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We have opened submissions for the next edition of One World Festival. 11th annual One World takes place from 11th to 19th March 2009 in Prague.

First submission deadline is 30th September 2008. This submission deadline is obligatory for those films made before April 2008. The extended deadline for films made after this date will be announced in advance. We kindly ask you to send your entries as soon as possible.

For more information and on-line entry form please go to: http://www.jedensvet.cz/ow/2008/index_en.php?id=477

On May 14–17, 2008, People in Need in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic presents “Echoes” of One World in Washington, DC. The human rights film festival features 6 films focused on human rights violations affecting Burma, Belarus, and Cuba. Debates with filmmakers or experts on the given theme of each film follows the screenings. The series will open with the DC premiere of Citizen Havel (Občan Havel) at the Avalon Theatre on May 14. The festival then moves to the Goethe-Institut. For more info and complete program go to http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/?zu=washington.

One World Bulgaria starts in Sophia on May 7 as the first ever human rights film festival in Bulgaria. Organized in cooperation with One World Prague, this new festival will present some 40 films and numerous accompanying events. It will be opened by Letter to Anna, a haunting film that received this year..s Vaclav Havel Special Award. After Sophia, the films will be screened in other towns (Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, etc). For more information visit www.bgoneworld.org.

The festival in New York City will present selected films on Cuba, Burma, and Belarus.
All screenings will be accompanied by debates with experts on the given theme or filmmakers.
The opening screening will be the film Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White, directed by Ivana Miloševič) on Monday, April 14 at 7 pm.
The film will be introduced by the festival’s director Igor Blaževič with a reception following the screening.

The event is organized by People in Need and Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union with cooperation of the Czech Center Brussels. All films will be followed by debates and discussions with experts and special guests.

Screenings will take place in the building of the Permanent Representation, at Rue Caroly 15, 1050 Brussels.

A special screening of The Greatest Silence: Rape in Congo will take place in the European Commission, Thursday April 17, 7pm in the Berlaymont Building, 200 rue de la Loi

Actual N E W S in Prague

Best Film Award:
Behave
Maria Ramos, Brazil 2007, 80 min

Best Director Award:
Crime and Punishment
Zhao Liang, China/France 2007, 123 min

Václav Havel Special Award:
Letter to Anna
Eric Bergkraut, Switzerland 2008, 83 min

Rudolf Vrba Award:
Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case
Andrei Nekrasov, Russia 2007, 106 min

Main Jury Special Mention:
Citizen Havel
Pavel Koutecký / Miroslav Janek, Czech Republic 2008, 150 min

Further Film Awards:

Mayor of Prague’s Best Short Film Award:
One Day

Czech Radio Award:
FACES [:phases]

Student Jury Award:
Iron Ladies of Liberia

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One World Festival took place also in Belarus

On the same day as the One World festival opened in Prague, the Belarus edition was launched in Hrodna, Western Belarus. The festival was officially opened by the Czech Chargé d'Affaires in Belarus, Vladimír Ruml.

Screenings began with the film Cuba libre depicting the Cuban dictatorship. For the Belarusian festival, films were screened in one of the last public places available in Belarus where people can still gather periodically at events with a clearly pro-democratic tone. There was great public interest shown and the room was filled to capacity with more than eighty viewers.

View all news on:

http://www.jedensvet.cz/ow/2008/index_en.php?id=83#

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General F A C T S :

One World's 10th Anniversary!

One World festival will celebrate it's 10th anniversary in Prague,
March 5–March 13, 2008. Afterwards, the festival highlights will tour in several cities around the globe, incuding:

New York City, Washington DC, Brussels, Paris, Madrid, Vienna, Bucharest, London, Madrid, Paris, Sofia, Ljubljana

Each city will have it’s own special program – the best films from 2008, human rights conferences, lectures at universities, interesting speakers and of course receptions and parties. For further info about the 2008 Tour see our blog

2008 Program Categories

A word from the festival’s founder Igor Blazevic:

"... this is a year in which the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be celebrated. The Olympic Games will also be held in China and the Czech Republic will be preparing intensively for its presidency of the EU, which will be preceded by the French presidency. All of this will be reflected in the One World programme for 2008."

• Dictatorships in the Spotlight

... 2008 is the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. Nevertheless, a number of countries are still ruled by dictators.

While some are occasionally covered by mainstream media (Cuba, Belarus, North Korea, Sudan, Burma) other dictator’s rule in oblivion
(e. g. Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)

• Contemporary French Documentary

... 9 outstanding French films. The selection was supported by the Paris-based festival Cinéma du Réel, which will in turn present a showcase of documentaries from the Czech Republic

• Asian Panorama

... the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing inspired the focus on human rights in China. The section will also include films from India

• Frontline Club

... the section will feature the work of top British television reporters

• Why Democracy?

... a selection of the global project aiming to raise tough questions on democracy

• Silenced Testimonies

... films that were censored and never screened in the Czech Republic and the GDR

• Putin’s Empire

... contemporary Russia and the issues of Putin’s rule as seen by various filmmakers

• Czech documentaries

... a traditional showcase of new local filmmaking

• Films that Changed the World

... 8 documentaries that played a key role in raising consciousness, including Thin Blue Line and Bowling for Columbine

Competitions and awards:

Main Competition: films compete for the Best Film Award and the Best Director Award, presented by the main jury. The international jury is composed of outstanding filmmakers.

Right to Know: a unique competition category that includes full-length, original and high-quality documentary films drawing attention to unknown or suppressed issues relating to human rights. The 16 films compete for the Rudolf Vrba Award. The Jury members are not filmmakers, instead, they have deliberately been chosen among charismatic and brave individuals who are committed to upholding human rights.

Short Forms: covers experimental and animated human-rights-oriented films of under 35 minutes competing for the Mayor of Prague’s Best Short Film Award. In keeping with tradition, directors and programmers of prestigious international film festivals have been invited to sit on this section’s jury.

The Czech Radio Award is presented for the best use of sound or music in a festival documentary.

A special award is decided by the festival-goers: The Pilsner Urquell Audience Award.