Under the motto #Trazades (Tracked), this commemorative edition focuses on digital rights, seeking to create awareness around and expanding knowledge of cyber-rights, so closely linked to freedom of expression and privacy, and which recognise the right of individuals to access, use, creation and publication of digital media, and to do so through computers, electronic devices and telecommunications networks necessary.
The aim of this edition is to use film to question the technologies that reinforce power imbalances, and the inequality and abuses that exist within them, in order to promote a conscientious and sustainable use of digital tools. And thus advance towards the socio-environmental justice we long for in a cognizant and determined manner.
The Festival will showcase its selection of films in thirteen sections: Derechos digitales (Digital Rights), [Finca] Ambiente, Infancia y juventud (Childhood and Youth), Memoria (Memory), Migrantes (Migrants), Miradas de género (Gender Perspectives), Panorama, Pueblos originarios (Indigenous Peoples), Foco Democracia en Latinoamérica (Democracy in Latin america Focus), EngageMedia (Asia-Pacific) Window, SIMA Studios (USA) Window and #20FICDH Retrospective.
As always, the Escuelas (Schools) section will showcase a selection for youth of 26 films made by
highschoolers and curated by the 20th FICDH, whose screening will have a didactic approach.
The three competitive sections are: the Official Features competition, the Shorts and Medium-Length
competition, and the Latin American Documentaries competition. The winning films are awarded prizes by the European Union in Argentina, SIGNIS, Gorky Films, La Haye Media, Instituto De Enseñanza Superior en Lenguas Vivas “Juan Ramón Fernández,” Lumiton museo del cine – usina audiovisual, Cine.ar, Percepciones Audiovisuales, and RAFMA.
For this edition, the screening venues will include:
- Alianza Francesa de Buenos Aires (Av. Córdoba 946, CABA)
- Centro Cultural San Martín (Sarmiento 1551, CABA)
- Cine Gaumont (Av. Rivadavia 1635,CABA)
- Cine York (Juan Bautista Alberdi 895, Vicente López)
- Honorable Cámara de Diputados, Anexo A (Av. Rivadavia 1841, CABA)
The in-person special activities will be held at the Paco Urondo cultural center (25 de Mayo 201, CABA). Additionally, there will be an online workshop co-organized with ARC and Global Voices aimed at reflecting about the risks that come with the new technologies and at creating support networks.
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