ONE WORLD 2010
11/3/2010 17:15 - International Human Rights Film Festival - 12th edition
PROGRAMME AT ARCHA THEATRE:
17:15 Auto*Mate / Auto*Mat
Martin Mareček / Czech Republic / 2009 / 90 min.
"You're deliberately going around Prague and complicating traffic, which is already complicated enough," says an angry policewoman in 2003 to participants in the first mass bike ride, while her colleagues arrest several youngsters with bicycles. Five years later, a peloton of 5,000 cyclists travels around Prague and the police ensure their safety. These bike rides are the most visible and popular form of the Auto*Mate initiative, which was co-founded by the director of this film. And just like the bike rides, this original documentary by Martin Mareček, which uses elements of animation and home video, became a phenomenon itself after a while. It depicts a civic initiative that fights against the predominance of cars over pedestrians in the Czech capital and which is committed to making it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to get around Prague. Auto*mate is a playful and deeply personal film about people "who woke up one morning and decided to change their city."
Discussion on Motoring
19:15 Mumbai Disconnected / Mumbai Disconnected
Camilla Nielsson, Frederik Jacobi / Denmark / 2009 / 58 min.
The Indian city of Mumbai will probably become the most populous megacity in the world by 2020. It pulsates every day with human masses travelling to work. At the same time, however, public transport in the city is already completely dysfunctional. The city's trains are famous for the fact that people literally have to fight to get on board. Every day the streets are inundated with countless cars. The film's three protagonists hold a different opinion on how Mumbai's transport system should be modernised. Yasin lives in a northern suburb. He travels to work by train or on a motorbike, and dreams of one day buying his own car. Veena represents the affluent inhabitants of Pedder Road in the fight to prevent the building of flyovers in the city centre. Mr. Das is vice-president of a state company that is 10 years behind schedule in building roads and a bridge linking the commercial district to the centre. This dynamic movie by Camilla Nielsson and Frederick Jacobi moves from one incredible situation to another and poses the following question: Is a healthy environment simply a luxury for the social elite?
21:45 Orphans of Burma's Cyclone / Orphans of Burma's Cyclone
Evan Williams, Siobhan Sinnerton, Jeremy Williams / Burma, UK / 2009 / 45 min.
On 3 May 2008, Burma was hit by Cyclone Nargis, which left over 150,000 people dead and almost two million without shelter. Tens of thousands lost both their parents and their homes overnight, among them one of the film's protagonists, 10-year-old Ye Pyint, who herself now looks after her six-year-old sister and three-year-old brother. Though many countries offered Burma humanitarian assistance, the country's military junta turned it down. The generals also barred aid workers from entering the country; for fear that the presence of foreigners could undermine their authority. This powerful film by two brave cameramen from the exile organisation Democratic Voice of Burma is one of the few records of the disaster and its consequences. Despite the threat of lengthy jail terms, the two reporters succeeded in mapping the fates of several orphans, as well as capturing the everyday lives of ordinary people in one of the most brutal and tightly controlled regimes in the world.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Between March 10–18, 2010 the One World International Human Rights Film Festival will be held in Prague, then it moves on to 29 towns and cities throughout the Czech Republic.
Over 100 films, dozens of foreign guests – primarily film directors, screenings for schools, streamed films online, a range of accompanying events and more – these are the things that you can look forward to at the 12th edition of One World. The main festival will be held in Prague between March 10 – 18, 2010 followed by the Regional One World festivals in 29 towns and cities of the Czech Republic through the end of March into early April. In addition, a select number of films screened at One World, the biggest human rights documentary film festival in Europe, will be presented in Brussels in mid April.
This year’s festival will feature 101 documentary films from over 30 countries within both competition and thematic categories. These have been selected from more than 1600 submitted films. This year’s festival will open with the Iranian documentary Green Days, which portrays a current and striking example of human rights being repressed. As always, the main festival centre will be at the Lucerna Cinema. The other festival venues will be Světozor (2 halls), Divadlo Archa, Atlas (2 halls), The French Institute, The Municipal Library of Prague and Evald. Tickets will be available at ticket offices of the festival venues.
One World will be held under the auspices of Václav Havel, the minister of culture Václav Riedlbauch and the mayor of Prague Pavel Bém.
More info at www.oneworld.cz
Organised by People In Need - www.peopleinneed.cz
TICKETS: CZK 70
On sale at Archa Theatre Box Office from February 15, 2010
Auto*Mat
Orphans of the Burmas Cyclone
