Prag: One World Human Rights in Film

This is the twelfth year that the One World international documentary festival about human rights has been held in Prague. Today this festival is the biggest human rights film festival in Europe. At a press conference organizers touched upon each of the thematic categories of which there are many.

[Katerina Bartosova,Literary Adviser of Program]:

„The One World festival draws attention to many subjects, to a set of serious issues, crisis areas and any abuse of human rights whatsoever, anywhere in the world, and this itself sends a very serious message.“

The One World festival tries to focus on young people too. Students from different schools, from elementary and high schools, are invited to cinemas where they have the opportunity to discuss a given problem after the film.

[Karel Strachota, Director of Program One World at Schools]:

„Through these projects we are trying to provide young people with information about current events, about presently occurring problems and global challenges. Documentary films have proven to us to be a wonderful vehicle for opening up a debate, for stimulating interest.“

Viewers can enjoy in total 101 films from 30 different countries. The films were chosen from more than 1600 which were submitted. Every year, the number of visitors increases, and last year attendance broke through the 100,000 mark.

[Filip Sebek, Spokesman of The One World Festival]:

„For me personally, I get a lot of joy when I see theaters full of young people, who instead of going to the multi-plex to see some simple comedy, are standing in line for a ticket to see a human rights documentary. So, it is especially the young people who are taking an interest in the One World festival, and taking responsibility for the greater world around them.“

NTD, Prague, The Czech Republic

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