ONE WORLD 2010
17/3/2010 17:15 - International Human Rights Film Festival - 12th edition
PROGRAMME AT THE ARCHA THEATRE:
17:15 Defamation / Hashmatsa
Yoav Shamir / Austria, Denmark, Israel, USA / 2009 / 93 min.
Holocaust, Nazi, anti-Semitism. These three most frequently heard words in Israeli society prompted director Yoav Shamir to make a documentary seeking answers to the question as to whether there is animosity towards Judaism in today's world, and in what way this hatred manifests itself. The storyline is framed by two missions: a trip by Israeli schoolchildren to Polish concentration camps and an official delegation of Holocaust survivors who visit representatives of the countries where former concentration camps were established. The past constantly meets the present in the film, and we get to explore how we can interpret history without distorting the facts or imposing our own convictions on an alien context. A number of issues are raised along the way, such as how Judaism is perceived as an ethnicity, or what it is like to belong among practising believers. This documentary shows how difficult it is to find answers to a seemingly simple question: Where does anti-Semitism come from?
19:15 The End of the Line / The End of the Line
Rupert Murray / UK / 2009 / 83 min.
"Usually, the only thing we know about a piece of fish on our plate is that it is good for our bodies," says British journalist Charles Clover, who wrote The End of the Line. "But we lack other information that we should want to know - where does this fish come from, how was it caught and whether it is an endangered species." Clover's book inspired the director Rupert Murray to make this documentary about global fishing. The speed at which fishing is now carried out around the globe means that it is not possible for nature to renew its resources. The principal difficulty is a failure to observe fishing quotas, which the film claims China and some European states are guilty of. Another problem consists of the uneconomical harvesting of large quantities of fish, and the important role played by the fact that some species are preferred over others, particularly giant tuna, which is much sought after by gourmets. This visually gripping documentary puts forward some basic principles as to how individuals can intervene in the battle to save the balance of life in the world's oceans.
Discussion on The End of the World As We Know It + End of the Line
20:00, SMALL HALL
Kubánec nemlčel
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
