik fiction grand prize awarded cage looking bird malika musaeva omct prize focus competition taken jialing zhangs total trust artopie award — it’s always julie bezerra madsen th edition took place – march program included screening debate exhibition well several partner event new audio video format introduced along vod edition dedicated vietnamese journalist activist pham doan trang trinidad tobago activist ida leblanc list premiere included angel sinjar hannah polak red jungle juan josé lozano zoltán horváth network podcasts cinema human right laucnhed among guest edition american whistleblower chelsea manning abortion right activist paxton smith wto director general ngozi okonjoiweala nobelprize winner shirin ebadi grand prize geneva went shadow game eefje blankevoort el van driel netherlands gilda vieira de mello prize given downstream kinshasa dieudo hamadi democratic republic congofrancebelgium special mention — upon time venezuela anabel rodríguez ríos venezuelaukbrazilaustria youth jury prize — shadow game eefje blankevoort el van driel fiction competition grand prize fiction human right went vein world byambasuren davaa germanymongolia special mention — wind drop nora martirosyan francearmeniabelgium youth jury prize — vein world byambasuren davaa grand reportage competition prize omct given coded bias shalini kantayya usaukchina public award — dear future child franz böhm germanyuk hug artopie jury prize — little girl sébastien lifshitz francedenmark anniversary th edition took place – march featured event location deeyah khan mounir fatmi chaired jury documentary fiction section edition dedicated keywan karimi also presented new film drum main competition rithy panh selected artist honour panel discussion dedicated subject abuse regime bashar alassad women’s right equality edition lasted march creative documentary competition grand prix geneva went among believer hemal trivedi et mohammed ali naqvi prize gilda viera de mello hooligan sparrow nanfu wang special jury prize offered barbara hendricks foundation peace reconciliation syrian love story sean mcallister youth jury award hooligan sparrow nanfu wang fiction human right competition grand prix given zvizdan high sun dalibor matanić special mention experimenter michael almereyda youth jury award “ nights” mai masri omct competition grand prix world organization torture omct given voyage en barbarie delphine deloget cécile allegra jury prize centre de détention de la clairière — spartiates nicolas wadimoff creative documentary competition grand prix geneva went bride side io sto con la sposa antonio augugliara gabriele del grande khales saliman al nassiry prize gilda viera de mello given spartacus et cassandra ioanis nuguet special mention wanted amer shomali paul cowan youth jury award something better come hanna polak fiction human right competition grand prix given charlies country rolf de heer omct competition grand prix world organization torture given chechenya war without trace manon loizeau edition screened citizenfour edward snowden guest panel discussion following film th edition held march featured lineup film competition along debate activity attendance exceeded among guest edition joseph stiglitz robert badinter julian assange remote robert badinter alice nkom creative documentary competition grand prix geneva went return homs talal derki special mention sound torture keren shayo prize gilda viera de mello art war marco wilms youth jury award day kigali mehdi ba jeremy frey fiction human right competition grand prix given stranger croatian director bobo jelcic youth jury award selfish giant clio barnard omct competition grand prix world organization torture omct given global gay frédéric martel rémi lainé th edition took place – march guest list included carla del ponte riccardo petrella navanethem pillay géraldine savary leila chahid colonel shaul arieli others jury headed ai weiwei human right watch film festival official website international film festival forum human right fifdh