- Document International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
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The Document International Human Right Film Festival was founded in 2003 by Paula Larkin and Mona Rai.
Document 1 was created in response to the discrimination faced by asylum seekers and refugees in Glasgow. It was intended to challenge negative media attitudes by providing factually correct social context through the films it screened.
Document’s key activity is sourcing and screening human rights documentaries and developing relationships with filmmakers and human rights organisations at home and abroad.
The festival has grown from Document 1 in 2003 showing 26 films to Document 8 showing 90 films from 35 countries programmed for October 2010.
Document International Human Rights Film Festival is a largely voluntary-run organisation. Volunteers work doing administration, raising funds, sourcing sponsorship and in-kind support, coordinating the main festival event itself, approaching keynote speakers, organizing panel discussions, workshops and associated photographic and music events
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Themes and issues
Document Film Festival address the following themes and issues evident in their film programme and expanded through panel discussions, guest speakers, student forums, social and cultural events such as music and performance.
- immigration & asylum
- women
- war & conflict
- self-determination
- racism
- miscarriages of justice
- eviction
- poverty
- social exclusion
- workers/unemployed rights
- mental health & social care
- young people
- human trafficking
- indigenous cultures
- environmental concerns
- global policies & local consequences
- LGBT rights
Links and Collaboration
Document Film Festival is member of the Human Rights Film Network, a network of film festivals that build ties with the international community of human rights advocates, filmmakers and programmers.
- Glasgow School of Art
- GARA
- Black History Month
- The Big Step, Children’s Rights Service & Residential Services at GCC
- The Fostering Network
- Unity Centre
- No Borders Scotland
- Diversity Films
- Camcorder Guerrillas
- Rape Crisis Scotland
- Scottish Refugee Council
- Centre for Human Rights Law, Strathclyde University
- Scottish Human Rights Commission
- Strathclyde University Applied Educational Research Centre
- University of the West of Scotland
- Amnesty International
- Dancehouse Glasgow
- Edinburgh University
- Glasgow University
- Variant Magazine
- The Poverty Alliance
- StreetLevel Photoworks
- Tallstorey’s – part of The Red Road Project
- Glasgow Women’s Library
- Fast Forward Play
- GOMA – sh(OUT) exhibition
- OurStory Scotland
- LGBT Youth Scotland
- Radical Independent Bookfare
- Electron Club
- Voluntary Services Overseas
References
External links
Categories:- Film festivals in Scotland
- Recurring events established in 2003
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