THIS HUMAN WORLD - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

Description

Vienna’s first international human rights film festival is a platform of cinematic art and critical discourse, a space of encounter and dialogue, and a meeting point for young innovative filmmakers, both local and international. We consider cinema not only an artistic form wherein narrative experiences are performed or created, but also an opportunity for the audience to step out of their comfort zone and into dialogue with new challenging realities.

Objective

Through the lens of film, we shall explore the vast complex of rights and freedoms, of being human and living as a community. A diverse range of cinematic approaches and critical perspectives invite the viewer to engage with the lived realities of individuals and communities across the world – ranging from intimately personal to historically humbling, yet always closely embedded in the lived world of human experiences.