Following the screening of the film, “The Seventeen (Fly So Far)” during the October film festival held at Kino in Lund, we conducted a follow-up interview with the film’s producer, Mónica Hernández Rejón. Mónica is a Mexican film producer, director and programmer based in Sweden. The interview is transcribed below: Can you walk us through […]
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The interconnection between Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity – A look back at May 21’s event
What is the interconnection between Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity? Why is it important to address biodiversity issues taking into account the importance of cultural diversity? What’s the role of Human Rights? How can we individually contribute to their protection? These are some of the questions addressed by Alejandro Fuentes, Pernilla Malmer and Claudia Ituarte-Lima, our […]
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Racial discrimination issues in Sweden and the United States – A look back at March 21’s panel discussion
The second panel discussion of the Swedish Human rights Film festival started with a simple but needed statement: “Racial discrimination did not start in modern times.” Aysha Jones, Founder of Black Lives Matter Sweden, started by reminding us that racial discriminatio exists since hundreds and hundreds of years now. Yet, and our panelists all agreed […]
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The International Holocaust Remembrance Day
This event is now over but feel free to watch the recording below and can check the additional content available here. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day was the first event of this 2021 Edition of the Swedish Human rights Film Festival. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is named after the human rights hero, Raoul Wallenberg. […]
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