Welcome to the Swedish Human Rights Film Festival! Every year we unite movies with human rights through panel discussions with international experts. During 2021, we will have an all-year around film festival with a digital focus on the international United Nations (UN) days. The festival is organised by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and Kino in Lund, Sweden. More information coming soon.
We are proud to present the first Swedish Human Rights Film Festival Day: the International Holocaust Remembrance Day!
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is named after the human rights hero, Raoul Wallenberg. The Swedish diplomat saved tens of thousands of Jews and other people at risk in Hungary at the end of World War II.
Still today, we see minorities being discriminated because of their religion, ethnicity and culture. It’s of great importance to remember the Holocaust and its victims.
Join us on 27th of January, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, by watching the movie Every Face Has a Name by Magnus Gertten. On April 28, 1945, survivors of the Nazi terror disembark a ship in Malmö.
70 years later, the same people experience the emotional moment when they each recognize themselves in the archive footage shot on the day of their liberation.
Their anonymous faces turn into names, fates, and stories. They remind us that behind every refugee arriving in a harbor today, there is a name, a human being and a story.
The movie will be available here 48h before the event.
After the screening of the movie, we will host a virtual panel discussion that you can join to discuss the movie and the importance of remembering the Holocaust.
Join the panel discussion on January 27th at 7 pm (Swedish time) here.
We are proud to present the panel:
The United Nations has, in response to the new challenges the corona crisis leaves behind, launched a program, “Build Back Better”.
The purpose is to support the reconstruction of the world. The pandemic has widened the gaps in society and poverty. The focus will be on Agenda 2030, the Global Goals. We want to highlight the challenges that have become so obvious during the corona crisis; the lack of justice, equality, unequal distribution of resources and discrimination; of the elderly, of minorities and more.
As in previous years, we want to spread knowledge about human rights through film and panel discussions, but we want to complement and develop the concept with other cultural activities, such as music, dance, theater, conversation and art. The ambition is to broaden the concept from film festival to festival and to touch on these issues in several ways.
We want to welcome our previous visitors; students, academics, pensioners and young adults. We would like to involve young people in the festival, e.g. by hosting events or contributing thoughts on content.
To build on the “Build Back Better” theme, we will host an event on selected UN days all-year around. During these days, we will show hand-picked movies on the topic in combination with an expert panel.
To become more inclusive, we have transformed the festival to a digital version to make it available for everyone. Each event will be launched online with the choice to stream the movie (for Swedish residents) followed by an interactive discussion about the topic and human rights issues.
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