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11,088 participants at 21st San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival

26.04.24

The 21st San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival, organised by the Human Rights Area of the City Council and Donostia Kultura, took place between 12 and 19 April, with a wonderful response from the public and a prominent role for Basque cinema, including among the award-winners. The event featured the worldwide pr...

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"Indarkeriaren oi(h)artzunak", Audience Award at the 21st Human Rights Film Festival

19.04.24

The film Indarkeriaren oi(h)artzunak (Spain, 2023), directed by Amaia Merino and Ander Iriarte, has been awarded with the Audience Prize to the Best Feature Film at the 21st San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival, that ends tonight. Mediha (USA, 2023), directed by Hasan Oswald, has won the Amnesty International A...

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José Antonio Zorrilla conference at Okendo Kultur Etxea

18.04.24

José Antonio Zorrilla will be at San Sebastian on April 22nd, 19:00, at Okendo Kultur Etxea. Free admission. The Cooperation Department of the San Sebastian Town Hall, with the collaboration of Donostia Kultura and the Human Rights Film Festival, organizes the conference Ucrania, de la inexistencia a la estatalida...

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The exhibition "Pakistan: the channels of the Indus" is open at Aiete Kultur Etxea

17.04.24

The exhibition Pakistan: the channels of the Indus, from the program of the 21st Human Rights Film Festival, will be open between April 12th and June 9th at Aiete Kultur Etxea. The exhibition features a reflection of the realities observed and documented by journalist and anthropologist Igone Mariezkurrena during h...

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The exhibition "26th Luis Valtueña International Award" is open at Okendo Kultur Etxea

16.04.24

The exhibition 26th Luis Valtueña International Award, organized by Doctors of the World and from the program of the 21st Human Rights Film Festival, will be open between April 16th and June 15th at Okendo Kultur Etxea. This prestigious award has been bestowed by Médicos del Mundo each year since 1997 to recognis...

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The exhibition "Baloreak" is open at the Central Library

15.04.24

The exhibition Baloreak, from the program of the 21st Human Rights Film Festival, will be open between April 10th and May 4th at the Central Library (Alderdi Eder). The exhibition Baloreak is a reflection of the book of the same name, written by the San Sebastian-born journalist Nerea Kortabitarte and illustrated b...

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Fernando León de Aranoa will receive the 2024 Human Rights Film Festival Award

12.04.24

The filmmaker Fernando León de Aranoa will receive this year the 21st San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival Award. The prize ceremony will be at the Victoria Eugenia Theater on Friday 12 at 20:00, at the Opening Night of the Festival. A screenwriter, producer and director of fiction and documentaries who has ov...

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The exhibition "20th edition of Art and Human Rights by children and youths" is open

12.04.24

The exhibition 20th edition of Art and Human Rights by children and youths, from the program of the 21st Human Rights Film Festival, will be open between April 12th and 19th at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre (Okendo square). Exhibition of drawings and murals by childrenand youngsters aged between 6 and 18 for the 20t...

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21st San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival to take place between 12 and 19 April

04.04.24

Mental health, the situation in Palestine, migration, the future of work, childhood in Ukraine and trans rights will be among the themes of the films and debates at the festival, which also features exhibitions at different venues around the city. The film El salto (2023), directed by Benito Zambrano, will on 12 Ap...

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“El salto” to open 21st San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival on 12 April

21.03.24

The film El salto (2023), directed by Benito Zambrano, will on 12 April serve as the curtain-raiser at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre for the 21st San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival, organised by the City Council's Human Rights Area and Donostia Kultura. The festival will take place between 12 and 19 April at the V...

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