Unspooling between 7 and 16 March, the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) looks to be a place for coming together to reflect upon the world around us, a place to dream about shared utopias based on collective approaches. The themes of this year’s edition are, on the one hand, the worrying rise of extremism and, on the other, the global threat to our fundamental freedoms.

Amongst the various titles tackling these themes is Steve Pink’s The Last Republican, which is screening in a world premiere and which denounces Donald Trump’s involvement in the 2021 Capitol attack. To accompany the debate, the festival is organising a forum entitled "Where are the United States headed?", attended by writer Douglas Kennedy. Meanwhile, Hacking Hate [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ibrahim “Snoopy” Ahmad, Ti…
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Feminist struggles are another of the more dominant themes in this year’s edition, running through films such as Manas [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marianna Brennand
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Light will also be shone on the devastating conflicts in the Near-East, thanks to the movies A State of Passion by Carol Mansour and Manu Khalidi, and The Bibi Files by Alexis Bloom. The connection between Switzerland and human rights issues, meanwhile, will be analysed and explained through UNRWA, 75 ans d’une histoire provisoire [+leggi anche:
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Last but not least, as stressed in the press release, "the 23rd edition foregrounds a powerful idea: the transformation of indignation and anger into solidarity and kindness in the face of political, environmental and institutional upheaval". Films such as Germany’s The Tender Revolution [+leggi anche:
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In addition to the afore-mentioned movies, a number of European productions and co-productions are also selected in this year’s competitions. The fiction films competition will notably welcome Johanné Gómez Terrero’s co-production between the Dominican Republic and Spain, Sugar Island, as well as Santosh [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Sandhya Suri
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intervista: Raha Amirfazli, Alireza Gh…
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intervista: Mahdi Fleifel
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intervista: Dea Kulumbegashvili
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On the documentary side, the competition will be welcoming the Swiss-Iraqi co-production Immortals [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Maciej J. Drygas
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intervista: Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir
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intervista: Johan Grimonprez
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intervista: Najiba Noori, Rasul Noori
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Last but not least, gracing the Focus Competition we’ll find Made in Ethiopia by Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan, Flowers of Ukraine [+leggi anche:
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