OSCE's human rights cinema week in Tajikistan becomes regular event
(OSCE)Moviegoers, as well as people interested in human rights were brought together at OSCE’s human rights film festival in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 15 October 2002. (OSCE)
DUSHANBE, 15 October 2002 - Moviegoers, as well as people interested in human rights were brought together for five days of film screenings in the Tajik capital. The second Cinema Week on Human Rights, organized by the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan in co-operation with the International Human Rights Film Festival "Stalker" and the Russian Guild of Cinematographers, was held between 9 and 13 October in Dushanbe.
"For the first time in my life I saw a wide-format movie in the company of such a great number of people. It was very much impressive", said an 18-year-old girl, studying at the Tajik Russian Slavonic University.
The programme for Cinema Week was divided into three daily performances, targeting children, teenagers and adults. The films were thematically devoted to such issues as women's and children's rights, refugees, problems of racism, labour migration and drugs.
"Next year we shall continue our practice of screening films on human rights, but in the very near future we are also going to hold a mini-festival in southern districts of Tajikistan, bordering Afghanistan, as well", said Ambassador Marc Gilbert, Head of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan.
This year's Dushanbe programme included works of prominent Tajik filmmakers such as Bakhtior Khudoinazarov ("Kosh ba kosh", 1993) and Mayram Yusupova ("Labourer", 2001). Other well-known filmmakers, actors and film historians, such as Igor Stepanov, Alexandre Kazakevich, Galina Bokashevskaya, Daler Madjidov, Tatyana Nazarova, Ruslan Nayrbiev participated in the festival. Central Asia was represented by Rustem Tajibaev from Kazakhstan ("Forgotten World") and Alexander Knyazev ("Asian Cross-roads") from Kyrgyzstan.
Activists from two local non-governmental organizations and students from the Tajik State National University volunteered to assist disabled children and orphans attend the special children's programme, while the Union of Tajik Cinematographers assisted with technical support and expertise throughout the festival.
"For the first time in my life I saw a wide-format movie in the company of such a great number of people. It was very much impressive", said an 18-year-old girl, studying at the Tajik Russian Slavonic University.
The programme for Cinema Week was divided into three daily performances, targeting children, teenagers and adults. The films were thematically devoted to such issues as women's and children's rights, refugees, problems of racism, labour migration and drugs.
"Next year we shall continue our practice of screening films on human rights, but in the very near future we are also going to hold a mini-festival in southern districts of Tajikistan, bordering Afghanistan, as well", said Ambassador Marc Gilbert, Head of the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan.
This year's Dushanbe programme included works of prominent Tajik filmmakers such as Bakhtior Khudoinazarov ("Kosh ba kosh", 1993) and Mayram Yusupova ("Labourer", 2001). Other well-known filmmakers, actors and film historians, such as Igor Stepanov, Alexandre Kazakevich, Galina Bokashevskaya, Daler Madjidov, Tatyana Nazarova, Ruslan Nayrbiev participated in the festival. Central Asia was represented by Rustem Tajibaev from Kazakhstan ("Forgotten World") and Alexander Knyazev ("Asian Cross-roads") from Kyrgyzstan.
Activists from two local non-governmental organizations and students from the Tajik State National University volunteered to assist disabled children and orphans attend the special children's programme, while the Union of Tajik Cinematographers assisted with technical support and expertise throughout the festival.