Masterclass: What role for film festivals in the promotion of gender equality and human rights?

EN_ Film festivals bring people together and are a great opportunity to expose the public to different realities and promote empathy towards ‘the other’. What are the challenges of organising a film festival aimed at promoting gender equality and human rights? How effective are they in bringing about social change?
 
PT_ Os festivais de cinema juntam as pessoas e oferecem uma grande oportunidade para expor o público a realidades diferentes e promover a empatia com “o outro”. Quais são os desafios na organização de um festival que visam promover a igualdade de género e os direitos humanos? Quão eficazes podem ser como instrumentos de mudança social?
 
With _ Com
Alia Arasoughly + Dina Amin (Shashat Woman Cinema): “Women Cinema in villages, towns and refugee camps in Palestine”
Camilla Trombi + Lydia Valentini (Films Femmes Méditerranée, France): “Debating cinema in prison. An experience with women and men together, for the first time, in Marseille”
Teresa Sala (Some Prefer Cake, Italy): “Shaping a community film festival”
 
Masterclass in English
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