Human Rights Arts and Film Festival
For the eighth year in a row, the Human Rights Art and Film Festival (HRAFF) exhibits an amazing selection of contemporary work in cinema, art and public forums. The 2015 HRAFF program showcases 31 feature films, 18 shorts, 5 exhibitions, and 15 forums. Among them for the first time will be talk show The Breakfast Sessions. “Theres a range of genuinely important discussions that are happening now, in general, and we thought we should be involved in that discussion. –– So, we put together four sessions on particularly relevant topics.” Says Festival Program Director Malcolm Blaylock.
Introducing the most outstanding international films and artwork, the HRAFF will definitely move, inspire and challenge audiences no matter their walk of life. “The purpose of the festival is to present people with some really interesting and thoughtful narratives. Audiences will be forced to think about things in a slightly different way, and be affected by the stories that they hear,” explained Blaylock.
Opening the festival with an immensely powerful Australian documentary dealing with the rape of Charlotte Campbell Stephen ‘I Will Not Be Silenced’, and closing with Australian premiere of Mano Khalil’s intimate story of immigrant Ibrahim Gezer ‘The Beekeeper’–– this festival is exceptionally ripe with talent, ideas, and storytelling, all the while using our human rights as the root.
“It’s a festival that tells remarkable, wonderful stories that will inspire people to gain a different perspective of the world.”
May 26-30, $14-17, mini-pass $72, 261-263 King Street, Newtown, Dendy Cinema Newtown, hraff.org.au
