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Docudays UA eleventh edition opens
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March 23, 2014
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Docudays_UA_eleventh_edition_opens



The Eleventh International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival opened
Friday in the Red Hall of the Kyiv Cinema House, in Kyiv, Ukraine. The
festival spans eight days, ending on March 28.

Competition programs is divided into DOCU/Right, DOCU/Life, and
DOCU/Short. Each program has its own jury that consists of famous human
rights activists, film producers, directors, critics, writers etc. Among
them are Andrzej Poczobut (Belorus), Natalka Zubar (Ukraine), Oksana
Sarkisova (Hungary), Boris Mitić (Serbia), Chris Mc Donald (Canada),
Simone Baumann (Germany), Andrei Zagdansky (Ukraine), Victoria
Belopolskaya (Russia), and Stephanie Lamorre (France). Students' Jury
and Audience Awards are also to be given. The Organizing Committee is to
award an Andriy Matrosov Award.

Non-competition programs are divided into «Ideorruption»,
«DOCU/Ukraine», «DOCU/Riot», «DOCU/Art», «DOCU/Best», «HOT DOCS
presents», «Artdocfest presents», and «Andrei Zagdansky
Retrospective».

The best films are also to be shown during Docudays UA Travelling
Festival.

The opening film was called 'Euromaidan. Rough Cut'. It was actually a
combination of shots of different film directors that have been filming
the protests in Ukraine during these past four months.

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| A special guest is an actress and singer Mariana Sadovska. 
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| Andrii Saichuk and Nataliia Humeniuk. 
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| Andrii Saichuk. 
| Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine Andreas von Beckerath. 
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| Docudays UA PR-director Dariia Averchenko. 
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| The creators of the opening film 'Euromaidan, Rough Cut'. 
| The people are singing the Anthem of Ukraine. 
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The festival was first held in 2003, called at that time Docudays on
Human Rights. In 2006 the festival was accepted as part of the
international Human Rights Film Network at the International Documentary
Film Festival Amsterdam. It is usually held during the last week of
March.

In 2013, the festival opened with a performance, showing Berkut  -- 
Ukrainian special police  --  oppressing the journalists:

| The surname of the judge is Pomidorov (Tomato's - Wikinews). 
| «''The festival and meeting are prohibited...''». 
| «''...as there are too many people gathered here and it is not safe
for the population''». 
| The announcers ask lawyers to help them. 
| The bailiff has lost this case ;) 
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== Related news ==
* "Почався фестиваль Docudays UA"  --  ''Ukrainian
Wikinews'', March 22, 2013
== Sources == 

* http://www.docudays.org.ua/eng/



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