[Falkor-info] "Nationality: human" Film Festival opening in Armenia

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I have the great please and privilege of inviting you to the Armenian 
opening of the "South Caucasus Documentary Film Festival of Peace and 
Human Rights - "Nationality: human" .An initiative by the Heinrich 
Boell Foundation and supported in Yerevan by BEM Youth Progressive 
Action Center.

Kindest regards,
Anna Aghajanian
Outreach Coordinator
BEM Youth Progressive Action Center



Press release

The Heinrich Boell Foundation along with the South Caucasus foundations 
of the “Open Society Institute’s (OSI) network” and BEM YPAC invite you 
to the opening of the “South Caucasus Documentary Film Festival of Peace 
and Human Rights – Nationality: human"at the Club Tumanyan 40, September 
20th at 13:00.

 From  April until October 2007 our mobile festival group will travel to 
many regions throughout the South Caucasus. Armenia is the next stop on 
the route.

Dates and places of the festival in Armenia
22.09 – 24.09: Erevan
28.09 – 30.09: Gjumri
02.10 – 04.10: Chambarak

The "Nationality: human" Film Festival is the first festival of its kind 
in the South Caucasus. The idea of this film festival arose in 2005 
among partners and friends of the “Open Society-Georgia” Foundation and 
the German Heinrich Boell Foundation, which has been working on 
peace-building projects with partners throughout the South Caucasus for 
several years. In the Prague-based One World Festival, we found an 
experienced partner that shares our philosophy.

The "Nationality: human" Film Festival will screen recent documentary 
films from different parts of the world in various cities and regions of 
the South Caucasus. Believing that the world is one and the language of 
cinema knows no borders, we think viewers in the South Caucasus will be 
able to see themselves in the fates of people from other parts of the 
world, in their struggles for peace and justice.

The "Nationality: human" Film Festival is non-competitive. In our jury 
there are young filmmakers, film critics and NGO activists from the 
South Caucasus, Germany and the Czech Republic. They have selected six 
recent documentaries of international reputation (from Israel, the 
former Yugoslavia, France and the United States). These films compose a 
three-day programme.

The "Nationality: human" Film Festival is a festival on wheels. Our 
mobile cinema-team will travel to 25 locations throughout the South 
Caucasus with our cinema bus, bringing all the technical equipment 
needed for screening. 25 local partners - NGOs, schools, universities, 
and initiative groups - selected by our jury will host the festival and 
co-organise additional local cultural events and peace actions.


Dates and places of the festival in 2007

April: Sumgait, Geokchay, Lankaran
May: Gagra/ Pitsunda, Myku/ Mokva (district of Ochamchira), Chlou, Tkuarchal
June: Batumi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi, Marneuli
July: Akhalsopeli, Nukriani, Akhmeta, Ikalto, Gurjaani, Akhaltsikhe
September: Djava, Kveysa, Tskhinval
September – October: Yerevan, Gyumri , Chambarak
October: Stepanakert, Shushi


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For more detailed information, please contact us (or see our website):

Kerstin Nickig (festival coordinator), c/o Heinrich Boell Foundation, 
Radiani street 5, 0179 Tbilisi,Phone +995-32-227705, Fax: 
+995-32-912897,  kerstin@boell.ge
http://www.ya-chelovek.caucasus.net, http://www.boell.ge

BEM: Youth Progressive Action Center 010-580 576 anna@bem.am
http://www.bem.am

This project is funded by the Heinrich Boell Foundation
http://www.boell.ge

and the South Caucasus foundations of Open Society Institute’s (OSI) network

http://www.osi.am
http://www.osi-az.org
http://www.osgf.ge