Documentary film festival One World Romania to begin tonight

The sixth edition of One World Romania, a film festival dedicated to human rights documentary will put on display themed movies between March 11- 17. One of this year’s special events is Holocaust documentary Shoah, released in 1985, but never seen before in Romania.

This year, the main theme is “Hate Is Bad for Your Health” (Ura dauneaza grav sanatatii). According to the organizers, since the last edition of One World Romania, the amount of hate and intolerance per square meter has exponentially grown.

The festival will also feature documentaries under five other themes – Dis/Abilities, Propaganda Lectures, Before the Law, Everyday Rebellions and Youth: Handle with Care.

The locations of the festival are Cinema Patria, Cinema Union, Cinemateca Eforie and Cinema Corso. Film’s are also screening at the Peasant Museum’s Studioul Horia Bernea, The French Institute’s Cinema Elvire Popesco and the Czech Centre/Centrul Ceh.

Some of the events have free entrance, but tickets can be bought from the cinemas.

Find out more about the event and the festival schedule on the One World Romania site.

The festival is dedicated to the memory of a Czech writer, dissident and eventual president Vaclav Havel. The organizers are One World Romania Association and the Czech Center Bucharest, with support from various businesses and institutions, including Representation of the European Commission in Romania, National Center of Cinematography, National Council Against Discrimination and Pilsner Urquell.