Stories on Human Rights

Stories On Human Rights is a 2008 film.

The film comprises twenty two 3 minute shorts directed by international filmmakers to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They are inspired by six themes:

Culture

• Dangerous Games, Marina Abramović (Serbia / Netherlands)
• Des films à faire, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Ange Leccia (United States, France)
• Mobile Men, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
• Voyage, Daniela Thomas (Brazil)

Development

• The Voice, Sergei Bodrov (Russia)
• La Mangue, Idrissa Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)
• The Crossing, Murali Nair (India)

Dignity & Justice

• What About Me?, Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen (Israel)
• N’Dimagou, Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania) Trust, Runa Islam (UK / Bangladesh)
• Sobras, Pablo Trapero (Argentina)
• Impasse, Bram Schouw (Netherlands)

Environment

• Black Breakfast, Jia Zhangke (China)
• I Drink Your Bathwater, Pipilotti Rist (Switzerland)
• A Water Tale Francesco, Jodic (Italy)
• La Victoire sur les sachets, Sarkis (France)

Gender

• Lili & Ra, Armagan Ballantyne (New Zealand)
• The Final Match, Saman Saloor (Iran)
• Glass Ceiling, Teresa Serrano (Mexico)

Participation

• A boy, a Wall and a Donkey, Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine)
• Garish Sun, Charles de Meaux (France)
• Participation, Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia)

Stories on Human Rights is an initiative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and was produced by ART for the World.

References

• African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)