International Film Festival "WATCH DOCS" is one of the oldest and largest human rights film festivals in the world, which annually gathers 70 000 viewers in the whole country. Due to political changes taking place in Burma since 2011 and Poland's active participation in this transformation, in 2013 the Festival had its additional - except Warsaw's - edition in Rangoon. Between 5th and 7th of September, the audience of "WATCH DOCS IN YANGON" had the opportunity to see fourteen documentaries from all over the world, including seven Polish productions, concerning the issue of human rights and freedom in a broad sense.
The project also included documentary workshops conducted by two Polish artists, Jan Czarlewski and Piotr Stasik, titled "SOLIDARITY SHORTS INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS". This landmark educational event in Burma, held on 2nd-7th September in Rangoon, was aimed at Burmese filmmakers, both young professionals and amateur artists. The aim of the workshops was to encourage participants to reflect on the contemporary world and intercultural relations. The workshops offered them a unique opportunity to express their personal views on the idea of solidarity in the world today.
Films screened during the Festival:
Seeking Refuge, dir. Andy Glynne
Wagah, dir. Supriyo Sen
Mirage, dir. Srdan Keca
The White Treasure and the Salt Workers from Caquena, dir. Eva Katharina Bühler
Planet Kirsan, dir. Magdalena Pieta
The End of Summer, dir. Piotr Stasik
Poste Restante, dir. Marcel Lozinski
Ecumenopolis: City without Limits, dir. Imre Azem
Petition - the Court of the Complainants, dir. Zhao Liang
The Last Mountain, dir. Bill Haney
Phnom Penh Lullaby, dir. Paweł Kloc
Doctors, dir. Tomasz Wolski
The Ambassador and Me, dir. Jan Czarlewski
Art of Freedom, dir. Marek Klosowicz & Wojciech Slota
Organizers: Lecha Walesa Institute, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Pandita Development Institute, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Social Institute of Film
Partners: National Film Archive, Hong Kong International Film Festival Society
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