Human rights docufest takes place this week

Newsroom 15/03/2010 | 12:06

Over 30 documentaries will be broadcast in four movie theaters in Bucharest as part of the third One World Romania festival, the only documentary festival in Romania showcasing human rights themes. The event takes place between March 17 and 22.

“This year we have been hungry for good films. We have six sections and over 60 movies – very good movies from all over the world,” said Alexandru Solomon, a renowned local documentary maker who is the artistic director of the festival.

The six sections of the event are Global Workers, David vs. Goliath, Square Circles, Training our Memories, Growing Up and Objection, Your Honor! Special guests this year will be the directors Serbian Boris Mitic, Stann Neumann of France and Italian Raffaele Brunetti. The opening will be done in style, with a concert by the band Urma at the Romanian Atheneaeum.