36th International Short Film Festival Berlin 2020
11 November - 13 December 2020

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IC 08 CONFRONTATIONS - Human Rights Films: Changing Perspectives

Violence is present at all levels of our society. Whether in public or private, in institutionalised and systemic form or within the family, it always hits marginalised groups and the weak the hardest. The sheer number of incidents is not only unimaginable, they also frequently go entirely undocumented. Particularly with regard to women, the problem of the gender data gap prevents not only the discussion but also the serious resolution of these power issues. By shedding light on individual cases, film exposes the omnipresence and arbitrariness of violence and enables us to better understand the victims’ perspective.

30.11.20, 00:00h, online: interfilm.de/sooner (Nov 30 - Dec 06)

CONFRONTATIONS - Human Rights Films: Changing Perspectives
CONFRONTATIONS - Human Rights Films: Changing Perspectives

Program sponsor

Kindly presented in cooperation with: UNHCR

CONFRONTATIONS - Human Rights Films: Changing Perspectives

Program sponsor

taz is program sponsor of the program.

6 films
Mthunzi

Mthunzi

Tebogo Malebogo // South Africa // 2019 // 08:35 min

Live Action

A woman suffers an epileptic fit in front of her house. Mthunzi, on his way home, wants to help, so he carries her into her house. Here he encounters a world where he does not belong.

Les Tissus Blancs

Les Tissus Blancs

Moly Kane // France, Senegal // 2019 // 19:12 min

Live Action

Tomorrow, Zuzana is getting married. From now on, every minute counts to erase her past and for her to become the woman she is expected to be.

Anja

Anja

Benő Baranyi // Hungary // 2020 // 19:07 min

Live Action

In a rural hospital in Hungary, medical student Levente discovers the case of a woman from a Sinti-Roma community who has apparently been sterilised by the head doctor without her consent.

Sola in Discesa

Sola in Discesa

Going Down Alone

Claudia Di Lascia / Michele Bizzi // Italy // 2020 // 06:00 min

Live Action

A woman travels back in time via a symbolic elevator and meets all the men who abused her both mentally and physically.

Be Hichkas Nagoo

Be Hichkas Nagoo

Don't Tell Anyone

Sahar Sotoodeh // Iran // 2020 // 15:00 min

Live Action

15-year-old Baran’s father abuses her. She resolves to run away and seek help – in order to find a place for her secret too.

Moonlight Dreams

Moonlight Dreams

Souvid Datta // England, India // 2020 // 19:00 min

Live Action

Krishna, 17-years-old and pregnant, returns to her village home in rural West Bengal to face her family and challenge the marriage of Tara, her beloved younger sister.