The 17th Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will be held this year in Kyiv from March 20-29.
With the image of Docudays UA-2020, the organizers chose a chewing gum.
The organizers explain their choice of concept and image as follows:
17 Docudays UA is about growing up. This is a time when you react sensitively and acutely to reality, rethinking and forming your views, learning to be independent. However, for us it is an opportunity to look at adulthood not only in personal dimension. In the context of public policy, we propose to understand the rights of children and how young people's voices may sound when discussing public issues. … In 2019, twenty years have passed since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. By this international treaty, the United Nations has agreed to strengthen the capacity of children. By acceding to the Convention, Ukraine must follow this treaty. We want to promote the real inclusion of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the political agenda of the state. ”
It is also known who will be the judges of this year's event.
The festival jury will select the winner films in DOCU / WORLD, DOCU / SHORT, DOCU / UKRAINE programs, as well as judge the tapes in the special RIGHTS NOW nomination!
The jury of the DOCU / WORLD International Competition for Feature Films and Feature Films included prominent French director Claire Simon, Ukrainian film critic Darius Badier and Jose-Ramon "Mont" Rivas, an independent film curator.
The best films in the international short film competition DOCU / SHORT and the national competition DOCU / UKRAINE will be selected by Antelm Vido, program director of OIFF, producer Mikel Obstrup and Vladan Petkovich, journalist and curator of festival programs.
RIGHTS NOW Award! they are presented with a creative documentary film that explores the modern world and makes a significant contribution to the discussion about human dignity, freedom and equality. She is nominated for ten films from all Docudays UA movies. Winners and winners in the RIGHTS NOW nomination! will be determined by Ukrainian film director, writer Oleg Sentsov, child rights specialist Olena Rozvadovskaya, and educational activist, writer Enver Juliman.
For the third time, two awards will be presented within this year's Docudays UA television platform, Current Time, which is a partner of the festival.
This is a $ 3,000 RIGHTS NOW! Award, which will feature ten Docudays UA films. These are films that critically reflect upon the societal problems of today and offer a new perspective on them. In addition, Current Time CEO Kenan Aliyev will personally select the winner from among the projects presented at the Ukrainian Doc Preview. The winner will receive a $ 2000 prize.
The search for candidates for the jury is currently ongoing. "Every year at Docudays UA, the best film is selected by a student jury, and this year we go to the experiment and invite teenagers aged 13-17 to judge!" - reads the festival's website.
The festival has already opened media accreditation as well as industry accreditation and ticket sales.
The program of the festival has not yet been made public, but one of the events promises to be the screening of the winner of the Sundance Film Festival for the best directing of an international documentary - the program "Blue Earth, Like Orange" by Irina Tsilik.
For more information, see Docudays UA: docudays.ua
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Material prepared by: Denis Budanov
