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FIFDH announces 2025 details for Impact Days webinar
FIFDH #Impact Days# 2025 launches on 16 January with a public webinar examining the role of hope in #human rights# storytelling. This year’s program focuses on the power and challenges of creating narratives that inspire action while addressing systemic poverty, oppression, and persecution. The event highlights the tension between fostering optimism and maintaining truthfulness in…
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The 2025 FIFDH Impact Days selections
The 7th edition of the #FIFDH Impact Days programme is here, bringing together inspiring public events and an annual #Impact Lab# dedicated to empowering 12 international film projects. Selected from 196 submissions spanning 77 countries and five continents, this year’s lineup reflects a world in motion. From India’s young women reclaiming power through the world’s…
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Trains
TRANSPORT: IDFA best film award winner Polish director Maciej Drygas's entrancing Trains is a mesmerising journey through much of the 20th century by rail, accompanied by a subtly intense soundtrack.
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FIFDH Impact Days launches 2025 call for projects
The International Festival of Film and Digital Humanities (FIFDH) has announced its Impact Days program for 2025, designed to bolster the social impact of documentary films. The initiative will feature several key components between January and March 2025. The program begins with an online #Impact Lab# in January for directors of selected international projects. It…
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Living in limbo
Living in exile is hard, as we can experience in Mohamed Jabaly's award-winning Life Is Beautiful. Despite the hardships, this film is a feel-good story celebrating solidarity and friendship.
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FIFDH 2024: the complete winners
The 22nd Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights concluded successfully, captivating audiences with a mix of cinema, imagery, and dialogue over 10 days. Attracting over 30,000 attendees and hosting 250+ guests from various backgrounds, the Festival encouraged diverse discussions and actions on pressing issues, uniting artistic, scientific, and activist viewpoints. FIFDH 2024…
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Ending the gender apartheid
AFGHANISTAN:A film full of controversies, from hunger, child malnutrition, natural disasters, and the declining national economy to the totalitarianism of the Taliban regime.
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Of Caravans and the Dogs
RUSSIA: Askold Kurov's compelling documentary Of Caravan and the Dogs details the final destruction of independent voices in Putin's Russia that oppose his war on Ukraine.
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A symphony of human resilience
CHINA: Contrasting cultural richness with harsh realities under China's systematic campaign.