With a motto “Louder than Silence”, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) organised during December the XIII edition of the FAST FORWARD Human Rights Film Festival Montenegro 2022 in Podgorica, Kotor and Berane.
As part of this year’s, FAST FORWARD Human Rights Film Festival Montenegro, accompanying panel discussions were held in Kotor and Podgorica, after the screening of the film “NO PARDON “, by Aleksandar Reljić, which emphasized the importance of professional media reporting, the role of the media in sensitizing the public on certain topics in society, but also the consequences of unprofessional reporting.
FAST FORWARD Human Rights Film Festival Montenegro 2022 closes tonight in Podgorica, as well as in Berane, and the guest of the FAST FORWARD Festival is director Aleksandar Reljić.
On the fourth day of the Montenegrin Human Rights Film Festival FAST FORWARD, the Berane edition opens in the Cultural Centre of Berane, and the audience in Podgorica will have the opportunity to watch three new premieres.
During the third day, the FAST FORWARD Human Rights Film Festival Montenegro 2022 brings new premieres of outstanding film achievements in Podgorica and the closing of the Kotor edition with an accompanying programme.
The support of institutions is crucial in preventing gender-based violence, this is the central message from the panel discussion Let’s FAST FORWARD gender equality, which was organized last night by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) in the Montenegrin Cinematheque, in Podgorica, after the premiere of the film Šejla, directed by Montenegrin author Velibor Čović, …
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The FAST FORWARD Human Rights Film Festival Montenegro 2022 today brings series of premieres, including the documentary ŠEJLA with a panel discussion after the film screening, at the Montenegrin Cinematheque in Podgorica, while the Kotor edition of the Festival begins with the premiere of the film CORSAGE in the cinema “Boka”. The second day’s programme …
The FAST FORWARD Human Rights Film Festival Montenegro opened tonight, traditionally on International Human Rights Day, at the Music Centre in Podgorica, organized by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE). With the XIII edition of the FAST FORWARD Festival and the regional premiere of the film “SON“, by the French writer and director Florian Zeller, …
A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. The Son centers on Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth is upended when his ex-wife Kate appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing school for months and is deeply troubled.
It’s summer and a day in the life under the fierce sun. This is an archival journey through different storytelling angles – all in the hope of finding a place to sit and do nothing, while the world around you always want to keep you busy at any cost.
As a tragicomic social commentary, this film deals with the traumatic collective memory of Albanians under the totalitarian rule of the communist leader Enver Hoxha. As a collage of newsreels and propaganda documentaries from that era, the film juxtaposes political fantasy and real-life stories by interpolating electronic dance music with applause after political speeches.
Albanian history of the 20th century told through the poetic angle of an outsider. Can we forgive people who didn’t do enough before us?
The film deals with the relationship between religion and faith in a Jungian manner, looking for a way to find unity between these two polarities.
The story of Šejla, a girl who asked for protection and didn’t get it. Instead of applause in the theater, on whose boards she played, there was silence. The institutions didn’t react adequately. She was killed on her doorstep. Her murder raised several thousand people to their feet, who sent a clear message from the squares of Montenegrin cities: Enough is enough. This film is about Šejla, a nineteen-year-old victim of femicide and one of examples of the dysfunctionality, slowness and untimely action of the system in order to protect against violence. The film is dedicated to all women victims of violence.
Empress Elizabeth of Austria, one of the most magnetic royals of the 19th century, is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, ‘Sisi’ celebrates her 40th birthday and is officially deemed an old woman. She fights to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. Faced with a future of strict ceremonial and royal duties, Empress Elisabeth of Austria rebels against the hyperbolized public image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy. She travels to England and to Bavaria, visits former lovers and old friends, seeking the excitement and purpose of her youth.
Natasha, 35, is a newly rich, successful woman looking for fame, reputation, and the realization of her dreams. She decides to launch an independent TV station in Putin’s Russia. Natasha hires oppositional reporters and minorities and her TV station quickly becomes the lone island of political and sexual freedom. Dozhd TV (also known as TV Rain) is the only independent news TV station that has survived Putin’s rule. Back then, this woman couldn’t have known she would fight on the frontlines of the war between Truth and Propaganda and lose all her money.
