27 August –
5 September 2018
EIUC,
Monastery of San Nicolò | Venice Lido (Italy)
The 13th Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy Summer School is on its way! This year’s
school will take place in the picturesque Lido island of Venice, Italy! The
Summer School offers an exciting programme of lectures, film screenings,
discussions and working groups that combine human rights expertise, media
studies and video advocacy strategies! In collaboration with EIUC, CHRA will
offer a one in a life-time experience, through an inter-disciplinary training
on human rights film advocacy. Anyone with an interest in human rights, cinema
and advocacy is invited to apply!
The 13th Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy Summer School, is a training initiative
jointly organized by the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) and CHRA. The 10-day intense programme is aimed at young
professionals wishing to broaden their understanding on the connections between
human rights, film, digital media and video advocacy. The school provides a
unique opportunity for participants to share ideas and foster critical thinking
on urgent human rights issues, debate with experts and filmmakers in
conjunction with the 75th Venice international Film Festival, and learn how to
use film as a tool for social and cultural change. Cinema accreditation to the
Film Festival will be provided for the duration of the school.
THE
PROGRAMME
The Summer
School offers an exciting programme of lectures, film screenings, discussions
and working groups that combine human rights expertise with media studies and
video advocacy strategies. The teaching sessions develop issues rooted in human
rights and film-making. The topics of discussion vary from ethics and human
rights philosophy, to the UDHR illustrated in films and a history of human
rights cinema, freedom of expression and censorship, the role of media in
advancing human rights causes, the use of video in human rights documentation
and advocacy, production and distribution of human rights films, social documentaries
and documentary film project development.
THE FACULTY
CHRA’s team
of mentors is composed of internationally acclaimed experts in the film,
television, photography & human rights fields, in academia and/or on the
field as activists, like the world renowned photographer & filmmaker Nick
Danziger; Claudia
Modonesi an expert in human rights and a media trainer with a passionate
interest in cinema; the legendary professor of human rights William Schabas;
the Founder & Managing Director of Dartmouth Films, Christopher Hird; EIUC’s Secretary General Manfred Nowak; Chair of International Law Koen de
Feyter; the inspiring Programme Manager of Witness Kelly Matheson; and the
senior lecturer in Film & Television Emma Sandon.
About US
Cinema
Human Rights and Advocacy (CHRA) trains, supports and advises activists and
filmmakers to use, produce and distribute films to effectively expose human rights
abuses, alter public perceptions and advocate change. We train filmmakers and
activists to be agents of change through their storytelling and visual work. The Global Campus of Human Rights is an EU-funded global network of universities, based in
the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC). EIUC’s mission is to act as a strategic hub for the advancement of
human rights in the world.
Save the
dates:
Early Bird
deadline: 9 May 2018. Enrol by 9 May 2018 to receive a 15% discount!
Registration
deadline: 20 June 2018
CONTACT US:
Contact
Info:
Dr. Zoi
Aliozi
Cinema,
Human Rights and Advocacy School (CHRA)
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