HUMAN RIGHTS NIGHTS 2004

Bologna 22 March - 8 April 2022
Forl� 29 March - 2 April

Approaching its fourth anniversary, the cinematographic Festival Human Rights Nights, established in 2001 through a collaboration between the Cineteca of Bologna and the Centre for Constitutional Studies and Democratic Development (Johns Hopkins University / Faculty of Jurisprudence, University of Bologna), will take place again this year in Bologna (from 22 March to 8 April) and in Forl� (from 29 March to 2 April).

The Festival presents films in competition, as previews, as special projections for the schools, and a series of pertinent cultural events. The international competition Human Rights Nights will take place at the Cinema Lumi�re (sala 1- Auguste) from 27 to 30 march, and in Forl� from 31 march to 2 april.

Human Rights Nights will be this year opened (Cinema Lumi�re: Sala 2 - Louis) by the film Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters by Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan-Francia-Germania, 2003), winner of Golden Pardo at Locarno Film Festival 2003 - stories of life in a Punjabi village, in between religious fundamentalism and ethnic conflicts.

The Festival is centred around Abuses and Massacres, elaborating these themes through the stories of youths in war, on the street, and in slavery, and through the survival of women who have been through the trials of poverty and of discrimination. The films examine the absurdity of genocides and mass murders in general, in Rwanda and Cambodia, and also in Haiti and in Burma, or for the 'clandestine' activity along the coasts of Europe. Additionally, some of the films investigate the life threats in Nations such as Chile, the United States, Czechnia, and Iran.