“Indarkeriaren oi(h)artzunak” wins the Film and Human Rights Festival award
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The San Sebastián Film and Human Rights Festival announced today at a press conference the list of winners of its 21st edition, in which for eight days they discussed, among other topics, migration, violence, work, memory, childhood, torture, sexual freedom and war.
The festival has screened 45 films, 26 feature films and 19 short films, and the winning title of the audience award for best feature film was “Indarkeriaren oi(h)artzunak”, by Amaia Merino and Ander Iriarte. The Amnesty International award has gone to “Mediha” and the young jury award for best short film to “The weight of light”.
From the Festival, this is how “Indarkeriaren oi(h)artzunak” summarizes, which has the participation of EITB: “40 years after ETA kidnapped her family and the State murdered her father under torture, Tamara Muruetagoiena undertakes a tireless search for truth and justice. Tamara, face to face, tells of her family tragedy: the revolutionary tax, the kidnapping by an ETA commando for 17 days, the subsequent family breakdown, the persecution of the state machinery, the political pressure, the trial, the arrest of his father and mother, torture, murder… But also his path towards truth, recognition and the use of dialogue as the main tool for conflict resolution.”
“Mediha” is a film about the genocide against the Yazidi people. Mediha, a Yazidi teenager who has just returned from her abduction by ISIS, turns the camera on herself to try to process her trauma as rescue teams search for her missing family members. she. She confronts her past using a very personal filmed diary with which she reclaims her voice and moves determinedly toward the future.
In “The Weight of Light”, teenager Surya finds a camera in a huge mountain of garbage in Delhi. This is how her camera becomes a window to the untold stories of the women around her. The film oscillates between documentary and fiction and focuses on a community of garbage collectors trying to find their place in the world amidst the waste and the scorching heat.
Today, on the last day, the Film and Human Rights Festival programs two films at the Victoria Eugenia theater: “Muerte en Amara” at 5:00 p.m. and “Nina” at 8:00 p.m. Both films are supported by EITB.
Source: Eitb
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