Side-by-side with Docudays UA film screenings takes place a human rights program. This year it is dedicated to propaganda but it also covers different aspects of human rights. All our events are interesting and important but they are so numerous that we decided to select five events which will be of interest to any one no matter how familiar he or she is with human rights subject.
Film screenings and discussions from the cycle Propaganda
Propaganda has been and remains an indispensible part of our life. It can’t be eluded or avoided – but one can learn to resist it and also to use in good deeds and with a useful purpose. Three films The Look of Silence, This is my land and Ash and Money appeal to propaganda presence in three important spheres: history, education and politics. They are members of a non-competition program Propaganda and aim at demonstrating the audience multidimensionality and variety of its performance. After each screening the festival team prepares discussions with experts and leaders of thought.
When: on 21, 23, 25 March, 19.30 -21.00, House of Cinema, Red hall
Workshop: Stop Fake
Team ‘Stop Fake’ is famous for fakes revealing – they look for and expose such news. The organization started its work in March last year as a means to fight Russian propaganda. At Docudays UA a co-founder of ‘Stop Fake’, Margo Gontar, conducts a workshop how to reveal false or half-true news among informational flow. The workshop is for vast audience – the main thing is the desire to consume true information.
‘We will talk about how to reveal a fake, what should be noted primarily, how to check information and in general how not to lose your way in false news flood,’ explains the organizer.
When: on 21 March, 17.00 – 19. 00, House of Cinema, White hall
Discussion: Do we need free use of weapon?
After the Crimea occupation and aggression into Eastern regions, Ukrainians have started raising the question of free use of weapon. Its presence will contribute to a feeling of protection but isn’t it an additional risk for life? Do we trust the authorities which will grant such right? Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union organizes a discussion on this important subject with the participation of many famous human rights activists and experts.
When: on 22 March, 17.30-19.00, House of Cinema, White hall
Workshop: Energy efficiency in household
Activist of environmental movement have long ago raised the alarm on energy efficiency problems and its proper use. How can we become more green and not over-exhaust resources? Workshop on energy efficiency will be dedicated to this subject and its purpose is to demonstrate how easy it is to start economizing energy by change of household habits and in such way to generate value. ‘Ukraine needs experience of environment-friendly energetic practices and energy efficiency which will be no news and which any one can do. The event will help to realize that energy independence practices start from each of us,’ confirm organizers Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Office in Ukraine.
When: on 24 March, 13.00- 15.00, House of Cinema, Blue hall
Crimean Day
The first documentary film about the Crimea after the occupation Qirim directed by Ksenia Giorno is portraying 3 generations of Crimean Tatars. The director shot the film in Bakhchysarai, Yevpatoriya, Saky and Simferopol, she also resided in a family of Crimean Tatars. For the safety of her characters, faces of some protagonists are hidden and almost all names are changed. ‘After the Crimea annexation I had no choice… It’s hard to believe that such repressions can be going on in the center of Europe nowadays,’ says the author of the film. Crimean Day program at Docudays UA festival also includes monitoring of human rights violations in the Crimea during the year of occupation and video reports of resistance to new Russian authorities. ‘For Crimeans there is no effective means to protect their rights and fair justice which is confirmed by the cases of Oleh Sentsov, Aleksandr Kolchenko, Çiygoz Ahtem, Oleksandr Kostenko, etc.’, claim organizers of this event.
When: on 26 March, from 12.00 tо 17.30, different locations at House of Cinema
