The Swedish Human Rights Festival returns to Kino on 7 - 9 December with a selection of films and panel talks on the theme of democracy under pressure. The festival is a collaboration with Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund.

Read more on Humanrightsfestival.se

Tickets 125 kr, Students / Seniors 99 kr Please note! All films with English language or English subtitles.

FILM PROGRAMME

Wednesday 7 Dec 18.30
THE TERRITORY (83 min) + Panel discussion after the film

When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest. Panel discussion after the film with Barbara Magalhães Teixeira, Doctoral Candidate in Peace and Conflict Research at Lund University and Dr Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Leader of the Human Rights and Environment thematic area at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute

Thursday 8 Dec 18.30
KILLING OF A JOURNALIST (100 min) + Panel discussion after the film

A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. A dark story of corruption at the highest level of government unfolds. Panel discussion after the film with senior advisor and researcher at RWI Morten Koch Andersen, the dierctor of the RWI Europe office, Zuzana Zalanova Director of the Europe Office, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, who is from Slovakia and journalist Pavla Holcová, featured in the film will be joining in digitally.

Friday 9 Dec 16.30
JUDGES UNDER PRESSURE (87 min) + Panel discussion after the film

Polish documentary teling the story of defiant judges who stand in defence of the Constitution and the separation of powers. Panel discussion after the film with Martin Sunnqvist, LL.D., Associate Professor of Legal History, Lena Nowak Enhetschef, Brottmålsenheten, Lunds tingsrätt. Moderator: Justine McGahan, BA in Law and International Politics and Policy from the University o Liverpool, currently at RWI.

Friday 9 Dec 18.30
OUR MEMORY BELONGS TO US (90 min) + Panel discussion after the film

Nearly 10 years after the beginning of the Syrian revolution, three Syrian activists – Yadan, Odai and Rani – reunite on a theatre stage in Paris. Panel discussion after the film with Rami Farah, director of the movie (joining online), Yafa Shanneik, visiting professor at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University. Oliver Scharbrodt, Professor of Islamic Studies from Lund University also joins the discussion.