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| “Reflecting Human Rights in documentary films”: Round Table and the Parisian premiere of Citizen Havel, Thursday 25 September, in UNESCO |
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| The Czech Permanent Delegation to UNESCO organized a presentation for the International Documentary Film Festival “One World”, a Round Table and the screening of a film about the former Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel, on Thursday 25 September 2008, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. |
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 This event was organised within the context of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and it also served as an opportunity to debate on the theme of “Reflecting Human Rights in documentary films.” The Round Table was an opportunity for the Director of the Festival, Igor Blažević, to engage in dialogue with the Director-General of the International Human Rights Film Festival in Paris, Vincent Mercier, and explain the extraordinary popularity among young Czechs for this cinematographic meeting.
Since 1999, this annual festival has been organized by the Czech non-governmental organization “People in Need.” In 2008, One World celebrated its 10th anniversary, and more than 6,000 pupils and students from Prague and 14,000 young people from 28 other Czech cities, attended the festival. The One World Festival in 2006 received the Honourable Mention of the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education.
At 8pm, a documentary film was screened for the first time in Paris, portraying the ‘human dimension’ of President Vaclav Havel.
Contact:
Irina Zoubenko-Laplante, i.zoubenko-laplante@unesco.org
“Reflecting Human Rights in Documentary Films”
- Programme -
Preliminary Programme
Round Table “Reporting Human Rights through documentaries”
5 p.m. – 9.15 p.m.
Addresses by:
Ms Elizabeth Longworth, Director of the Cabinet of the Director-General of UNESCO
H.E. Mr Petr Janyška, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of the Czech Republic to UNESCO
Presentation of the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
Video presentation of the One World Festival
Debates with participation of
Mr Vincent Mercier, Director-General of the International Human Rights film Festival, Paris - moderator
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Mr Igor Blažević, Director of One World International Human Rights documentary Film Festival, Prague
Public discussion
7.15 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Cocktail
8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Screening of the documentary film Citizen Havel (120 min.) by P. Koutecký and M. Janek, 2008
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26-09-2008 |
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UNESCO |
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