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53 documentaries disposed in 10 film categories
(Seeing is to Understanding; Dictatorship Regimes - Forever?; AIDS -
Global Challenge; Focused on Iraq; Women´s Burdens; Clashes and
Dialogues of Culture; Rich North - Poor South; Immigrants´ Odyssey;
Generation Next; Docs for Kids) offered ONE WORLD 2005 from 9th
through 13th November in Bratislava. 12 000 people saw this year´s
films, which were from different parts of the world, dealing with human
rights denials, discovering the backgrounds of the conflicts, taking a
look at life of refugees, women and people living in non-democratic
regimes, or revealing the problem of the people suffering from AIDS.
Discussion after the film "Coca: The Dove of Chechnya"
9th – 13th November 2005, Bratislava
Film Club Charlie Centrum, Špitálska 4
A4 – Zero Space (V klub), Nám. SNP 12
VŠMU Cinema (Film and TV Faculty), Svoradova 2
Section Seeing is to Understanding as usual offers films which uncover background of the conflicts in different parts of the world, and introduce concrete human fates to us instead of stark numbers presented by the media. We will commemorate the tenth anniversary of massacre in Srebrenica and the end of the war in Bosnia and Hercegovina by screening the two films, which both reflect difficult process of coping with the recent past (Earth Promised Sky, Justice Unseen). Documentary "COCA: The Dove of Chechnya" likewise reflects theme of evidence and detection of war crimes within the conflict, which lasts for more than ten years, and expectation that it will end soon is still minimal. "Children of Beslan" shows how terrible consequences might the situation have, especially when the problems are hidden instead of being solved. "Children of Beslan" is documentary about children who were held hostage and survived that horrible attack. Other films of this section will lead us to Africa (Rwanda, Sudan, Liberia), or disclose many aspects of the events in Israel and Palestina.
The section Dictatorship Regimes – Forever? is focused on life of the people living in non-democratic regimes. We will have an opportunity to look at the issues of North Korea and Belarus. The film "This World: Access to Evil" enable us to take a look inside of hermetically enclosed North Korea, where the people recite learned phrases which are deeply engraved in their memory in front of the camera, whereas the film "Seoul Train" shows how tragically might end up the people who succeeded to escape from that large prison and cross the border to China. Young Belorussians, whose life stories were caught by young German film director in "89 mm", seem to be the same like their peers anywhere else. They have got their dreams, desires and different point of views on the world and their future. However, they have been living in dictatorship, radically shaping their opportunities, thus the main ambition of some of them is to overcome the regime.
Fight against lethal HIV virus joins young people in Russia and a prostitute dying in Thai Buddhist convent (Pandemic: Facing AIDS), thousands of patients from India (Dr. Nagesh), or small children from the Republic of South Africa who are looking after their HIV positive parents, and do not know whether they themselves have been suffering from this serious disease (Orphans of Nkandla). These as well as similar stories brings new category AIDS – Global Challenge.
The news from Iraq has been broadcast almost every day for last three years. However, only few of us sense what is hidden behind the information about suicide bombers, the numbers of people who died, fights within certain parts of the country, or abuse of the detainees in Abú Ghraib prison. Worthwhile films disposed in Focused on Iraq category can at least help to orient ourselves to the complicated events taking place in the country. These films offer opinions of Iraqui people themselves (About Baghdad,The Liberace of Baghdad), or testimony of the woman involved in the abuse of Iraqui detainees (Big Storm: The Lynndie England Story). Other films try investigative way to uncover the form and the mode of the media which have been involved in media coverage of the events in Iraq (Weapons of Mass Deception, Control Room).
The category Women´s Burdens involves films about dissimilar stories of women whose voices have not been heard out so far. The reasons are different. In some cases society just makes taboo of the issues such as children abuse (My Beloved Child ), lesbian cohabitation (Keep Not Silent), female imprisonment (What I Want My Words to Do to You), or ´bumping´ against the rampart of traditions (Bride Kidnapping in Kirgyzstan).
Other festival films will reveal divergences between some original cultures and modern society: Clashes and Dialogues of Culture or between life in poor and rich countries: Rich North, Poor South. The results of making a bid for crossing the borders will be presented in films of Immigrants´Odyssey category. This year we will also have the opportunity to look at the life of refugees in Slovakia (Here We Are!, Searching for Illusions).
Problems which have an impact on life of children, or seen through children´s eyes will be unfolded in the films of two categories: Generation Next and Docs for Kids. These films will be also screened to the pupils and students within afternoon festival screenings.
