Documentary films about human rights will be screened in Uzhgorod (ANNOUNCEMENT)

On October 14, at 17:00, the XIV Travelling International Documentary Film Festival about human rights Docudays UA will start in the "Owl’s Nest" cultural and historical center in Uzhgorod.   Transcarpathia will become one of the 22 Ukrainian regions that joined the festival this year, in total it will cover about 200 cities and towns. The festival is non-political and noncommercial, the entrance to all events is traditionally free.

The aim and mission of the Docudays UA is to promote and develop documentary cinema in order to increase the level of observance of human rights in Ukraine, to promote the development of critical thinking, the formation of an active civic attitude and the treatment of human dignity as the highest value. 

From 14 to 29 of October, the following films will be shown in Uzhgorod:

October 14, 2017

See you later / Yulia Kochetova-Nabozhnyak / Ukraine 2016

October 14, 217

Special show

Jamala’s fight / Elin Jonsson / Sweden / 2017

October 27, 2017

The Winter Garden’s Tale / Semen Mozgovy / Ukraine 2017

Home Games / Alisa Kovalenko / United Kingdom, Ukraine, France / 2017

Refuge / Anastasia Maksymchuk / Ukraine / 2016

October 28, 2017

Audience Emancipated: The Struggle for the Emek Movie Theater / Emek Bizim İstanbul Bizim / Turkey / 2016.

Joint campaign – flash mob: SAVE Uzhgorod.

Lectures and discussions with the participation of:

Tetyana Literati – author of the articles "Lost Uzhgorod"

Lina Dekhtyareva – art historian, human rights activist – Preservation of historical and architectural heritage

October 29, 2017

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov / Askold Kurov / Estonia, Poland, Czechia / 2017

Flash mob: Free Sentsov and Kolchenko / Writing letters to political prisoners

Organizers

Charitable organization "Committee of Medical Aid in Transcarpathia"

NGO "Carpathian Human Rights Agency "Vested" 

Partners

MU of Uzhgorod City Council "Uzh-Fest"

Uzhgorod City Council

Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union

NGO "South"

Charitable Foundation "Charity and Health Foundation"

NGO "Center of modern information technologies and visual arts"

State Agency of Ukraine on Cinema 

International network of human rights film festivals 

The travelling international documentary film festival about human rights Docudays UA is held with the support of the Swedish Embassy in Ukraine. 

Address: Uzhgorod, Rakoczi st., 2, Cultural and Historical Center "Owl’s Nest"

Admission is free