Conversation — Taking action through and with film festivals
September 16, 2023, 16:30 - 17:30
Nobel
free
Taking action through and with film festivals
A conversation between Margje de Koning, Artistic Director of Movies that Matter, and filmmaker and Leiden Shorts Board President, Koen Suidgeest.
Film festivals have the power and duty to use their visibility as a platform for important topics, be it of cultural, political or social nature. In this conversation, we would like to explore the role of festivals in taking political action, the tools and strategies they have available for this, as well as the risks and implications. Can festivals truly make a difference?
Free entrance - Registration in advance is required.
Limited seats.
In collaboration with Movies that Matter
Movies that Matter wants to broaden views for human rights. Our core tasks are the screening of human rights related films and the stimulation of screenings of human-rights films. We realise these core tasks with our annual Movies that Matter festival, our educational work, the organisation of events, with advice inland and abroad and the support of festivals worldwide.
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