Vezi raport EN

MAIN PARTNER: Rule of Law of Eastern Europe of Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung;

WITH THE SUPPORT OF: National Council for Combating Discrimination, National Film Centre, Ministry of Culture, City Hall of the 3rd District, European Commission Representation in Romania, Union of Filmmakers in Romania, RoAid – Romania’s Program of Cooperation for Development, Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations Development Program, Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of Romanian Exile, ARCUB – Cultural Centre of Bucharest, Bucharest City Hall, Bucharest European Capital of Culture 2021, Centre for Legal Resources, EEA Grants, Bankwatch Romania, Romanian National Council for Refugees, International Organization for Migration – Romania’s Office, and also the participation, as partners, of several Embassies represented in Bucharest.

The whole festival was founded in an unconventional multimedia experience, a mixture of new and traditional cultural forms – film, theatre, dance, exhibitions, music, virtual reality, documentary games – through which the theme of human rights was brought closer by a very varied public and which created fun, information was given, social involvement was encouraged.

The festival took place in 6 venues: Eforie Cinema, Union Cinema, Elvire Popesco Cinema, Hollywood Multiplex, Czech Centre in Bucharest and a tent of 120 m2 mounted in the Uni- versity Square.

Outstanding results were achieved on several levels:

• • A 10% increase in the number of participants, the number of those who were with us at

the opening event being double, and the number of high school students participating in the projections dedicated to them being with 30% higher;

• • a 30% increase in the number of documentaries;

• • a 27% increase in the number of organized projections;

• • a 15% increase in the number of festival guests; a 70% increase in the number of films

entered for selection.

The opening event of the festival, organized at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, attracted an audience of 1200 people. Short speeches of the organizers and partners were complemented by a show seasoned with movies, documentaries of virtual reality, theatre, dance and music.

Of the 60 documentaries presented at the festival, 50 were national premieres, 2 international premieres and 1 European premiere.

A total of 89 projections were organized during the festival. A series of special events com- plemented the festival program, of which we recall views with virtual reality films, a theatre, debates, educational activities and releases.

Over 100 Romanian and foreign guests took part in all these events with impact on the de- velopment of a strong civil society in Romania.

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